The Tao of Programming

The Tao of Programming is a book written in 1987 by Geoffrey James. Written in a tongue-in-cheek style spoof of classic Taoist texts such as the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi which belies its serious message, it consists of a series of short anecdotes divided into nine "books":^[1]

• The Silent Void
• The Ancient Masters
• Design
• Coding
• Maintenance
• Management
• Corporate Wisdom
• Hardware and Software
• Epilogue

The Tao of Programming

Author	Geoffrey James
Illustrator	Gloria Garland
Cover artist	Gloria Garland
Language	English
Subject	Computer programming
Genre	Computer programming, Satire
Publisher	InfoBooks
Publication date	1987
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	151
ISBN	0-931137-07-1
OCLC	13904639
Dewey Decimal	005 19
LC Class	QA76.6 .J354 1987
Followed by	The Zen of Programming

Geoffrey James wrote two other books on this theme, The Zen of Programming (978-0931137099) in 1988 and Computer Parables: Enlightenment in the Information Age (978-0931137136) in 1989.

See also

• Hacker koan