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Re: Review of "Marketing Management 12th"
i know marketing management by kotler is good book but the problem is that the management part of this book is totally missing as fare as i know managemet is complete different subject and it should not be mixed i am student of MBA i was looking at ass...

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Using simple POJOs + factories without Spring for "echo" and "counter" would be a lot more easier. No need to write those XML files... So, in this case using Spring makes me write a lot more code... (OK, you can generate everything with the help of And...

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Hi I am trying to generate the word doc but i m not understanding wats happening any one pls figure it out /* * WordAPI.java * * Created on May 30, 2006, 10:50 AM * * To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager * and open the te...

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[Reviews] Review of "The Best Software Writing I"

"The Best Software Writing I" is a collection of essays on modern software development wisely selected and elegantly introduced by Joel Spolsky. I'm thankful to APress for sending me a copy of this great book which made me discover some wonderful authors I didn't know of. This was a very entertaining reading experience and I'm eagerly waiting for the second tome.

My 9-horseshoes review follows (also available at Javaranch.com):

Joel Spolsky is not only allergic to bad writings but he also strives to keep a safe distance from their authors as often as he can. The only computer sciences graduates he usually hires are the ones who also have an honorable mention in writing. Deploring a huge deficit of efficient communication skills in the software development community, Spolsky expects to remedy to this plague by showing people a couple of what his taste considers to be the best writings on software development published over the past two years.

With this undertaking, Spolsky wants to encourage members of the global software development ecosystem to cultivate their written communication skills in order to achieve maximal effectiveness when sharing their knowledge with other people. The 29 very entertaining and truly appealing essays introduced by Spolsky touch upon various software development topics, such as coding style, lack of documentation, team building, outsourcing, intellectual property, pathetic management strategy, hackers, programming and scripting languages, passion, superfluous hierarchical layers, marketing, testing, hiring hazards and many more.

If you are one of those guys who loves to regularly devour RSS feeds that convey golden wisdom about good and bad experiences of notable people, trust your instinct and get a copy of this book. Your bookshelf will definitely appreciate and welcome this new addition.

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