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Computer Programming Books
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.33 — 24,022 ratings — published 1999
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.35 — 23,409 ratings — published 2007
The C Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.44 — 11,331 ratings — published 1978
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,481 ratings — published 1993
Introduction to Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,319 ratings — published 1989
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,855 ratings — published 1984
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.20 — 11,949 ratings — published 1994
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,060 ratings — published 1975
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.40 — 10,559 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,887 ratings — published 1973
Penguin Random House Python Crash Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,115 ratings — published 2015
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,836 ratings — published 1999
Effective Java (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.51 — 8,064 ratings — published 2001
JavaScript: The Good Parts (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.23 — 8,661 ratings — published 2008
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,167 ratings — published 2014
Programming Pearls (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,220 ratings — published 1986
The C++ Programming Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.10 — 4,025 ratings — published 1986
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,395 ratings — published 1996
Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,678 ratings — published 2004
Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,355 ratings — published 1991
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.26 — 9,257 ratings — published 2011
C++: How to Program (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,296 ratings — published 2014
Agile Web Development with Rails, 1st Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.86 — 2,229 ratings — published 2005
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,372 ratings — published 2015
A Philosophy of Software Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,460 ratings — published 2018
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.26 — 49,945 ratings — published 2013
Designing Data-Intensive Applications (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.70 — 10,547 ratings — published 2015
Head First Java (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.24 — 4,210 ratings — published 2006
HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,891 ratings — published 2011
Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,222 ratings — published 2010
More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,072 ratings — published 1995
Learning Python (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,207 ratings — published 2013
The Rust Programming Language (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,800 ratings — published
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.12 — 34,925 ratings — published 2016
Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,777 ratings — published 2015
The Little Schemer (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,984 ratings — published 1974
Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.33 — 851 ratings — published 1994
Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,580 ratings — published 2014
Think Python (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,667 ratings — published
Learning Perl (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,862 ratings — published 1993
Introduction to the Theory of Computation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,103 ratings — published 1996
Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-step Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,661 ratings — published 2008
Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.22 — 511 ratings — published
The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,936 ratings — published 1999
Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,825 ratings — published 1983
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,447 ratings — published 1994
The Joy of Clojure (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.17 — 961 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.42 — 512 ratings — published 1973
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.43 — 525 ratings — published 1969
The AWK Programming Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as computer-programming)
avg rating 4.31 — 248 ratings — published 1988
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“I think it’s not an accident that we often use the imagery of magic to describe programming. We speak of computing wizards and we think of things happening by magic or automagically. And I think that’s because being able to get a machine to do what you want is the closest thing we’ve got in technology to adolescent wish-fulfillment.”
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“I don’t know that you’re that far out on the spectrum, at least among the people I’ve talked to for this book. Though Don Knuth did write TeX in pencil in a notebook for six months before he typed in a line of code and he said he saved time because he didn’t have to bother writing scaffolding to test all the code he was developing because he just wrote the whole thing.”
― Coders at Work: Reflections On The Craft Of Programming
― Coders at Work: Reflections On The Craft Of Programming











