Firefox/Reading Group

Mission

Every month we choose one book (or a set of articles/essays) to read, then get together to discuss it. Ideas for topics include programming, engineering, design, etc. Basically anything that makes us better software developers.

Mailing List

If you're interested in participating, please join our mailing list: https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-reading

Discussions

Discussions will take place on the last Friday of every month, at 12pm PST.

Current Reading

• February 2013: Unwritten Laws of Engineering (also available here)
• Discussion: Friday, February 22 @ 12pm PST (Margaret's Vidyo room, in-person room TBD)
• Suggested Discussion Questions:
  • What are some of your favorite "laws"?
  • Are there any points you disagree with?
  • Are there any points that are especially relevant to Mozilla?
• Discussion notes

Past Reading

• January 2013: Effective JavaScript by Dave Herman (discussion notes)

Ideas for Future Reading

• Psychology of Computer Programming
• Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks
• The Architecture of Open Source Applications
• How Google Tests Software
• Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It
• Violent Python
• Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
• Producing Open Source Software: How to run a successful free software project
• Essential COM
• IE4 Programming
• Purely Functional Data Structures by Chris Okasaki