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Code Complete Reading List
From "A Software Developer's Reading Plan" in Steve McConnell's Code Complete:
"This section describes the reading program that a software developer needs to work through to achieve full professional standing in my company, Construx Software."
This reading list contains all of McConnell's recommended books from the introductory, practitioner, and professional levels.
"This section describes the reading program that a software developer needs to work through to achieve full professional standing in my company, Construx Software."
This reading list contains all of McConnell's recommended books from the introductory, practitioner, and professional levels.
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development
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Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas
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Manager’s Handbook for Software Development
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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
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Programming Pearls
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Software Project Survival Guide
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 563 ratings
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Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration (Software Patterns Series)
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Stephen P. Berczuk (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Uml Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modeling Language (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
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Software Creativity 2.0
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Testing Computer Software
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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 1,359 ratings
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Software Requirements 3
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Karl Wiegers (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 848 ratings
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Software Architecture in Practice
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Principles of Software Engineering Management
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Writing Solid Code
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Object-Oriented Software Construction (Book/CD-ROM)
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The Paranormal 13
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C.J. Archer (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
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Create an Uber Clone in 7 Days
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Shai Almog (Goodreads Author)
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ZX Spectrum Games Code Club: Twenty fun games to code and learn
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Gary Plowman (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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OOP Concepts Booster : Take Your Coding Skills to the Next Level
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Learn Linux Quickly: A Friendly Guide to Easily Master the World's Most Powerful Operating System.
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Creativity: Creative Thinking to Improve Memory, Increase Success and Live a Healthy Life
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Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions
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Paranormal Intruder
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Caroline Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 1,813 ratings
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The Software Measurement Guidebook
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John Gaffney (Editor)
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