Thanks to a link sent by Mr. Penyaskito to a .NET mailing list, I have noticed that “Producing Open Source Software”, by Karl Fogel, is available for reading and downloading from the website http://www.producingoss.com/
I read this book earlier this summer and can definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to get an insight on how open source development works, and in general to anybody who has to produce software as part of a team, as it not only talks about technical/programming/geeky stuff, but also about the important and undervalued subject of team dynamics and conflict resolution techniques.
In one of the presentations I saw recently about how to assemble software teams, there was this snippet saying that most people think being a software developer is mostly a matter of programming and technical knowledge, which is partly true, but a GOOD software developer knows is also a matter of process: knowing how it is, knowing how to make it better (and knowing how to ignore it if necessary, but that requires a master code ninja level).
Anyway, hope you enjoy the reading as much as I did! }:)
NOTA: en breve “copiare” esta entrada, en español, en programancia101
Cool! Thanks for the ebook url! I’ll download it and read it (I’ve got tons of things to read arghhh!)
I started reading it by second time… It’s a great book, from a great community-driver.
Anyone can follow Fogel at http://rants.org.
The spanish translation is on course at http://producingoss.com/es/, and contributions are graciously accepted
I’ve read this book too. It’s a great reading for those who want to learn about Open Source in a good way (without fanboy’ism and/or tech-less’ism).
Thumb up for you!
The link is broken. The good one: http://producingoss.com/
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vargas, penyaskito: I knew you guys would have read this one already.. };)
carlos: corrected the link… thanks! }:D