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cc2e.com/3098 Take a look at these additional resources for more on programming tools: cc2e.com/3005 http://www.sdmagazine.com/jolts. Software Development Magazine's annual Jolt Productivity award website is a good source of information about the best current tools. Hunt, Andrew and David Thomas. The Pragmatic Programmer. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2000. Section 3 of this book provides an in-depth discussion of programming tools, including editors, code generators, debuggers, source-code control, and related tools. cc2e.com/3012 Vaughn-Nichols, Steven. "Building Better Software with Better Tools," IEEE Computer, September 2003, pp. 12 14. This article surveys tool initiatives led by IBM, Microsoft Research, and Sun Research. Glass, Robert L. Software Conflict: Essays on the Art and Science of Software Engineering. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Yourdon Press, 1991. The chapter titled "Recommended: A Minimum Standard Software Toolset" provides a thoughtful counterpoint to the moretools-is-better view. Glass argues for the identification of a minimum set of tools that should be available to all developers and proposes a starting kit. Jones, Capers. Estimating Software Costs. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Boehm, Barry, et al. Software Cost Estimation with Cocomo II. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2000. Both the Jones and the Boehm books devote sections to the impact of tool use on productivity. cc2e.com/3019
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