97 Things Every Programmer Should Know is co-written by 73 different authors working in the software industry. The content is some of their experiences summed up in their work. Based on their practical experience in various aspects of software engineering, they expressed their own opinions and put forward their own insights. These experiences cover many aspects such as user requirements, system analysis and design, coding practices, coding style, bug management and project management. Programmers from all fields can find content of interest to them, so this book is suitable for reading by programmers at different levels.

StarUML (the successor of an object oriented modelling software called Plastic) is a free and open-source UML (Unified Modeling Language) and SML (Systems Modeling Language) modeling tool for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, developed by MKLabs from Korea, using Java. It allows users to draw various UML/SML diagrams (such as class diagrams, use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, state diagrams, activity diagrams, communication diagrams, module diagrams, deployment diagrams, composite structure diagrams, etc.).

In the field of software development, almost no other books can be like The Mythical Man-Month, which has such far-reaching influence and remains popular. It has been a unique masterpiece that IT practitioners such like software developer, software project manager, software system analyst must read.

The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist is the winner of Turing Award, father of software engineering and author of The Mythical Man-Month Frederick P. Brooks's another masterpiece - specially designed to reveal the essence of software designing!

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.