My favorites include Refactoring Refactoring to Patterns Test Driven Development
Algorithm Design Manual (Skiena) Introduction to Algorithms (MIT press) and their OCW videos Java Concurrency Concurrency in practice (awesome books dealing in Concurrency) Structure and Interpretation of Computer programs (I finished just the first few chapters, but I like what I read) Escher Godel Bach (again I finished first few chapters...but I like what I read) Blogs Steve Yegge Joel on software (the older ones focusing on programming) Thanks Sridhar On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Bobby Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > I would like to throw in these: > > Zen and the Art of Motorcycle > Maintenance<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061673730/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0553277472&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0ARP56YMGF9PRKJBTR0S>- > (Pirsig) > Apprenticeship > Patterns<http://www.amazon.com/Apprenticeship-Patterns-Guidance-Aspiring-Craftsman/dp/0596518382/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296497669&sr=1-1>- > (Hoover/Oshineye) > > Boths books made me consider the way I interact with non-technical or less > skilled people as well as my own perception of my lack of skills in > comparison to others. > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Frank Schwieterman > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> More for the pile: >> >> 1) XUnit Test Patterns (http://xunitpatterns.com/) - helped me wrap my >> head around what I should be doing with tests >> 2) Release It! (by Michael Nygard) - a surprisingly good book, lots of >> practical guidance on how to design reliable systems >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Will Kennedy <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Ron: Very cool! >> > >> > +1 for Refactoring. I got this for a buck at a campus used book sale >> > and felt like a bandit. >> > >> > GoF was great. I think Head First Design Patterns is what I'd hand a >> > newbie though. >> > >> > I'd also add Code Complete and Patterns of Enterprise Application >> > Architecture. >> > >> > I'll check out Innovator's Solution. >> > >> > Michael: >> > >> > I've been considering Clean Code, but worry it's just a rehash of >> > other Martin stuff. >> > >> > Justin: >> > >> > Will checkout EIP. Pearl's books look interesting, but I'm going to >> > avoid going down that rabbit hole for now. :P >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<altnetseattle%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<altnetseattle%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > "The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be > correct." > > - Occam’s Razor > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_Razor> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<altnetseattle%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- Thanks Sridhar ============================== The price that you pay for conformity is lack of creativity ============================= -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
