# Programming articles to read

This collection of programming articles to read is highly subjective, so feel free to add your own additions and comments.

- **General**
    - [How Microsoft Lost the <span class="caps">API</span> War](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html) by Joel Spolsky Sunday, June 13, 2004
    - [Pattern Book for Open Source in the Enterprise](http://wiki.flashline.com/wiki/index.php/PatternBookOpenSource) by Flashline – an aid to the adoption and use of Open Source software in a corporate development environment.

- **Language Comparisons**
    - [<span class="caps">PHP</span> and <span class="caps">ASP</span>.<span class="caps">NET</span> go head to head](http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/hull_asp.html)
    - [The World’s Most Maintainable Programming Language](http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/03/the_worlds_most_maintainable_p.html) – 6 parts

- **Productivity**
    - Jakob Nielsen,the usability expert, says in this article [Productivity in the Service Economy](http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040329.html) that improved intranet usability can help us work faster and smarter, and ultimately create new jobs.
    - [The Joel Test for evaluating programming teams](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html)
    - [The 10 Technologies that Will Help You Stay Employed](http://www.devx.com/DevX/Article/10244)
    - Menlo Innovations 
        - [http://www.menloinstitute.com/method/agile.htm](http://www.menloinstitute.com/method/agile.htm)
        - [http://www.menloinstitute.com/method/anthropology.htm](http://www.menloinstitute.com/method/anthropology.htm)
        - [http://www.menloinstitute.com/freestuff/whitepapers/](http://www.menloinstitute.com/freestuff/whitepapers/)