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Great list Simon and thx for including my book. I actually like the idea of a developer for developer books, keep it up.
P. S. - Anyone interested in buying my book Grokking the Java interview can get it now for just $10.99 (usually $19.9) until tomorrow.
Here is the link - gumroad.com/l/QqjGH
Sure thing, you deserve it :)
Great list, thanks for aggregating them!
I'd also include "Doing Content Right" by Steph Smith on the list, it is a well-organized book on creating content on a consistent basis. It also sheds light on building your blog, doing SEO, adding monetization, etc.
Link: bit.ly/DCR-2020 (affiliate).
Thanks for the comment, gonna reach out to her!
Nice list! If anybody is interested in JavaScript i have a book that's free to read on GitHub github.com/AlbertoMontalesi/The-co...
There's also a course by the same name on educative, i won't link because I'm spamming myself enough
Hey Alberto, would be cool if you add your book to the site so othersca find it there 😊
Done! One suggestion may be to be able to select both Free and Paid. For example my book (but also the YDKJS book 1) are free to read on github or you can pay for it on leanpub/amazon.
Hey Alberto, thanks for the submission. That's a good hint, will add this to my roadmap!
Awesome list, thanks for sharing!
In case you're interested, I've put up a bunch of resources for developers on devresourc.es, and I'll make sure to add a "books" section there too.
Feel free to check it out! :)
Awesome list! I will definitely check most of them!
Another one that is a really interesting read and good to use as a guide for many stuff is the O' Reilly: Software Engineering at Google learning.oreilly.com/library/view/...
Thank you, Harris!
thanks very much for the mention! :) :)
intend to buy it but by the way the cover lacks a bit of sex appeal ;)
thanks haha yeah i am no designer, spent like 2 hours on it on canva and then never touched it again. will happily take a redesign idea if you have them.. or i might do some kind of 99designs contest in june when i launch v2
OK I'll propose a new cover :)
I made a simple cover for my future own book (in french) dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/...
Do you like that kind of style ?
the font and colors look good, but it's a lot of words! still overall feels professional, nice job.
Yes but it's for the frenches :D Yours don't have so many words so it should be even easier to do the cover :)
I made a quick cover for your book i.imgur.com/aWAyxVk.png
Of course don't bother if you don't like it ;)
oh nice, thank you very much!
but yea i like the one i have now compared to this... the point was to have one duck with the sunglasses, so that it symbolizes the reader who is a cool duck compared to the others 😂
ok fine :)
I didnt know some of the books, thanks for bringing them up. Please don't forget "Your first year in code" which was written from a team of dev.to members :)
leanpub.com/firstyearincode
Right, we should add that!
And it's live :)
Thank you :)
This is a great list! Thanks for including my book :)
I'll recommend another! One that I really like is Sandi Metz's Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby (she's given some excellent talks as well).
It taught me a lot about software design, how to think about where responsibilities should lie, which parts of the code should "own" behaviors, and that kind of thing. Software design stuff can be really abstract (e.g. Design Patterns) but Sandi's book makes it understandable with concrete examples. I think it's pretty accessible even if you don't know Ruby, and the things it talks about are mostly universal principles that apply to functional and OO styles alike. Definitely worth checking out.
Love your book, Dave, of course, it's on the list :)
And thanks for the recommendation, I will take care of that! And Sandi can even add it to the site on her own if she wants :)
I would also recommend book "Make" by Pieter Levels
Yeah, I like that one!
Great list and as always great article 🙌
You can check out my open-sources Introduction to Bash Scripting eBook here too:
Introduction to Bash Scripting - A DO Hackathon Submission
Bobby Iliev ・ Dec 12 '20 ・ 2 min read
Hey Bobby, thank you! You could add your book so that others can find it :)
Thanks for the suggestion! I've just submitted it! 🙌
Awesome, I already pushed it to the site :)
Awesome! Thanks for that!
Awesome list!
If anyone is looking for a comprehensive self-help book for aspiring coders, you might want to check out my book "Crossing the Rubycon: How to Learn to Code and Build a Programming Career" gumroad.com/l/fhIFH
I packed the book with concrete, practical advice as well as useful insider tips and encouraging stories about learning to code and finding a programming job as a code newbie. All in all, this is the book I wish I could have read 3 years ago when I was teaching myself to code.
P.S. You can check out reviews from the readers on goodreads goodreads.com/book/show/56082981-c...
Great list and great idea with DevBooks! We have lots of awesome indie authors in our field. I've also written a few dev career books (Portfolio Surgery, Freelance Newbie, How to Get a Job in Web Development) and will definitely be submitting them soon!
Cool!
Great list I really enjoyed that this didn't include any of the titles I was assuming to see in a programming/dev book list.
Thanks, Barry. Yeah, I think we've already seen the same 10 books over and over again :)
Thanks for sharing. Interestingly, "for developers. by developers" is Devopedia's tagline.
Didn't know that but it's a good fit :)
Thanks for sharing the list!
Sure thing, glad you like it!
Thanks!
Sure thing!
Great! Thanks
Thanks a lot, Simon for such a great blog. It is really very helpful.
You are welcome, my friend :)
awesome <3
Glad you like it! :)
I really enjoyed reading Building an Effective Dev Portfolio! So many awesome tips, and I've used the cover letter section to revamp my own cover letters.
Great list, thanks Simon!
Glad you like it, Jonathan :)
Though all the books seems great, I loved the Building an Effective Dev Portfolio book! Thanks for the awesome collection.
Yeah, it's a great read, glad you like it!
I've published a lot of free developer books, some on my dev.to but most here if you wanna check them out :D
Thanks, will do!
Thank you, Greg!
Thank you for putting together this list of excellent reading materials.
Sure thing!
Great list ! Thank you.
you're welcome :)
Thanks :)
I recommend Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava.
Thanks, let's see if we can get his book submitted
If you know of some fantastic books that are missing, please mention them and reach out to their authors to submit them :)
I think any of the books by IDesign would be a very nice addition to this list. Especially the "Righting Software" one, for more info see idesign.net/Leadership/Books