No Fluff, Just Stuff: The next best thing to being there

Take over a dozen of the world's best trainers and speakers and ask them to write a chapter on something they care passionately about. The result? A book on software development unlike any other.

In "No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology, The 2006 Edition" (Pragmatic Bookshelf, US $29.95, 0-9776166-6-5), Neal Ford has compiled fifteen chapters covering a range of modern software development topics, from Domain-Specific Languages through Aspect-Oriented CSS to learning from the past.

This book includes highlights of the thinking that's presented at the incredibly popular No Fluff Just Stuff symposium series. Twenty-six times a year, the symposium visits cities across the U.S., and the speakers and attendees share ideas and perspectives. The speakers are all internationally known experts in their field. These chapters cover presentations given at the series, plus additional material.

As a bonus, many of the authors have contributed to an appendix listing their favorite recent reads, and tools that they find most useful. The book also contains a substantial bibliography of recommended further reading.

The No Fluff seminars are a great experience, but if you can't make it out to one, this book is the next best thing to being there.

No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology: The 2006 Edition. Compiled by Neal Ford

ISBN 0-9776166-6-5 

256 pages, $29.95 US, $38.95 CA, softcover.