Library

Library
Library

Welcome to the RTSL library. Here you'll find basic details of technical publications that we have found useful in our work. We have plenty more in our real library, but the books shown here are the ones we recommend to our clients.

As a service to you, we have provided links to two online book stores where you can buy your own copies if you wish. Yes, we do get commission on sales through these links; but you don't have to use the links if you don't want to!

We do, of course, use SAS documentation. In addition, we would highly recommend some of the Books By Users (BBU) publications. However, we must be honest and say that we don't have any BBU books on our bookshelves.

Proceedings of user group meetings are extremely valuable sources of information. SAS Institute papers are available from the SAS web site; complete proceedings CDs and books are available from SAS publishing. To see all of what SAS have to offer, visit SAS Publishing.

The Bookshelves

The bookshelves are arranged alphabetically into five categories:

Analysis & Design	Management
Data Warehouse	Programming
Interfaces & Ergonomics

Analysis & Design

	Buy it
The CRC Card Book; Bellin A practical guide to the increasingly respected technique for analysis and design	iBS	Amazon
UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modelling Language; Fowler An excellent introduction to the Unified Modelling Language (UML). Concisely covers all the key elements of the UML in a very readable, practical, and honest fashion	iBS	Amazon
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software; Gamma, etc One of the computing classics	iBS	Amazon
Designing Object-Oriented Software; Wirfs-Brock Rebecca Wirfs-Brock was one of the pioneers of responsibility-based design. This old (1990) book stands the test of time in describing the responsibility-based approach	iBS	Amazon

Data Warehouse

	Buy it
Data Warehousing: The Route to Mass Customisation; Kelly A somewhat dry and academic view of DW from a prominent European practitioner		Amazon
Data Warehousing in Action; Kelly A practical guide to DW with a step-by-step framework for designing and implementing a DW architecture	iBS	Amazon

Interfaces & Ergonomics

	Buy it
The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design: An Application Design Guide; Microsoft Now out of print, this book is an essential guide for those wishing to create consistent Windows-based applications. It has been superseded by the following book		Amazon
Microsoft Windows User Experience; Microsoft The official guidelines for user interface developers and designers who aim to achieve consistency on the MS-Windows platforms	iBS	Amazon

Management

	Buy it
Planning Extreme Programming; Beck & Fowler Excellent guide to planning and tracking an Extreme Programming (XP) project. Written in a laid-back, easily read style	iBS	Amazon
Object Solutions: Managing the Object-Oriented Project; Booch Nicely annotated guide from one of the acknowledged leaders in OO	iBS	Amazon
The Mythical Man-Month; Brooks Seminal collection of essays on software project management, including the classic "No Silver Bullet"	iBS	Amazon

Programming

	Buy it
XML for Dummies: Quick Reference; Aviram As usual, this "dummies" guide gives you the low-down on its subject in a clear and readable manner		Amazon
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications; Booch Provides a somewhat dated (1994) but comprehensive view of the object-oriented paradigm	iBS	Amazon
Instant HTML: Programmer's Reference; Homer, etc. A clear and precise reference guide for HTML coding		Amazon

Our Book Stores

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