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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 23,724 ratings — published 2007
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 11,387 ratings — published 2009
The Craftsman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 3.84 — 2,039 ratings — published 2008
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 24,452 ratings — published 1999
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,333 ratings — published 2011
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,810 ratings — published 2013
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 1,997 ratings — published 2010
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)
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avg rating 4.24 — 8,868 ratings — published 1999
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 5,671 ratings — published 1997
A Craftsman’s Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 370 ratings — published 2019
Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 315 ratings — published 2018
The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 383 ratings — published
Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 463 ratings — published
Implementation Patterns (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))
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avg rating 3.61 — 534 ratings — published 2006
Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.11 — 965 ratings — published 2009
Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 4,688 ratings — published 2004
The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life)
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avg rating 3.94 — 4,360 ratings — published 2009
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.04 — 3,178 ratings — published
Clean Architecture (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,247 ratings — published 2017
Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 1,031 ratings — published 1986
In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 32,299 ratings — published 1933
The Nature of Software Development (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 3 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.07 — 553 ratings — published 2015
Head First Design Patterns (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,068 ratings — published 2004
Soft Skills: The Software Developer's Life Manual (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,855 ratings — published
Software Craftsman, The: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride (Robert C. Martin Series)
by (shelved 3 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.30 — 970 ratings — published 2014
A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.15 — 284 ratings — published 2003
Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,024 ratings — published 2020
The Nature and Art of Workmanship (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 192 ratings — published 1968
Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 3.85 — 410 ratings — published 2015
Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.26 — 50,822 ratings — published 2012
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,265 ratings — published 1975
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 3.96 — 65,610 ratings — published 2010
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,508 ratings — published 1993
Continuous delivery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,317 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Unit Testing: With Examples in .NET (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,413 ratings — published 2009
xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 3.94 — 688 ratings — published 2003
Effective Programming: More Than Writing Code (ebook)
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avg rating 3.91 — 931 ratings — published 2012
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.48 — 550 ratings — published 2011
Code Reading: Open Source Perspective (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 85 ratings — published 2003
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 5,590 ratings — published 2015
Exercises for Programmers: 57 Challenges to Develop Your Coding Skills (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 61 ratings — published 2015
Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 6,935 ratings — published 2008
Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,469 ratings — published 2009
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.20 — 12,025 ratings — published 1994
Test-Driven Development: By Example (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 4,419 ratings — published 2002
Refactoring to Patterns (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,439 ratings — published 2004
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices (Alan Apt Series)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,321 ratings — published 2002
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as craftsmanship)
avg rating 3.78 — 249,397 ratings — published 1974
Design of Design, The: Essays from a Computer Scientist (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 619 ratings — published 2010
Remote: Office Not Required (Audiobook)
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avg rating 3.80 — 14,154 ratings — published 2013
“He [John Summerson] wrote that Georgian buildings, in particular, did not rely on an 'irrecoverable sense of craftsmanship for the pleasure they give. Personally I find great enhancement in reconstructed classical architecture. I like the new, sharp-cut masonry of Peckwater quadrangle at Christ Church, and wish that much more of Oxford's scrofulous architecture could be "touched for the King's evil" in the same way'. 59
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Part of his objection to their restoration rested on the fact that although the fabric could be rebuilt their furnishings were irreplaceable: 'You can re-build the structure of a building of the Wren type without losing much - expect in the way of sentiment. But once you start faking craftsmanship - Grinling Gibbons screens and wrought iron rails - you are doing a poor service to art and a positive disservice to archaeology'. 61
61. RIBA SUJ 10/3 Typescript 'Answering You' BBC Home Service 25 Jan. 1941 - 'Ariel in Wartime'.”
― The Georgian Group Journal Volume XXXI 2023
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Part of his objection to their restoration rested on the fact that although the fabric could be rebuilt their furnishings were irreplaceable: 'You can re-build the structure of a building of the Wren type without losing much - expect in the way of sentiment. But once you start faking craftsmanship - Grinling Gibbons screens and wrought iron rails - you are doing a poor service to art and a positive disservice to archaeology'. 61
61. RIBA SUJ 10/3 Typescript 'Answering You' BBC Home Service 25 Jan. 1941 - 'Ariel in Wartime'.”
― The Georgian Group Journal Volume XXXI 2023
“You can 3d print furniture,
but you cannot 3d print art -
and alas, only a true artist
can know what this means!”
― With Love From A Blue Rock
but you cannot 3d print art -
and alas, only a true artist
can know what this means!”
― With Love From A Blue Rock
