Do you? Use a computer to perform analysis or simulations in their daily work? Write short scripts or record macros to perform repetitive tasks? Need to integrate the software off-the-shelf into your system or require multiple applications to work together? Find yourself spending too much time working on the kinks of your code? Working with software engineers on a regular basis but have difficulty communicating or collaborating? If one sounds familiar, then you may need a quick primer in the principles of software engineering. Without exposure to the challenges, processes, and limitations of software engineering, software development tasks can be burdensome and inefficient. In What Every Engineer Know about Software Engineering, Phillip Laplante introduces the profession of software engineering along with a practical approach to understanding, designing, and building a healthy software based on solid principles.