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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Andy Hunt

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The co-author of the bestselling "The Pragmatic Programmer" now conducts a journey tthrough bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning, and behavioral theory.

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Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or design tool. You're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware--our own brains? Learning new skills and new technology is critical to your career, and it's all in your head.

In this book by Andy Hunt, you'll learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brain's architecture. You'll learn new tricks and tips to learn more, faster, and retain more of what you learn.

You need a pragmatic approach to thinking and learning. You need to Refactor Your Wetware.

Programmers have to learn constantly; not just the stereotypical new technologies, but also the problem domain of the application, the whims of the user community, the quirks of your teammates, the shifting sands of the industry, and the evolving characteristics of the project itself as it is built.

We'll journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. You'll see some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and how you can take advantage of the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills.

In this book you'll learn how to:

  • Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert

  • Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes

  • Avoid common "known bugs" in your mind

  • Learn more deliberately and more effectively

  • Manage knowledge more efficiently



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    • Title Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware
    • Author Andy Hunt
    • Binding Paperback
    • Edition number 1st
    • Edition 1
    • Pages 252
    • Volumes 1
    • Language ENG
    • Publisher Pragmatic Bookshelf, U.S.A
    • Publication date 2008-12-02
    • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
    • ISBN 9781934356050 / 1934356050
    • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
    • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
    • Category Computers - Languages / Programming
    • Library of Congress subjects Critical thinking, Creative thinking
    • Dewey Decimal Code 153.4

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    About the author

    Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He co-authored the best-selling book The Pragmatic Programmer, was one of the 17 founders of the Agile Alliance, and co-founded the Pragmatic Bookshelf, publishing award-winning and critically acclaimed books for software developers.

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