Re: transition from programmer to developer
steven acer wrote:
i have been working as a java programmer, it's been 2 years right
after
i graduated with a BS in computer science.my job concentrated on
implementing
logic that other people, software developers, designed and put in
place.
i'm at the point now where i consider myself a strong programmer, i
know most of the api
and i can get most of my tasks done.
what i fell is still i still lack is the ability to depict algorithms
and software designs. I don't
want to just write code or "implement" i want to have a concise view
on the whole process of development.
for example, given a problem in the real world, i'm still not able to
port that problem efficiently into
the development and software development process domains and extract a
code implementation for it,
If i read some other developer's logic or code i can understand it but
i always wonder how he got there.
I don't think like a developer yet, how do i learn to do so?
I've been reading a lot of books lately like "Engineering Software -
Applied Object Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML",
"object oriented system development" to name a few.
is it good what else would you suggest?
Applying UML and Patterns / Craig Larman
Design Patterns / Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
Effective Java Programming Language Guide / Joshua Bloch
are some relevant titles.
Arne
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