Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
We are expecting another baby, so I was just moving my office from the
second floor to our newly finished basement. I am not complaining since
the basement turned out to be quite awesome. Its big, bright. clean
and, most importantly, conducive to some major code cranking.
Moving the office means that I have to move my books, and I just love
doing that. These rare occasions gives me a chance to remind myself how
I got where I am now. The books bring memories, but more importantly
the books shape us no less than circumstances, family and friends.
Finding a good book is precious, it really is a rare gift.
The Web 2.0 mind set
Looking at my book stack made me think about recommending some good
books for software engineers who are starting to work in the Web 2.0
space. Since the field is relatively new, we do not have any classics
out there yet. But there are a few good books that should be on your
shelf. And so I wanted to put together a list of books that help me in
my daily work.
Over and over again, through my career, I find that books that help me
the most are not just the books about programming language or software.
I have been fortunate to draw the inspiration from a multitude of
disciplines ranging from arts like poetry and music to sciences like
ecology and economics. The patterns and beauty that exist in these
diverse subjects find important place in modern software engineering.
The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts,
media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his
recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0
secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the
fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the
books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in
nature and power of networks.
Know thy basics
It does not matter what language you are programming in, it does not
matter if you are working in United States or Europe and it does not
matter what system you are building, there is a set of basic
infrastructural knowledge that any successful software engineer must
have. On my bookshelf, the indispensable and universal knowledge
includes basic algorithms, understanding of programming language
concepts, design patterns, refactoring, unit testing and agile methods.
The books below give you the essential knowledge in these areas.
If interested, click: here forIntroduction to Algorithms here forDesign Patterns here for Refactoring
If interested, click: here for Java Programing Language here for Unit Testing in Java here for Agile Software Development
Know thy craft
Knowing the basics is important, but you also need to know the
specifics. Web 2.0 is not like J2EE or C++ worlds, it is idiosyncratic
and just plain different. To succeed in this world, you need to
understand its evolving principles, methods and tools. Here are the
books that I found useful for navigating the Web 2.0 jungle.
If interested in Cascading Style Sheets, please click here.
If interested, click: here for PHP Cookbook here for JavaScript here for XSLT Cookbook
If interested. click: here for Ruby on Rails here for Hacking Atom and RSS here for Lamp Know thy art
The books above give you strength and skills to build solid Web 2.0 applications. But to build truly great stuff you need passion and inspiration. The three books below have helped me to expand my mind and bring patterns from other disciplines into the code that I wrote. I cherish them dearly and hope you enjoy them as well.
If interested, click: here for Complexity here for Six Degrees here for Godel, Escher, Bach
Conclusion
Books are our companions. We read when we are happy and we are sad, we
read when we need to learn. The Web 2.0 world is fast changing. It
requires continuous learning. It requires good books. Lets learn
together! You can find more of my science and technology picks in this
entry on my blog. Please use the feedback section of this article to
share the Web 2.0 books that you liked with other readers.
About Alex Iskold Alex Iskold is the Founder and CEO of adaptiveblue (http://www.adaptiveblue.com), where he is developing browser personalization technology. His previous startup, Information Laboratory, created innovative software analysis and visualization tool called Small Worlds. After Information Laboratory was acquired by IBM, Alex worked as the architect of IBM Rational Software Analysis tools. Before starting adaptiveblue, Alex was the Chief Architect at DataSynapse, where he developed GridServer and FabricServer virtualization platforms. He holds M.S. in Computer Science from New York University, where he taught an award-winning software engineering class for undergraduate students. He can be reached at alex.iskold@gmail.com.
I think the O'Reilly Javascript book is terrible, certainly not O'Reilly brand quality. Instead get 'Javascript for Web Developers' by Nicholas Zakas
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AJAX News Desk commented on 21 Jul 2006
The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
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news desk commented on 21 Jul 2006
The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
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news desk commented on 21 Jul 2006
The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
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Web 2.0 News Desk commented on 21 Jul 2006
The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
#1
AJAX News Desk commented on 21 Jul 2006
The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
Student Organization Guy wrote: I think the O'Reilly Javascript book is terrible, certainly not O'Reilly brand quality. Instead get 'Javascript for Web Developers' by Nicholas Zakas
AJAX News Desk wrote: The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
news desk wrote: The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
news desk wrote: The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
Web 2.0 News Desk wrote: The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
AJAX News Desk wrote: The new web is all about creativity, cross-pollination of concepts, media and information. But what fuels this new web is networks. In his recent article, Dion Hinchcliffe calls social networks the Web 2.0 secret sauce. Very rightly so, because networks are one of the fundamental blocks or patterns occurring in nature. So the some of the books that I assembled for the Web 2.0 bookshelf are about patterns in nature and power of networks.
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With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) just four months away, what better time to start introducing you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference...
We have technical and st...
AMD said late Tuesday that its chief sales officer Emilio Ghilardi had left the company and that CEO and president Rory Read is going to do his job while a replacement is sought.
AMD didn’t say why Ghilardi left but it’s assumed Read wants his own people. Read is relatively new to th...
During the lifespan of M3 (Monitis Monitor Manager) there has always been something lacking – timers.
M3 execution procedure was outlined in this previous article.
The execution mentioned in the latter was a one-time-execution, whereas server monitoring requires periodic invocati...
Red Hat is putting its bought-in Gluster scale-out NAS storage technology,
acquired in October, on the Amazon cloud.
It’s styled Red Hat Virtual Storage Appliance for Amazon Web Services and
other clouds are supposed to follow in short order.
A new episode of the screencast series is now available at the OpenNebula YouTube Channel.
This screencast demonstrates the new easily-customizable self-service portal for cloud consumers. Its aim is to offer a simplified access to shared infrastructure for non-IT end users. The scree...
C12G Labs has just announced an update release of OpenNebulaPro, the enterprise edition of the OpenNebula Toolkit. OpenNebula 3.2, released two weeks ago, brings important benefits to cloud providers with a new easily-customizable self-service portal for cloud consumers, and builders w...
