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5 Books About Programming You Should Read

Pandiyan Murugan on January 30, 2020

Initially posted at efficientuser.com with ❤️ So many books, so little time. One of my mentors said to me, to read a complete book every month....
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Rafael I

sooooo what is your goodreads profile?

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Pandiyan Murugan

Here it is goodreads.com/user/show/67612430-p...
Sorry I missed to put the link

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Rafael I

thanks! I'm starting to get back into books, and now I need to get back into technical books...

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hidden_dude • Edited

I might be showing my age here but I really like "Writing Solid Code". It gave me a sense of what is needed in terms of being a defensive programmer and the attitude needed to write robust code.

I also like the "Effective ..." books for any new language I do. Because it shows me the language's pitfalls right from the get go.

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simonced

I would add "Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship" as well.

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Syed Nazmus Sakib

I'm currently reading this. Indeed this is a great book.

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Jaxcoder

I keep the good parts close by when working on front end Javascript.

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Dularish

Head First Design patterns is also a good book for design patterns
At least one read of CLRS for someone who's serious about programming

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Marcos Molina

JavaScript: The Good Parts
2008
is still relevant?

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Pandiyan Murugan

Yes from me