5/5 I absolutely adore this book. I first read it in college and when I found out the anniversary edition was coming out I actually pre-ordered it, something I never do! I also hardly re-read books and again, I re-read this one.
It's practically at the top of any of my recommendations for programmers. Whatever stage you're at and whatever software you're writing, this book is the cream of the crop and provides pragmatic (ha!) advice for code, your project, and your career.
4/5 I'd only recommend this to senior engineers, CTOs, or software engineers at a "non-tech" company. Nearly all of the practices in here are already being followed at major software companies, so it was kind of a drag to read and just say "oh yeah, we already do that." But if you find writing software is absolute torture at your company, then maybe this is for you. Not recommended for beginners.
5/5 When I learned JavaScript pre-ES6 it was considered "barely" a programming language and one that you only learned enough of to get your website to do what you wanted with Dojo or jQuery.
Now JS has eaten the web, mobile apps, backend, and more. I see the current wave of JS full-stack engineers and knew I had to do more than just dust off my old copy of JavaScript: The Good Parts.
EloquentJS is an amazing programming book and an especially great JS book. You'd be hard pressed to find a book that fully covers the fundamentals of programming, and gives a comprehensive showcasing of the JS language, while giving practical and fun projects along the way.
I've honestly been tearing through my book backlog during quarantine:
From most-recent to least recent:
5/5 I absolutely adore this book. I first read it in college and when I found out the anniversary edition was coming out I actually pre-ordered it, something I never do! I also hardly re-read books and again, I re-read this one.
It's practically at the top of any of my recommendations for programmers. Whatever stage you're at and whatever software you're writing, this book is the cream of the crop and provides pragmatic (ha!) advice for code, your project, and your career.
2. The DevOps Handbook
4/5 I'd only recommend this to senior engineers, CTOs, or software engineers at a "non-tech" company. Nearly all of the practices in here are already being followed at major software companies, so it was kind of a drag to read and just say "oh yeah, we already do that." But if you find writing software is absolute torture at your company, then maybe this is for you. Not recommended for beginners.
3. Eloquent JavaScript
5/5 When I learned JavaScript pre-ES6 it was considered "barely" a programming language and one that you only learned enough of to get your website to do what you wanted with Dojo or jQuery.
Now JS has eaten the web, mobile apps, backend, and more. I see the current wave of JS full-stack engineers and knew I had to do more than just dust off my old copy of JavaScript: The Good Parts.
EloquentJS is an amazing programming book and an especially great JS book. You'd be hard pressed to find a book that fully covers the fundamentals of programming, and gives a comprehensive showcasing of the JS language, while giving practical and fun projects along the way.
You can find some of my other suggested reads here: My Suggested Reads