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Introduction: Books Recommendations for Programming Excellence Posted: November 1, 2013 | Author: Hilary Mason | Filed under: blog | 15 Comments » Yesterday I asked people on twitter for recommendations for things to read to improve as a programmer. I’m looking mainly for things on the philosophy side of software engineering. I do realize that practice is the most important thing, but sometimes you run into a design question and it’s always helpful to realize that very smart people have, indeed, thought about these things before. I assembled the book recommendations into a bitly bundle . I’ve only read a few of these (generally the older books) and so I can’t recommend specifics, but if you’d care to take a look here they are ! If you see something that you think should be included, please do let me know in the comments and I’ll add it to the list.
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