 | Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steven C. McConnell
Buy used from: £3.18 The first book any new pro programmer should read
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 | The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt
Buy new: £15.91 / Used from: £15.00 A good follow up to Code Complete
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 | The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Buy new: £17.99 / Used from: £13.45 THE classic on project management
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 | Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco
Buy used from: £52.95 If your project has people on it (and that includes yourself!), read this book
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 | Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules by Steve C. McConnell
Buy used from: £3.02 If you made it to team lead, well done. Now you need this book to sit with Code Complete
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 | UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Martin Fowler
Buy new: £15.67 / Used from: £12.50 The best intro to UML book around, for anything more detailed read the OMG spec.
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 | Practical Business Systems Development using SSADM: A complete tutorial guide by Philip Weaver
Buy new: £40.79 / Used from: £12.90 Just to show that OO and UML haven't taken over completely
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 | About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper
Buy used from: £2.98 Controversial presentation of UI Design but important information nonetheless
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 | Programming Pearls (ACM Press) by Jon Bentley
Buy new: £14.39 / Used from: £9.28 Another one everyone should read - at least twice!
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 | IT Architectures and Middleware: Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems (Unisys) by Chris Britton
Buy new: £30.99 / Used from: £1.18 You have to build something big? Here are the things to think about.
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 | Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed by Barry Boehm
Buy new: £20.39 / Used from: £13.75 Wondering if you should be more Agile? This'll help.
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