{"product_id":"in-the-beginning-isbn-9780818679995","title":"In the Beginning","description":"Capturing where we are today through a tour of yesterday's achievements and helping us better understand the evolution of computing technology, this book recounts the experiences of those who formed and functioned in the \"Pioneering Era.\" In the Beginning: Recollections of Software Pioneers records the stories of computing's past enabling today's professionals to improve on the realities of yesterday.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The stories in this book clearly show modern concepts such as data abstraction, modularity, and structured approaches date much earlier in the field than their appearance in academic literature. These stories help capture the true evolution. The book illustrates human experiences and industry turning points through personal recollections of the pioneers themselves.  Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Before the Beginning: The Pre-Software Era.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Life Before Software, A Few Reminiscences (David Myers).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Setting the Stage: Three Eras of Software History.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Software Reflections--A Pioneer's View of the History of the Field (Robert L. Glass).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Making the Market: Vendor Pioneers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reflections on a Software Life (Watts S. Humphrey).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e How I Watched In Pain as IBM Outsmarted UNIVAC (Norman F. Schneidewind).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Solving Problems: Application Pioneers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Aerospace.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Early Application Generator and Other Recollections (Barry Boehm).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e View From Below (Robert N. Britcher).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Almost Thirty Years as a Change Agent (Donald J. Reifer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Information Systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Leo, the First Business Computer: A Personal Experience (Frank Land).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Compu-THEN: Before Megabytes (Ben G. Matley).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Academic Computer Centers\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Four Anecdotes (Harold Joseph Highland).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Consulting\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Prolonged Metamorphosis of a Software Engineer (Robert L. Baber).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Pursuing Progress: Academic\/Laboratory Pioneers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Autobiographical Snippets (John M. Bennett).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Closing the Circle (Bruce I. Blum).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Before Memory Was Virtual (Peter J. Denning).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Growing Up with Software Tools (Raymond C. Houghton).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. After the Beginning: Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Biographical Sketches of the Contributors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert L. Glass\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of twenty-eight books on computing subjects, including the bestselling Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering. He has written nearly one hundred articles on computing subjects and has served as a columnist for three leading publications: Communications of the ACM, IEEE Software, and Information Systems Management.   Captures where we are today through a tour of yesterday's achievements to help us better understand the evolution of computing technology. This book recounts the experiences of those who formed and functioned in the \"Pioneering Era\" of Software. \u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning: Recollections of Software Pioneers\u003c\/i\u003e records the stories of computing's past enabling today's professionals to improve on the realities of yesterday.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this book clearly show modern concepts, such as data abstraction, modularity, and structured approaches, date much earlier in the field than their appearance in academic literature. These stories help capture the true evolution. The book illustrates human experiences and industry turning points through personal recollections by the pioneers...people like Barry Boehm, Peter Denning, Watts Humphrey, Frank Land, and a dozen others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989411872997,"sku":"NP9780818679995","price":106.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780818679995.jpg?v=1761784003","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/in-the-beginning-isbn-9780818679995","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}