Recommended Reading For Developers
- Programming Pearls
- This book is a great look at programming from a time when memory and time mattered more to people, a time that perhaps should come back.
- Pragmatic Programmer
- As the title says, a great introduction to the work of programming.
- Joel On Software
- I have enjoyed Joel's writing for a long time, and am really happy to be joining one of his companies. He definitely deserves a spot on any recommended reading list.
- Debugging
- I actually proposed a book like this to Wiley, they didn't think it was specific enough and wanted something specific to Java. I think this is a great book to read and re-read if you get stuck on a bug, just to knock something free in your brain.
- 101 Things I learned in architecture school
- A beautiful book, not software specific, but a great read for designers and software folks alike. Keep in mind that the whole idea of design patterns came from an architect.
- Practical Algorithms
- A different spin on the classic algorithms book.
- The Standard C Library
- If you program in C, you should read this book. This is a great walk through of the standard library code.
- Applied Cryptography
- Main lesson, don't design your own cryptography unless you are a professional. Lots of other lessons to learn.
- Programming in Lua
- I like Lua, I don't know why, i just do. This book really opens your brain about embedded languages.
- Cracking the Coding Interview
- This book helped me a lot when looking for a new job. I have to recommended for any developers looking for work.
- Object Technology: A Manager's Guide
- Nice graphical introduction to Object oriented programming - at least when I read the first version many many years ago.
- An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
- One of the first introduction's to object oriented programming and still a good one.
- Object-oriented programming and Objective-C - NEXTSTEP Documentation
- This book is not available on amazon, but if you get a chance to read it, it is well worth your time.
- NEXTSTEP Concepts Manual
- This is an awesome book. It isn't in print, and is about a system that doesn't exist anymore, but was the bases for OSX and is a great description of a great application platform.
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