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What books should every software engineer read to better themselves (technical and non-technical)? As the application of object technology–particularly the Java programming language–has become commonplace, a new problem has emerged to confront the software development community. Significant numbers of poorly designed programs have been created by less-experienced developers, resulting in applications that are inefficient and hard to maintain and extend. Increasingly, software system professionals are discovering just how difficult it is to work with these inherited, non-optimal applicati…
Then there are language specific books which are really good. I think if you read the above, slowly over time, you’ll be in a great place. Don’t think you need to read them all before you start.
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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What books should every software engineer read to better themselves (technical and non-technical)?
As the application of object technology–particularly the Java programming language–has become commonplace, a new problem has emerged to confront the software development community. Significant numbers of poorly designed programs have been created by less-experienced developers, resulting in applications that are inefficient and hard to maintain and extend. Increasingly, software system professionals are discovering just how difficult it is to work with these inherited, non-optimal applicati…
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Then there are language specific books which are really good. I think if you read the above, slowly over time, you’ll be in a great place. Don’t think you need to read them all before you start.
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