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":

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