Elk tijdperk heeft zijn eigen toonaangevende beroepsgroep. In de negentiende eeuw waren het juristen (bij de vorming van rechtsstaten), en in de twintigste eeuw bankiers (financiële markten)en ingenieurs (inrichting van steden). Das war einmal. Welkom in de eenentwintigste eeuw, het tijdperk waarin programmeurs de dienst uitmaken. Deze ‘coders’ zijn niet alleen de architecten van onze moderne maatschappij (van het internet tot kunstmatige intelligentie), maar ook de oprichters en eigenar...

Get ready for the ultimate crash course in communicating and solving problems through simple pictures.

Thirty-two thousand years ago, your many-times-great-grandparents Oog and Aag drew pictures on the wall of a cave. They had an innate need to communicate, but no written language. So they found an easy and natural way to share their thoughts and stories.

Today, after so many years when speaking and writing dominated, we're back in another highly visual age. About 90 percent of everything sha...

What will you learn from this book?You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel, so you look to Design Patterns: the lessons learned by those who've faced the same software design problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others so you can spend your time on something more challenging. Something more fun.

This book shows you the patterns that matter, when to use them and why, how to apply them to your own designs, and the object-oriente...