The Pragmatic Programmer
Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
by David Thomas
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Recommended by 4 notable people, including Derek Sivers and Jeff Atwood
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Ruby, Nodejs, and Java.
Straight from the trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process: transforming a requirement into working, maintainable code that delights users. Extensively updated with ten new sections and major revisions through...
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