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Algorithms Unlocked, Thomas Cormen, 212 pages
The Art of Readable Code, Dustin Boswell & Trevor Foucher, 180 pages
How To Take Smart Notes, Sonke Ahrens, 151 pages
How to Write a Thesis, Umberto Eco, 223 pages
How Charts Lie, Alberto Cairo, 193 pages
Kent Beck TDD book is a thin book e really good.
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I see only positive reviews for this book here, but I went to look it up on amazon and the first review doesn't look particularly good and I'm looking for anyones reason to refute this: "This book does not consider functional programming, or the fact that terrible software in modern times is often the result of layers of incorrect abstraction that are often induced by the overuse of "object oriented" (OO) programming…
I would not agree that the bias towards OOP is a problem in the book, since most of the concepts are paradigm-agnostic. Nevertheless, I feel that the author exposes a rather opinionated (sometimes even dogmatic) and narrow view of software design. Although I think that the book provides a lot of very valuable insights, I missed a more differentiated view of the concepts presented in the book. For example, in chapter…
It is better to provide a clear and memorable picture that is only slightly wrong than a hedging and muddled picture that is still slightly wrong.
"The Elements of Style", by Strunk & White. 92 pages. For example, page 19: "Put statements in positive form." Code is improved if booleans are put in positive form, such as replace: if (!featureIsDisabled()) ... with: if (hasFeature()) ... You might laugh, but I see the first form all the time. Sometimes I go on a refactoring mission to remove as many negations, nots, and bangs from the code as possible.
Dan Luu's programming book list ( https://danluu.com/programming-books/ ) is a great resource. I bought the Dasgupta Algorithms book from that recommendation. (I've just started it so I can't say much about it yet.)
Neil Davidson: Don't just roll the dice – Software pricing guide https://neildavidson.com/downloads/dont-just-roll-the-dice-2...