Lately I've had a bit of a renaissance in my intake of software development literature. I've been taking the time to read the canonical source of c...
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Shhhh, can't have too many people looking at books...
...totally unbiased opinion from an online article writer who's not got enough time to format them as a book. ;)
Absolutely agree. I remember being fresh out of college and picking up all the canonical books and trying to make my way through them. It just didn't stick as well as it should have and, worse, the feeling of not understanding everything made me doubt myself. Aren't these books for good programmers?
Years later, I'm doing the same thing: going back and reading the books people always say you should read. Now I've dealt with situations where the concepts would have been useful and it's been great.
I've always had this lack of knowledge for the terms when I started, so I went back to tutorials and other friends to help me.
Now that I'm more comfortable with all the development envirorment, going back to books that once I thought was too complicated is SO rewarding and necessary !
And please, share the books or another source materials that made you feel that way! As well as the other people commenting here !