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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
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OOP Concepts Booster : Take Your Coding Skills to the Next Level
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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
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Clean Architecture
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Head First Design Patterns
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
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Patterns Principles and Practices of Domain Driven Design
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Scott Millett (Goodreads Author)
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Implementing Domain-Driven Design
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
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Michael C. Feathers (Goodreads Author)
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
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Steve Krug (Goodreads Author)
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Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
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Refactoring to Patterns
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
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UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language
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Domain-Specific Languages (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
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Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models
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Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation
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Jez Humble (Goodreads Author)
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Continuous Integration
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
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Tom DeMarco (Goodreads Author)
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
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Programming Pearls
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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions
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Gayle Laakmann McDowell (Goodreads Author)
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
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Software Conflict 2.0: The Art and Science of Software Engineering
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The Psychology of Computer Programming
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Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent 1st (first) by Spolsky, Joel (2007) Hardcover
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Beautiful Evidence
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Prioritizing Web Usability
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Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them
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Writing Secure Code
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Uml Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modeling Language (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
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About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
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Software Project Survival Guide
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
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Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Introduction to Distributed Algorithms
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Writing Effective Use Cases
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Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions
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Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed
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GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and DOS
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High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers
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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
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Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author)
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Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook
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Continuous delivery
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Algorithms
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The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally
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Cory Althoff (Goodreads Author)
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The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set
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Introduction to Algorithms
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
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Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
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Microservice Patterns
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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
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The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech
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Sara Wachter-Boettcher (Goodreads Author)
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