scheffgames Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 For me Stephen's Prata C Primer Plus it's one of them since it was my first - taught me a lot of essentials. The passionate programmer and Coders At work are another two favorites - not very technical but full of life tips and stories from programming "stars". Code Complete and The Pragmatic Programmer are a trove of good practices and down to earth advice, specially the latter since it's shorter and has an incredible assortment of tips. Actually I'm glad I've opened this topic, I gotta re-read The Pragmatic Programmer - it just fills me with passion and excitement for this beautiful craft that is programming. Otho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otho Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 So far The pramatic programmer is my favorite programming book scheffgames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tua Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Secrets of the Javascript Ninja The book that taught me all the quirks of Javascript. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstyles Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 https://www.amazon.co.uk/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742 is pretty much a must-read for JSers, but, and this is a particular problem with JS, anything published is immediately out of date, the Crockford book above is 9 years old but it focusses more on language decisions and how the language works, any book that focusses more on implementation is going to date really badly. So I'd say get yourself a book that discusses theory with lots of pseudo code, that'll stay a good resource for you, even years later. Addy Osmani has released a great book on design patterns, which is free. Again, a little old now (although it has seen updates from initial release) so the implementation does not show new language features, which in many cases just make those patterns less verbose or easier to write so the theory is still sound. Kyle Simpson is also an excellent writer and super knowledgable about the nuts and bolts of how JS actually works (which is rare, even rarer is someone who can explain it well!), the You Don't Know JS books have been very well received. Generally once you find a writer you like its worth following them on twitter or their blogs. Otho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otho Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Adding another book to the list: Game Programming Patterns I use things from this book all the time when writing games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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