Book Recommendation for Interns

#1

Post by sureshjayaraman » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 3:28 PM UTC

What are books that are appropriate to be recommended to a Software Engineering Intern who aspires to become a great software engineer someday? Why?

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#2

Post by swanson » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 5:48 PM UTC

Start with "Apprenticeship Patterns" (learn how to learn, get a mentor, approach your career in the right way) and "Pragmatic Programmer" (a bunch of practical techniques that are language/tool agnostic and exposure to a bunch of shared vocabulary/jargon you will likely hear).

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#3

Post by hhs » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 6:11 PM UTC

I'm using "How to Design Programs", 2nd edition, and it's helpful. It's on Amazon, and free online by Felleisen and colleagues here: https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/part_preface.html

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#4

Post by tmaly » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 9:28 PM UTC

Getting Things Done (2001) by David Allen - great method to organize all your tasks and stay on top of things

Clean Coder by Bob Martin - good ideas on being a professional programmer

A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout - big picture ideas on design

Test Driven Development by Kent Beck - good basis for thinking about design and testing

Legacy Code by Michael Feathers - understanding the issues of legacy code helps us to design better software

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#5

Post by smnplk » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 12:16 AM UTC

hhs wrote: post #3

I'm using "How to Design Programs", 2nd edition, and it's helpful. It's on Amazon, and free online by Felleisen and colleagues here: https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/part_preface.html

way better than any "Uncle Bob" book for sure.

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

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Post by sureshjayaraman » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 1:41 AM UTC

hhs wrote: post #3

I'm using "How to Design Programs", 2nd edition, and it's helpful. It's on Amazon, and free online by Felleisen and colleagues here: https://htdp.org/2018-01-06/Book/part_preface.html

Honestly, I have found reading "How do Design Programs" challenging. May be it doesn't flow perhaps because of the use of an unfamiliar language? Do you have a specific approach that helps you?

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#7

Post by sureshjayaraman » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 1:43 AM UTC

swanson wrote: post #2

Start with "Apprenticeship Patterns" (learn how to learn, get a mentor, approach your career in the right way) and "Pragmatic Programmer" (a bunch of practical techniques that are language/tool agnostic and exposure to a bunch of shared vocabulary/jargon you will likely hear).

Looks like a good list to start with.

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#8

Post by sureshjayaraman » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 1:45 AM UTC

tmaly wrote: post #4

Getting Things Done (2001) by David Allen - great method to organize all your tasks and stay on top of things Clean Coder by Bob Martin - good ideas on being a professional programmer A Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout - big picture ideas on design Test Driven Development by Kent Beck - good basis for thinking about design and testing Legacy Code by Michael Feathers - understanding the issues of legac…

Does "A Philosophy of Software Design" need some experience to appreciate what the author is talking about?

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#9

Post by anujmehta » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 7:45 AM UTC

Pragmatic Programmer

https://pragprog.com/book/tpp/the-pragmatic-programmer

Re: Book Recommendation for Interns

#10

Post by rcavezza » Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 1:12 PM UTC

In a CS program, you learn a lot about algorithmic efficiency and theory, but you don't learn a lot about software construction. Here's my list of must read software books related to this:

Clean Coder by Uncle Bob Martin

Clean Code by Uncle Bob Martin

Refactoring by Martin Fowler

Design Patterns by the gang of four