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  • 14-03-2001 1:34am
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    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,402 ✭✭✭✭


    Wondering what kind of general/methodology books (i.e. non-lang specific) people are reading?

    I'm reading "The Pragmatic Programmer" which is pretty good, half-way through at the moment, have Beck's "Extreme Programming Explained" to have a look at next. Saw another called "Writing Solid Code" which sounds handy enough... smile.gif

    I'm very impressed with Pragmatic so far, it's full of a lot of relevant info, definately recommended.

    Check out ABE.com for 2nd hand online books, I've used them, very good.

    Al.

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    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    I'd advised
    Code Complete - Steve McConnell, coding effeciency
    Programming Pearls - Bently, algorithm design.
    Reading also Pragmatic Programmer, it does have good points but seems a bit simplistic.


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    ecksor
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Some good stuff in what I've read of "the pragmatic programmer", but I did find it a bit preachy in places, so I haven't actually read it all. It reads like a self-help book in a lot of places smile.gif


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    Void
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    "The Practice of Programming" is a very good book.
    http://tpop.awl.com/

    The chapters on algorithms and performance are especially good.


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    Draco
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    Programming Perls is quiet good methinks.


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