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Favorite Programming books

Programming books that inspired and helped shape my mindset on how to be a developer.

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Cover of The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

Frederick P. Brooks Jr., 1975

Cover of Peopleware by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

Peopleware

Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

Cover of Joel on Software by Joel Spolsky

Joel on Software

Joel Spolsky, 2004

Cover of The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition by Andrew Hunt, Dave Thomas

The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition

Andrew Hunt, Dave Thomas, 1999

This book changed my mindset on what it is to be a programmer.

Cover of Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research by Mike Kuniavsky

Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research

Mike Kuniavsky, 2003

Cover of Refactoring UI by Adam Wathan, Steve Schoger

Refactoring UI

Adam Wathan, Steve Schoger, 2018

Cover of Code Complete by McConnell Steve

Code Complete

McConnell Steve, 1993

Cover of Atomic Design by Brad Frost

Atomic Design

Brad Frost, 2016

Cover of Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby by Sandi Metz

Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby

Sandi Metz, 2012

Cover of Head First Design Patterns by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

Head First Design Patterns

Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, 2004