Impactful Books
A Slack icebreaker asked which programming books shaped your career. Here are mine, in a more long-lived format.
Posts tagged “books”
14 posts.
How to Run a Successful Book Club
Running a book club can be a relatively low-cost and high-value experience. To help, I thought I'd document how I tend to prefer book clubs.
Elixir Book Club: Testing Elixir, Starts November 13th
Elixir Book Club is reading Testing Elixir starting November 13th, a solid tour of testing tools across OTP, Ecto, and Phoenix.
Book Thoughts: Company of One
Useful reading if you are weighing a new project or company, though it has more to say about growth than the title suggests.
Android Book Club Update
We are moving from our Kotlin book to the Android book. Great time to join us!
Kotlin Tools for Android Book Club
A quick tour of some of the tools you'll want to use to help learn Kotlin.
An Android Book Club for iOS Developers
An Android book club aimed at iOS developers, using what you already know from Swift and iOS to shape the conversation.
Book Notes: Dreaming in Code
I finished this book over the weekend. Here were a few highlights.
Video Book Review: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro (5m)
A five-minute video review of Ruined by Design, Mike Monteiro's case that designers are responsible for what they build.
April Book Update
Three books worth your time, from a slow reader: Snowden's Permanent Record, Swift for Good, and Mike Monteiro's Ruined by Design.
Book: The Common Good
Notes on Robert Reich's The Common Good, a case that a shared moral imagination is the essence of any functioning society.
PragProg Thanksgiving Sale
The Pragmatic Programmers annual Thanksgiving sale is on. My pick this year is The Nature of Software Development.
Updated Reading List
I refreshed my reading list page. Take a look, and send recommendations if you have any.
Book Review: The Lean Startup
A review of Eric Ries's The Lean Startup, read while deciding what project to take on after selling ProfitTrain.