#DevDiscuss Archive
Tuesday April 18, 2017
9:00 PM EDT
ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:02 PM EDT
Welcome to the
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Twitter chat, tonight's topic is Software books!
ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:03 PM EDT
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samjarman
Apr 18 @ 9:04 PM EDT
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I have a bunch of books recommended here:
https://t.co/djIISBX4kM
dendisuhubdy
Apr 18 @ 9:04 PM EDT
need new C++17 software books
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. Recommendations?
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:04 PM EDT
I have so many software e-books. All of them untouched 🤔
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Programazing
Apr 18 @ 9:05 PM EDT
Well I don't have a list of books I recommend yet but I do have a booklog of the books I've read so far.
https://t.co/H09ntGIDOr
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5paceToast
Apr 18 @ 9:06 PM EDT
You're usually better off reading docs directly, books are just interpretations of them. If the docs suck, so does the language.
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JTRinOR
Apr 18 @ 9:06 PM EDT
CSS Secrets by
@LeaVerou
is an eye opener as far as what can be done with CSS and has good front end ideas in general
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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sarabadu
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
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reading pragmatic Programmer rigth now, im 10years as COBOL progr And never is too late for this book
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jokerr
Apr 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT
The Pragmatic Programmer from Journeyman to Master
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garysieling
Apr 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT
Looking for book recommendation on modern stats based NLP techniques (have read the NLTK book)
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mrskellyvaughn
Apr 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT
I don't find programming books to be very helpful. I can hunt through a book for something I need, or I can just Google it.
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billperegoy
Apr 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT
The Pragmatic Programmer is at the top of my list
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:08 PM EDT
https://t.co/A1D72G8eCv
I feel like this is great book on algorithms and data structures
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garysieling
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
It's been a while, but I liked Code Complete
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
We had a thread about book recommendations on
https://t.co/E4yHRJkeOg
, lots of suggestions:
https://t.co/XREJl2TpIK
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GaryAsh1969
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Code Complete is good stuff
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keeleyhammond
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
You Don't Know JS series - they was the ones I found most helpful while learning JavaScript
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JTRinOR
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Good programming books give you context, ideas, and principles of good practice. They aren't tutorials and don't try to be.
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mrskellyvaughn
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Programming books tend to be a more of a desk decoration and less of a desk reference.
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:10 PM EDT
haha that sums it up greatly
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0x424c41434b
Apr 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT
The pragmatic programmer (even tho broken window theory is problematic), clean code, sicp
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nick_canz
Apr 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT
I learned a ton from Higher Order Perl (and I don't know perl at all). First intro to FP concepts
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k2t0f12d
Apr 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT
Calcote, John, 1964- Autotools : a practitioner's guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-206-7 (pbk.)
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kimberlypilbeam
Apr 18 @ 9:11 PM EDT
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Software Books put me to sleep - but here's two books by
@austinkleon
that related quite well to tech.
nick_canz
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
In general, I've found "language X" books to be useless
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matei_dev
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
I really enjoyed Tanenbaum's Distributed systems: Principles and Paradigms, but also Robert Martin's The Clean Coder
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beld_pro
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
For anyone working w/ Web Development I totally recommend High Performance Browser Networking
https://t.co/m5ZYOLBsMP
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JTRinOR
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
Eloquent JavaScript by
@marijnjh
is a must read
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
The last book I loved was
@igrigorik
's High Performance Browser Networking—Page turner for perf nerds
https://t.co/dDcvzlEvYS
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mgasparel
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
I'm currently reading Code Complete 2 and it's amazingly thorough, covering all aspects of software development
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Lashuel
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
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many people here are suggesting pragmatic program. what's it about ?
garysieling
Apr 18 @ 9:12 PM EDT
If interested in
#solr
/
#elasticsearch
, "Relevant Search" is a really helpful book
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beld_pro
Apr 18 @ 9:13 PM EDT
For those getting into programming languages / want to get deep into functional,
https://t.co/pQk7S18YnZ
(SICP) is a must
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krsjoseph
Apr 18 @ 9:13 PM EDT
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Recently/Currently using these. Great books on Microservices, Event Sourcing and Domain Driven Design
while1malloc0
Apr 18 @ 9:13 PM EDT
Just Enough Software Architecture
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justAfanDavid
Apr 18 @ 9:14 PM EDT
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mythical man month
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jokerr
Apr 18 @ 9:14 PM EDT
@ThePracticalDev
while maybe not as prevalent as it once was Joel On Software is also another good book.
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
But I left my copy on an airplane 😕 I'd like to think there is a
@Delta
flight attendant with a really performant website now.
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sarabadu
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Some times is hard but learn to read Technical manuals is very usefull
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billperegoy
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
I bought the Knuth box set almost completely for this reason!
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mrskellyvaughn
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Programming books tend to be a more of a desk decoration and less of a desk reference.
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beld_pro
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Also enjoyed a lot
https://t.co/rpLmPCgvNi
(Modern Operating Systems from Tanenbaum). I learned so much when i was studying it!
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cheapwebmonkey
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
As far as retention goes, building stuff just seems to work better for me. I read the books to relax.
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k2t0f12d
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
21st Century C: Second Ed. by Ben Klemens O'Reilly Media ISBN-13 #978-1-491-90389-6
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mrskellyvaughn
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
Exhibit A: Here's a really useful programming book that's keeping my Encyclopedia Britannica set upright on the shelf
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
But I left my copy on an airplane 😕 I'd like to think there is a
@Delta
flight attendant with a really performant website now.
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FullStackBr
Apr 18 @ 9:15 PM EDT
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i need that book where the people learn how to create a company and sell it to Google.
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nitish_dayal
Apr 18 @ 9:16 PM EDT
General: Clean Code JS: Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja FP: An Introduction to Functional Programming through Lamda Calculus
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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Programazing
Apr 18 @ 9:16 PM EDT
Pretty much. The only really useful ones seem to be about theory and how things should be rather than how-to books.
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mrskellyvaughn
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Programming books tend to be a more of a desk decoration and less of a desk reference.
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iam_jjd
Apr 18 @ 9:16 PM EDT
Clean Code! I think every developer, aspiring or seasoned, should read that book.
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Ryan_Dunton
Apr 18 @ 9:17 PM EDT
With the exception of "Eloquent JavaScript" which you can find for free online! 😉
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mrskellyvaughn
Apr 18 @ 9:09 PM EDT
Programming books tend to be a more of a desk decoration and less of a desk reference.
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jayrav13
Apr 18 @ 9:17 PM EDT
Not a programming book, but a novel taking place in a technical environment: "Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown!
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:17 PM EDT
Same here! I think they are pretty good for references or to spark curiosity. But other than that, I'll break something first.
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:17 PM EDT
OMG is this a legit thing! I'll give you my cash in exchange for this book lol
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philibertdugas
Apr 18 @ 9:18 PM EDT
Practical Object-Oriented Design In Ruby (the POODR book), even if you don't do Ruby, goldmine of information for OO programming
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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k2t0f12d
Apr 18 @ 9:18 PM EDT
Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike. The Practice of Programming Addison-Wesley professional computing series ISBN 0-201-61586-X
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CWReaceJr
Apr 18 @ 9:18 PM EDT
For general programming, books I've read and liked: "The Pragmatic Programmer" and "Clean Code".
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cheapwebmonkey
Apr 18 @ 9:19 PM EDT
Break all the things. It's definitely a mantra to dev by!
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while1malloc0
Apr 18 @ 9:20 PM EDT
We did 99 Bottles of Practical Object Oriented design in my employer's book club recently and it's a great follow up to POODR
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CWReaceJr
Apr 18 @ 9:20 PM EDT
Language-specific, PHP in this case, "PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice" was the right book at the right time for me.
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sebnitu
Apr 18 @ 9:21 PM EDT
This will be a
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I can't add much to. I think the last programming book I actually read was in 2009 about PHP 😕
ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:21 PM EDT
Move fast and Break Things
#facebook
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k2t0f12d
Apr 18 @ 9:22 PM EDT
Kernighan, Brian W. Richie, Dennis The C Programming Language, Second Edition Bell Telephone Laboratories ISBN 0-13-110370-9
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tacolimCass
Apr 18 @ 9:23 PM EDT
Useful discussion!
#CodeNewbie
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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_nagmak
Apr 18 @ 9:23 PM EDT
The Code Book by Simon Singh. It isn't a programming book, but it provides historical context to cryptography🙌🏽🕵🏻♀️
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matthras
Apr 18 @ 9:23 PM EDT
They also have an 'expiry date', but I suppose that goes for most resource books in general.
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k2t0f12d
Apr 18 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Kernighan, Brian W. Pike, Rob The UNIX Programming Environment Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-937699-2
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nitish_dayal
Apr 18 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Reading a tech book isn't casual. One chapter (or 1 paragraph) can take a week to fully digest. Take notes & your time.
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Anybody know any software development books available in audio form? I'm way better at finishing audiobooks.
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Programazing
Apr 18 @ 9:25 PM EDT
I hear
@jsonmez
's Soft Skills is an audio book now.
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:24 PM EDT
Anybody know any software development books available in audio form? I'm way better at finishing audiobooks.
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SurlyMae
Apr 18 @ 9:25 PM EDT
Eloquent JS & Practical OOD in Ruby. After a day of staring at monitors, books are a MUST.
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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CageFreeHuman13
Apr 18 @ 9:25 PM EDT
I am reading Reactive Design Patterns by Roland Kuhn, et. al.
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:26 PM EDT
Haha I feel like development podcasts do a much better job and give you more things to walk away with then soft dev audio books
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:27 PM EDT
I like podcasts, but I really love audiobooks too.
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CWReaceJr
Apr 18 @ 9:28 PM EDT
I can't imagine "reading" a technical audio book, as I would want to stop and replay things, think about it, try things...
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mgasparel
Apr 18 @ 9:28 PM EDT
I was thinking about this recently. I spend a lot more time listening to podcasts than reading
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sdowney
Apr 18 @ 9:28 PM EDT
Books:
@unclebobmartin
Clean Coder, and
@mfeathers
Working with Legacy Code. Both full of practical advice.
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_TheyCallMeToni
Apr 18 @ 9:28 PM EDT
most of the programming books I have are textbooks from college that I couldn't let go off b/c 💰.
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tech_tt
Apr 18 @ 9:28 PM EDT
Have not used a programming book in years.
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ditman
Apr 18 @ 9:29 PM EDT
I like "97 Things Every Programmer Should Know", but more for the experiences from vets than actual programming tips 📚👨💻📚
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while1malloc0
Apr 18 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Not audio books, but Software Engineering Daily, The Bike Shed, and Greater Than Code are excellent podcasts for the commute
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CageFreeHuman13
Apr 18 @ 9:29 PM EDT
The beginning, owned mine since collge.
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jonjongrim
Apr 18 @ 9:29 PM EDT
Not software development specific, but The Phoenix Project has an audio version, and is a great story
https://t.co/LBzkTNBD9C
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justAfanDavid
Apr 18 @ 9:30 PM EDT
fwiw, I started out on IBM 360/370s. Wish I'd keep some of the cards ;-) but did keep my slide rules.
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:30 PM EDT
I have definitely learned alot through podcast whereas books I read when I want to relax and enjoy more than learn
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brandmcg
Apr 18 @ 9:30 PM EDT
The couple thousand hearts I've given out to tweets that I always swear I'll read later
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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JTRinOR
Apr 18 @ 9:31 PM EDT
This
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would not be complete without If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript by Angus Croll
while_true_fork
Apr 18 @ 9:32 PM EDT
Ruby Under a Microscope by
@pat_shaughnessy
is my favorite, currently reading 99 Bottles of OOP
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tommcfarlin
Apr 18 @ 9:32 PM EDT
@ThePracticalDev
I know this feel! For me it’s hard use ebooks as reference material for back and forth page flipping.
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:32 PM EDT
I see we are talking about podcasts. I do like hearing about lessons learned about topics!
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keeleyhammond
Apr 18 @ 9:33 PM EDT
I love this book! Great choice
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CWReaceJr
Apr 18 @ 9:33 PM EDT
(Now I'm trying to imagine a non-trivial code example being read aloud 😎 )
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jroho
Apr 18 @ 9:33 PM EDT
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Agile Software Development by Uncle Bob and Effective C++ series by Scott Meyers
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tommcfarlin
Apr 18 @ 9:33 PM EDT
@ThePracticalDev
non/fiction books in ebooks? No problem. Reference material? Problem.
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smpalladino
Apr 18 @ 9:33 PM EDT
Seibel's Coders at Work, a set of interviews to great devs, and reading their stories and thoughts on programming is invaluable
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:33 PM EDT
I read a lot of computer history books. This is one I haven't read, but really want to
https://t.co/ozfy5Pfb13
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PearlChen
Apr 18 @ 9:34 PM EDT
Hard to think of any recent books to reco. Video tutorials and blog posts are more relevant.
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ThePracticalDev
Apr 18 @ 9:07 PM EDT
What are your must-read programming books?
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:34 PM EDT
Exactly! Especially on my way into work? I need something lighter!
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_evansalter
Apr 18 @ 9:34 PM EDT
I've been *meaning* to read Production-Ready Microservices by Susan Fowler...does that count?
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:35 PM EDT
Ooh this looks good just added it to my wishlist
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:35 PM EDT
Also enjoyed this one about the origins of the World Wide Web, by its creator
https://t.co/uBJSIkPDyt
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mgasparel
Apr 18 @ 9:35 PM EDT
That sounds super interesting. *Adds it to my massive list of books to read*
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:36 PM EDT
Also on the origins of the Internet
https://t.co/wrxf855MAu
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tommcfarlin
Apr 18 @ 9:36 PM EDT
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exactly. I’d rather just have a few pages of a PDF to print and peruse. 😆
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:37 PM EDT
Also about game dev pioneers John Carmack and John Romero
https://t.co/41AKpjStPy
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:37 PM EDT
https://t.co/nYfOcoV06L
is another great one on history
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Programazing
Apr 18 @ 9:37 PM EDT
I could never get into PDFs, maybe I should get a tablet some day.
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tommcfarlin
Apr 18 @ 9:36 PM EDT
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exactly. I’d rather just have a few pages of a PDF to print and peruse. 😆
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billperegoy
Apr 18 @ 9:39 PM EDT
Fantastic book
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:37 PM EDT
Also about game dev pioneers John Carmack and John Romero
https://t.co/41AKpjStPy
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mgasparel
Apr 18 @ 9:40 PM EDT
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one piece of advice for newer devs: "How to" books are not nearly as valuable as higher-level books about programming concepts
bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:40 PM EDT
If you want a good "first book" on computer history, The Innovators is probably the best
https://t.co/cu0DVzkIxl
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MicroSrvsCity
Apr 18 @ 9:40 PM EDT
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Recently/Currently using these. Great books on Microservices, Event Sourcing and Domain Driven Design
https://t.co/o42tN0oFSg
bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:41 PM EDT
Pretty much every story in The Innovators is available in its own book, but it's a great collection of them all.
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KPath001
Apr 18 @ 9:42 PM EDT
Wow thanks now I have a whole wishlist of books I'll probably will never get to now
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cmgarcia
Apr 18 @ 9:43 PM EDT
Petzold’s Code was invaluable to someone like me who didn’t finish college
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:45 PM EDT
Ghost in the Wires is a classic on hacking
https://t.co/UvSlgQAN50
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bendhalpern
Apr 18 @ 9:46 PM EDT
Mitnick's new book is also pretty good
https://t.co/ORn5VTQz0B
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:47 PM EDT
Now that I think about it, a book that I think I will *need* will be centered around accessibility and UX/UI. Follow me on this
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antonpaisov
Apr 18 @ 9:47 PM EDT
My pick for
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would be
@VaughnVernon
Implementing Domain Driven Design (aka IDDD) or Domain Driven Design Distilled
duffn
Apr 18 @ 9:48 PM EDT
I tried to catalog my books but stopped in case I tried calculate the $ spent. Despite that, I can't stop buying.
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beld_pro
Apr 18 @ 9:48 PM EDT
Not really solely on development but
https://t.co/kJYzG12scz
(w/ Edwin Catmull) it a must. If you've done CG you know him :))
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:48 PM EDT
Accessibility and UX/UI aren’t things that I can necessarily break without consequence. I have to figure out how to earn trust
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:50 PM EDT
With JS, I can break it, figure out what is wrong, find a fix, everything is okay. People don’t work that way
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JoshuaSampia
Apr 18 @ 9:50 PM EDT
Modernizing legacy PHP applications by
@pmjones
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vintageD18
Apr 18 @ 9:51 PM EDT
Code Complete is the only software book I own that I'll actually grab off the shelf and browse, simply for the joy of discovery.
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8blit
Apr 18 @ 9:52 PM EDT
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"Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices" by
@unclebobmartin
is by far my favorite OOP book.
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jmdembe
Apr 18 @ 9:53 PM EDT
So if I had to dive into a tech-related book, it would probably be about that. *FIN* Any suggestions?
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wesbaker
Apr 18 @ 9:54 PM EDT
The only most read programming book I can think of is The Pragmatic Programmer, worth it for any developer.
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wesbaker
Apr 18 @ 9:55 PM EDT
The only must read programming book I can think of is The Pragmatic Programmer.
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gumnos
Apr 18 @ 9:56 PM EDT
Partial to
@joeerl
's books on Erlang.
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beld_pro
Apr 18 @ 9:56 PM EDT
The best cover
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pabloldias
Apr 18 @ 9:56 PM EDT
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The Pragmatic Programmer, Test Driven Development: By Example, Refactoring To Patterns, Peopleware
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