Secrets Of The Rock Star Programmers: Riding The It Crest

With the rise of blogging, many of the worlds most talented programmers have become celebrities in the field of IT. This work offers a unique collection of revealing interviews with highly skilled programmers and centers on the themes of staying ahead of the curve and riding the crest of software development.

A-list Programmers Reveal How to Develop Breakout Skills

Find out what it takes to push your programming chops to the next level and design killer software by getting inside the minds of today's rock star programmers: Rod Johnson, Inventor of the Spring FrameworkAdrian Colyer, Pioneer of Aspect Oriented Programming Tools, Project Lead of AspectJJava Posse--Tor Norbye, Joe Nuxoll, Carl Quinn, and Dick WallChris Wilson, Lead Architect of Microsoft Internet ExplorerNikhil Kothari, Architect of ASP.NET AJAXHani Suleiman, Author of "The Bile Blog"James Gosling, Father of JavaKohsuke Kawaguchi, Creator of the Hudson Continuous Integration ToolHerb Schildt, The World's Bestselling Programming AuthorFloyd Marinescu, Co-founder of ServerSide.com; Founder and Lead Editor of InfoQ.comAndy Hunt, Co-founder of the Pragmatic ProgrammersDave Thomas, Object Oriented Software PioneerMax Levchin, Co-founder and Former CTO of PayPal Libor Michalek, Co-founder of Slide.comWeird Al Yankovic, The Programmer's Rock Star