Software Development Reading resources

Work in progress, alpha version 0.1

I’m trying here to list the books that I read, and try to provide a few words of feedback, and maybe recommendations if the book is really worth it (according to me ;-) ).

This is not a way to show that I read many books, but a a way to organize the books that I’m going to read by cartography the domains of the books I read, and discover what I can read next

Currently reading

  • The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management by Richard Jones, Antony Hosking and Eliot Moss
    • Hard to read because it’s very detailed/comprehensive and specific with many algorithms, …
    • But interesting because it define in details many interesting concepts of the garbage collector

Read

  • It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

    • Same tone/tune than Remote, a read that’s inspiring (warning: could make you dislike your current job)

  • NoSQL Distilled - Martin Fowler

    • A high quality and comprehensive book on NoSql databases, that goes into details on the different type of NoSql databases and the advantages and limitations they offers.

  • Remote - Office not required by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

    • By the Basecamp company, really interesting and advocating the way of remote working

  • Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

  • Head First Java – Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates

  • Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship, by Uncle Bob.

    • A great book on how to write simple and elegant code

  • The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master, by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. *A good general purpose book on the skills and the ecosystem to become a good programmer.

  • Test Driven Development: By Example, by Kent Beck.

    • It’s not easy to be convinced about TDD by reading theory on the subject. But seeing it in action in the book is way better.

  • Clean Coder

  • Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler

  • Gof patterns

  • Head first: Design Patterns

  • Effective Java second edition by Joshua Bloch

  • SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide (Exam 310-055) from Katherine Sierra and Bert Bates

    • Excellent book !

  • Spring Batch in Action

  • Spring in Action

  • Apache Maven, le livre de Arnaud Héritier et Nicolas De Loof

    • Freely available here
    • Only in French I think sadly
    • Really nice book that nails the introduction and motivation of Maven

  • SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance by Markus Winand

    • At least a easy-to-read and excellent book, accessible to non-dba on SQL and indexes

Want to read

  • https://book.git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#_squashing

  • https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#_commit_guidelines

  • Java Concurrency in Practice

  • Java Generics and Collections

  • Java Puzzlers

  • Java Performance From Binu John

  • Thinking in Java

  • Java SE 8 for the Really Impatient

  • Working effectively with Legacy Code

  • The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life) – Chad Fowler

  • Practical Unit Testing with JUnit and Mockito – Tomek Kaczanowski

  • Bad Tests, Good Tests – Tomek Kaczanowski

  • Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software – Eric Evans

  • Implementing Domain-Driven Design – Vaughn Vernon

  • Release It! Design and Deploy Production -Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers) – Michael T. Nygard

  • OCA / OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification Kit OCA / OCP Java SE 8 Programmer Certification Kit by Jeanne Boyarsky and Scott Selikoff

  • Coding: On Software Design Process – Jonathan Locke

  • new release of pragmatic programmer

  • new release of effective java

  • new release of spring in action

  • new book spring batch

  • Continuous Integration by Paul Duvall, Steve Matyas, and Andrew Glove

  • Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble and David Farley

  • Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler, with Dave Rice, Matthew Foemmel, Edward Hieatt, Robert Mee, and Randy Stafford

  • Clean Architecture: A Craftsman’s Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) Sep 20, 2017 by Robert C. Martin

  • Clean Agile: Back to Basics (Robert C. Martin Series) Oct 27, 2019 by Robert C. Martin