JX Application Framework

Bibliography

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The software project management book.

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The UNIX networking book.

The UNIX networking library is ACE.

Cargill, Tom. Exception Handling: A False Sense of Security.

Explains why exceptions suck.

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Explains why even the Macintosh® interface sucks.

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The LSD book. You never even suspected that you could do such things in C++.

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The regular expression book.

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Discusses Solution-Based Modelling and makes a very solid case for why one should separate what one means from what one implements. This is one way to implement what Steve McConnell discusses.

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Some things never go out of style!

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For when your class library gets too big...

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Covers every aspect of software development, and provides an incredible number of references to those interested in digging deeper.

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Explains why C++ sucks. Overdoes it on efficiency concerns.

You cannot program safely in C++ without first reading this book!

Meyers, Scott. More Effective C++. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996.

Provides reasons you will wish you had never heard of for why C++ sucks. Overdoes it on efficiency concerns. Did we mention that the JX Application Framework is written in C++?

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Explains why even some door handles suck.

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Explains why even the desktop metaphor sucks.

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An excellent place to find algorithms that would otherwise take days or weeks to get right. Written by one of Donald Knuth's disciples.

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