de tomKronieken

I've just (finally) finished The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master. Great read. I seem to have worked already following most of the principles explained in this book, but it is nice to have them spelled out for you. It reassures that you're on the right track, helps you to understand yourself and your way of programming, and helps you to find areas in which you can improve yourself.

For those who haven't read the book, a short synopsis: apply the programming/analysis/managing/.... methodologies you know, but without being zealous about it. Use UML to draft your class model, but don't restrict your use case by drawing a puppet, an arrow and a balloon. Write test cases, but don't write more than the return is worth. "Pragmatic" in every way.

This book has already spawned my interest in two other books: Surviving Object-Oriented Projects, and a good book on perl. Speaking of which: do you know of any?