Who cares about software construction?

@article{citeulike:843691, abstract = {Software practitioners are subjected to a barrage of advice about effective development practices. The search for effective practices-programmers' gold-can be almost as chancy as the search for the precious yellow metal itself. Some mediocre practices are overhyped; many valuable practices are buried under the hype heaped on other practices. This paper aims to separate the gold from the ore by providing a practitioner's appraisal of past and present development practices}, author = {Mcconnell, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {843691}, journal = {Software, IEEE}, keywords = {best, build, make, practices}, number = {1}, pages = {127--128}, posted-at = {2006-09-15 01:45:36}, priority = {3}, title = {Who cares about software construction?}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=476305}, volume = {13}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:843691 L3 - citeulike-article-id:843691 N2 - Software practitioners are subjected to a barrage of advice about effective development practices. The search for effective practices-programmers' gold-can be almost as chancy as the search for the precious yellow metal itself. Some mediocre practices are overhyped; many valuable practices are buried under the hype heaped on other practices. This paper aims to separate the gold from the ore by providing a practitioner's appraisal of past and present development practices IS - 1 JF - Software, IEEE EP - 128 TI - Who cares about software construction? VL - 13 SP - 127 KW - best KW - build KW - make KW - practices AU - Mcconnell, S PY - 1996/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=476305 ER -