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Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by yareally »

dobbsbob wrote: post #47
zxcdw wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Define low-quality, boring and outdated in this context, and provide alternatives. I am waiting.

Android books from 2012 for one. Alternative would be recent Linux for Embedded Systems or anything else besides teaching you ICS API

Only Android Book I would get is "The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development[1]" as it comes with continuous updates. It's also by one of the most knowledgeable app developers in the Android Community. It's worth it alone for how much he cares about backporting within the book and not just supporting the latest versions of Android.

Android development has not drastically changed since ICS, but there's enough that changes still that I would be reluctant to waste money on a book that does not update regularly.

[1] http://commonsware.com/Android/

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by cgh »

lostcolony wrote: post #43
ACow_Adonis wrote: post #16

Am I to presume that this list carries as much validity as most other "recommended reading" lists? /which is to say, books which most working in the field didn't read to get into the field, don't read during the actual job, and probably aren't going to read except maybe as a reference chapter here or there?

Yes. I looked at the software dev list; I only skimmed it, but none that I saw were books I read, or books I'd care to read, despite being in the field for 4 years now, and being a fairly passionate learner in terms of new techniques, technologies, languages, and methodologies. EDIT: Correction; I see Code Complete.

With only four years' experience I'd expect you to know little about any of the fields on this list. I'm surprised you found nothing of interest, unless you are only focused on web stuff.

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by freyrs3 »

camperman wrote: post #35
zxcdw wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Define low-quality, boring and outdated in this context, and provide alternatives. I am waiting.

Well, Java Concurrency in Practice certainly isn't low quality but it is boring and outdated. An alternative would be Clojure For the Brave And True :)

Only if you think Clojure is the natural progression of Java. This seems like a minority view though.

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by mindcrime »

minikomi wrote: post #17

What's everyone's recommended readings? I'm halfway through thinking forth at the moment and want to keep the ball rolling!

What's everyone's recommended readings? I'm halfway through thinking forth at the moment and want to keep the ball rolling!

Not so much hardcore technology stuff, but here's a reading list I put together a while back, aimed at IT executives, CIOs, etc.

http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-essential-reads-for-c...

http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/essential-reading-for-it...

Not on that list (I had not read it at the time), but one I'd highly recommend is Eric Beinhocker's The Origin of Wealth. http://www.amazon.com/The-Origin-Wealth-Remaking-Economics/d...

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by mwfunk »

jdimov wrote: post #12

A surprisingly low-quality, diluted, conformist list of mostly boring and outdated books. You can't expect much innovation to come from a team reading this. I scanned through the list 3 times looking for something of value, but nothing caught my eye. Disappointed by Intel.

"Conformist"? Is this high school or something?

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by pjmlp »

vonmoltke wrote: post #49
baq wrote: post #10

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i suggest you phrase it 'planning to learn c++' - there's hardly any switching from C if you plan to write modern C++, because there's hardly any C in it.

That has been my problem with C++. When I took my classes that used it[1], the ink was still wet on the original standard. After that, I spent years writing real-time C, with the occasional foray into "C with classes" territory. I can't seem to shake that foundation and "learn" C++ again. [1] I'm an EE/borderline CompE so I only had three.

I got into C++ around 1993, after a brief contact with C, comming from Z80, 68000, Turbo Basic/Turbo Pascal.

C++ gave me a stronger type system and the abstraction capabilities to write safe code, namespaces as poor man module system.

Given what I was already used to from former languages, I never liked pure C. Did used it lots of times when requested to do so, though.

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by cjensen »

camperman wrote: post #35
zxcdw wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Define low-quality, boring and outdated in this context, and provide alternatives. I am waiting.

Well, Java Concurrency in Practice certainly isn't low quality but it is boring and outdated. An alternative would be Clojure For the Brave And True :)

The point is to get the reader ahead of the curve! It's not really Java they're suggesting you learn: it's concurrency. Once you learn concurrency in one language, much of your understanding carries forward to other languages.

Intel has told us multicore is the future. They're trying to get you ready for it. Less certain is whether Java or Clojure will be the new cool thing.

Re: Recommended Reading List for Developers [pdf]

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Post by nashequilibrium »

perfunctory wrote: post #2

It reminds me of the blog post: "A Complete Understanding is No Longer Possible" [ http://prog21.dadgum.com/129.html ]

Reading the link felt like watching a movie that gets interesting and stops midway. I wanted a bit more, i hope the author expands on the article & turns it into a longform one.
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