In the field of software management, very few books can rival Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams this legendary classic. As a long-standing bestseller, it makes a deep insight that the biggest problem in the process of software development does not lie in technology, but in person; and appeals to managers to give software developers full freedom and trust. Anyone who needs to manage software projects or organizations can benefit a lot from this book.

Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls are companion volumes written by Jon Bentley that successively published in 1986 and 1988. Both of them have become a masterpiece in the field of computer science. If you want to be a really excellent programmer, you have to read them first.

The author of MySQL Cookbook Paul DuBois is one of the first group of contributors of MySQL online reference manuals, who has written many classic books about MySQL. It is important to note that this book isn't to teach you how to develop a complete and complex application; on the contrary, it is to help you overcome various problems had stumped you in MySQL database development. Therefore, it is suitable for all related personnels engaged in the development of database technology to read. And it has became one of must-read books for MySQL developers.

First of all, Martin Fowler's Refactoring is a super classic masterpiece in the field of software engineering, known as "Software Engineering Bibles" together with Erich Gamma's Design Patterns. They are must-read books for any programmers.

Performance is the key to success of any websites. And as a matter of fact, the time a web browser loading a web page takes up about 80% of the total time consumed when a visitor is accessing this page. Thus, especially for the current rich media websites or web apps, speed is extremely important. In Even Faster Web Sites, you will learn how to save the valuable website loading time, so as to make your site respond to user's requests more quickly.