Countless books have been written to guide and educate us in the realm of programming. But which one stands above all the rest as the most influential of them all? What coding resource book do you consider to be an absolute game-changer or a a timeless gem that has left an indelible mark on the programming world?
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The most for me is:
The Art of Computer Programming
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_C...
For me " let us C "
If you are starting your journey in the field of computer science, this book is epic, it really helped me alot
https://books.google.com.eg/books/about/Let_Us_C.html?id=HrlIEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1&ovdme=1&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Personally I found Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code the most helpful book in my daily programming tasks. Although Test-Driven Development For Embedded C was the one that made me improve the most. Not only in C but in my programming methodology itself
Developer Testing - bringing quality into software by Alexander Tarlin (yes almost no-one will have heard of that one)
Working with Legacy code - Michael Feathers
Code Complete
The Pragmatic Programmer
Design Patterns
Refactoring to Patterns
Operating Systems - Design and Implementation
Pro .NET Benchmarking
modern c++ design by Andrei Alexandrescu
Some of them has been named here, but "JavaScript: The Good Parts" is one of those that teaches you about how to use a programming language.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar