Saturday, April 2, 2011

Better programming reading list

How to become a better programmer in 90 days -- a lightning talk.
http://www.foraker.com/how-to-become-a-better-programmer-in-90-days/

I stumbled upon this lighting talk by Neal Enssle. In it he recommends three books to improve our craft. I admit to not having read any of them, but I have heard of some of the authors.

The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

The Passionate Programmer, Chad Fowler
Love what you do, your attitude comes through. Highlight a daily win.
Clean Code, Robert C. Martin
A language for describing our code.
Refactoring, Martin Fowler
60 refactoring patterns.

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