The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (ISBN 0-201-61622-X) is a book about software engineering by Andrew Hunt

Andy Hunt (author)

Andy Hunt is a writer of books on software development. Hunt co-authored The Pragmatic Programmer, six other books and many articles,...

 and David Thomas

Dave Thomas (programmer)

Dave Thomas is a computer programmer and author/editor. He has written about Ruby.Dave and partner Andy Hunt wrote The Pragmatic Programmer and run The Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company.Dave Thomas lives in Flower Mound, Texas...

, published in October, 1999.

Characteristics of a Pragmatic Programmer: ("Preface", pp. xviii–xix)

• Early adopter / fast adapter
• Inquisitive
• Critical thinker
• Realistic
• Jack-of-all-trades
  Jack of all trades, master of none
  "Jack of all trades, master of none" is a figure of speech used in reference to a person that is competent with many skills but is not necessarily outstanding in any particular one....
  
  

The authors also went on to write about the Ruby programming language in the book Programming Ruby

Programming Ruby

Programming Ruby is a book about the Ruby programming language by Dave Thomas and Andrew Hunt, authors of The Pragmatic Programmer. In the Ruby community, it is commonly known as "The Pickaxe" because of the pickaxe on the cover...

 and Agile Web Development with Rails, a book on Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language.-History:...

 which also touches on Ajax

Ajax (programming)

Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...

 and the Ruby programming language.

Series

The book is the first in the a series of books under the The Pragmatic Bookshelf label and copyright The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC.

Books in the series (partial list):

• Agile Web Development with Rails
• Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with Nunit
• Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit
• Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS
• Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion
• Programming Ruby
  Programming Ruby
  Programming Ruby is a book about the Ruby programming language by Dave Thomas and Andrew Hunt, authors of The Pragmatic Programmer. In the Ruby community, it is commonly known as "The Pickaxe" because of the pickaxe on the cover...
  
  : The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide
• Metaprogramming Ruby
• Ship It! A Practical Guide To Successful Software Projects
• The Passionate Programmer: Creating A Remarkable Career In Software Development

External links

• Official website
• Pragmatic Programmer on CodingHorror