Must-Read Books for Software Engineers

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Must-Read Books for Software Engineers

Cagdas Basaraner

Feb. 11, 13 · Agile Zone ·

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Here are the CodeBuild selections of must-read software engineering books. Books are grouped according to their content with some description.

Reference Books

These Robert C. Martin and Gang of Four books are very fundamental OOP resources for every software engineer.

Coding Perfection

These Steve McConnell, Robert C. Martin and Joshua Bloch books are very helpful with increasing your coding skills.

Refactoring and Patterns

Refactoring and patterns are very important issues of OOP, which brings quality and maintainability. These Martin Fowler and Joshua Kerievsky books are maybe the best references about this issue.

Pragmatic Programming

Andrew Hunt's and David Thomas's "pragmatic" approach to programming brings very important viewpoints to software engineering.

Project Management

There are many project management books in the market but Frederick P. Brooks Jr. and Tom DeMarco presents very impressive important viewpoints to project management.