Steve McConnell
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Steven C. McConnell is an author of software engineering textbooks such as Code Complete, Rapid Development, and Software Estimation. He is cited as an expert in software engineering and project management.[1][2][3][4][5]
Career
McConnell graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, minoring in computer science,
McConnell published his first book, Code Complete, in 1993.
From 1996 to 1998, he was the editor of the "Best Practices" column in the IEEE Software magazine. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine.[7]
The New York Times has quoted McConnell stating that there are "15 to 50 defects per 1,000 lines of code in delivered software" on average.[8]
References
- ZDNet. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- hdl:1721.1/42371.
- ISBN 1578511054. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ISBN 0471674206. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ISBN 0672324415. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ISBN 978-0596804923. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
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- ^ Perlroth, Nicole (7 June 2016). "Software as Weaponry in a Computer-Connected World". The New York Times.
- TV Interview, University of Washington TV
- Web Interview, on .NET Rocks!
External links
- Steve McConnell's website
- Construx Software, Steve McConnell's company