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Programming book recommendations? (self.programming)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by andioop to c/programming
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A bit different from the audiobook request 2 years ago, as I'm not looking for audiobooks (so it does not have to be nice to listen to, I can see code examples) but regular books you read. Let me know which books helped you out the most, or that you just found fun to read!

EDIT: Thank you to everyone for helping me inflate my reading list! I was wondering what question I should ask to get answers including books on databases, cybersecurity, basically any topic that might fall under "computer science" and not just programming. In hindsight I maybe should have posted somewhere other than Programming and said something other than "Programming book recommendations" if I wanted that, but since I am also interested in programming and software engineering all these books will definitely be eaten soon. Thank you!

Oh, and [email protected] for programming books exists but is sadly not getting much attention.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh, i was not aware that there is a head first just about desgin patterns, thanks for the heads up.

And Archicture is something that gets more and more important for devs, because it's likely that the code we write is just a part of a complex system of which we don't control every part and understanding communication channels and the reasoning behind the setup of the system allows us to write our part in a way that it works well in the bigger thing and not something others (or worse, we) have to work around later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That Head First about design patterns actually takes heavy inspiration from the Gang of Four. I haven’t read both (only Head First), but I’d wager you don’t need to read GoF if you’ve read Head First.

Only the writing style… is somewhat cringy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

that is the selling point of the head first books, they all feature bad jokes and other oddities to help you remember what you've read. it works.