Learn how modern applications are designed, built, and deployed. These books cover development best practices, software lifecycles, and key technologies for creating effective web, mobile, and desktop apps.
Improving the Design of Existing Code Let’s face it: most code doesn’t start out pretty, and even less of it stays that way. Spaghetti logic, bloated classes, and indecipherable if-statements have a way of creeping into even our best projects. Refactoring by Martin Fowler is your ultimate guide to cleaning up the mess and writing […]
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software Before there were endless frameworks and libraries, there were tough design problems that developers faced again and again. Instead of solving them from scratch each time, four pioneers (Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides), collectively known as the “Gang of Four”, compiled 23 proven solutions […]
Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups When you are starting out as a developer, it is easy to believe that hard work alone will take you straight to the top. Write solid code, fix a few bugs, maybe throw in a late-night deployment or two, and you are […]
Building Extensible and Maintainable Object – Oriented Software 2nd Edition What if the hardest part of software design is not the code, but the blank stare you give your screen when things get complicated? That is where Head First Design Patterns comes in. It is here to save your sanity, make your code smarter, sharpen […]
Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software When software meets complexity, spaghetti code often follows. But fear not – Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans steps in as the thoughtful guide your tangled project didn’t know it needed. This is not a book about frameworks, trendy tools, or the latest JavaScript flavor of the month. It […]