{{Infobox book | name = The Tao of Programming | image = The Tao of Programming.jpg| author = Geoffrey James | illustrator = Gloria Garland | cover_artist = Gloria Garland | country = United States | language = English | subject = Computer programming | genre = Computer programming, Satire | publisher = InfoBooks | pub_date = 1987 | media_type = Print (Paperback) | pages = 151 | isbn = 0-931137-07-1 | dewey= 005 19 | congress= QA76.6 .J354 1987 | oclc= 13904639 | followed_by = The Zen 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":<ref>{{Cite web|last=James| first=Geoffrey |url=https://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html|title=The Tao of Programming}}</ref> * ''The Silent Void'' * ''The Ancient Masters'' * ''Design'' * ''Coding'' * ''Maintenance'' * ''Management'' * ''Corporate Wisdom'' * ''Hardware and Software'' * ''Epilogue''
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
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