 | The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt
Buy new: £15.91 / Used from: £12.97 You should probably read this before anything else: all the fundamentals are here, explained in a clear and enjoyable style
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 | Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steve McConnell
Buy new: £21.79 / Used from: £18.99 A reference full of wisdom on the business of making software: whenever you have a difficult technical decision, you'll probably find some help here.
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 | Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Martin Fowler
Buy new: £25.79 / Used from: £19.99 Another essential, although it will seem pretty abstract until you start on larger software projects.
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 | Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World by Bruce Schneier
Buy new: £8.36 / Used from: £5.00 Written specifically for non-experts, this book will enable you to think through security matters with confidence.
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 | The Non-Designer's Design and Type Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice by Robin Williams
Buy new: £19.18 / Used from: £36.29 Users will largely judge the value of your work by appearence. This teaches key ideas behind graphic design brilliantly, and will enhance every presentation, document, and interface that you produce.
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 | Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-free Productivity by David Allen
Buy new: £7.73 / Used from: £6.50 A productivity book that is popular with programmers, because the ideas are simple and actually work. It helped me immensely.
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 | Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers) by Michael Nygard
Buy new: £16.04 / Used from: £14.99 Practical lessons from the real world on how to design Web applications, and keep them running smoothly.
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 | The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Buy new: £15.46 / Used from: £12.49 Once you start to manage your own projects, you'll appreciate this book. It was written in an older era, but the problems of software it tackles are amazingly timeless.
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 | Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco
Buy used from: £52.38 Another classic that will still benefit anyone running a project with others.
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