Bruce Eckel

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1. Bruce Eckel

   Author of Thinking in Java (4th Edition), Thinking in C, Thinking in C++, Vol. 2: Practical Programming, Second Edition

2. Martin Fowler

   Author of Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language, Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

3. David Flanagan

   Author of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Java in a Nutshell

4. Elliotte Rusty Harold

   Author of Java Network Programming, Third Edition, Java I/O

5. Elisabeth Freeman

   Author of Head First Design Patterns (Head First), JavaSpaces(TM) Principles, Patterns, and Practice (Jini Series)

6. Ian F. Darwin

   Author of Java Cookbook

7. Erich Gamma

   Author of Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

8. Herb Sutter

   Author of Exceptional C++: 47 Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions, C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices (C++ In-Depth Series), More Exceptional C++

9. Joshua Bloch

   Author of Effective Java

10. Craig Larman

    Author of Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development

11. Bjarne Stroustrup

    Author of The C++ Programming Language, The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition), Programming: Principles and Practice Using C

12. Thomas H. Cormen

    Author of Introduction to Algorithms

13. Brian W. Kernighan

    Author of The C Programming Language (2nd Edition), The Practice of Programming, The C Programming Language

14. Rod Johnson, 1970-

    Author of Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development (Programmer to Programmer)

15. Scott Oaks

    Author of Java Threads

16. Cay S. Horstmann

    Author of Core Java 2 : Volume 1 Fundamentals

17. Steven John Metsker

    Author of Design Patterns in Java(TM) (Software Patterns Series)

18. Steve McConnell

    Author of Code Complete, Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules, Software Project Survival Guide

19. Deepak Alur

    Author of Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies

20. Andy Hunt

    Author of The Pragmatic Programmer