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Adobe Illustrator Cs6 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team • 1993

Fifteen projects that turn the complexity of vector design into a workflow you can actually use.

4.10

500+

🖌️ Adobe Illustrator ✏️ Vector Art 💻 Design Software

Adobe Illustrator Cs6 Classroom in a Book

Fifteen projects that turn the complexity of vector design into a workflow you can actually use.

by Adobe Creative Team 1993 463 pages

4.10

500+ ratings

🖌️ Adobe Illustrator ✏️ Vector Art 💻 Design Software

Practices of an Agile Developer

by Venkat Subramaniam • 2006

Clever code breaks teams; clear code lasts. Daily disciplines that turn a coder into a pro.

3.88

1k+

🔄 Agile Software Development 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📝 Clean Code

Practices of an Agile Developer

Clever code breaks teams; clear code lasts. Daily disciplines that turn a coder into a pro.

by Venkat Subramaniam 2006 204 pages

3.88

1k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Software Development 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📝 Clean Code

Agile Software Development

by Alistair Cockburn • 2006

Your process is never the bottleneck. Software projects move at the speed of a single conversation.

3.99

404

🤝 Software Teams 🔄 Agile Methodology 💬 Team Communication

Agile Software Development

Your process is never the bottleneck. Software projects move at the speed of a single conversation.

by Alistair Cockburn 2006 504 pages

3.99

404 ratings

🤝 Software Teams 🔄 Agile Methodology 💬 Team Communication

Learning OpenCV

by Gary Bradski • 2008

From smoothing to machine learning: the complete OpenCV toolkit for building computer vision apps.

4.01

171

🖥️ Computer Vision 🌄 Image Processing 📚 Open Source Libraries

Learning OpenCV

From smoothing to machine learning: the complete OpenCV toolkit for building computer vision apps.

by Gary Bradski 2008 575 pages

4.01

171 ratings

🖥️ Computer Vision 🌄 Image Processing 📚 Open Source Libraries

Understanding Software

by Max Kanat-Alexander • 2017

Code that's easy to write is hard to maintain. Here's how to flip that equation.

3.58

179

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🧹 Code Quality 🔍 Debugging Methods

Understanding Software

Code that's easy to write is hard to maintain. Here's how to flip that equation.

by Max Kanat-Alexander 2017 280 pages

3.58

179 ratings

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🧹 Code Quality 🔍 Debugging Methods

Functional Programming for Java Developers

by Dean Wampler • 2011

Immutability kills whole categories of concurrency bugs. The functional tools Java developers need.

3.27

126

🧑‍💻 Functional Programming ⚡ Concurrent Programming ☕ Java Development

Functional Programming for Java Developers

Immutability kills whole categories of concurrency bugs. The functional tools Java developers need.

by Dean Wampler 2011 90 pages

3.27

126 ratings

🧑‍💻 Functional Programming ⚡ Concurrent Programming ☕ Java Development

Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming

by Dusty Phillips • 2010

Python simplifies object-oriented design: patterns, inheritance, and iterators the Pythonic way.

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🖥️ Object-Oriented Programming 🐍 Python Programming 🔧 Software Design

Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming

Python simplifies object-oriented design: patterns, inheritance, and iterators the Pythonic way.

by Dusty Phillips 2010 431 pages

4.02

247 ratings

🖥️ Object-Oriented Programming 🐍 Python Programming 🔧 Software Design

Rethinking Agile

by Klaus Leopold • 2018

Your teams are agile; the company is slow. The bottleneck is the system, not the team.

4.30

500+

🧩 Agile Methodology 🏢 Business Agility 🏭 Lean Management

Rethinking Agile

Your teams are agile; the company is slow. The bottleneck is the system, not the team.

by Klaus Leopold 2018 134 pages

4.30

500+ ratings

🧩 Agile Methodology 🏢 Business Agility 🏭 Lean Management

Java to Kotlin

by Duncan McGregor • 2021

Migrating Java to Kotlin safely: functional refactoring that keeps production running.

4.58

☕ Java Developers 🔄 Kotlin Migration 🧠 Functional Programming

Java to Kotlin

Migrating Java to Kotlin safely: functional refactoring that keeps production running.

by Duncan McGregor 2021 422 pages

4.58

33 ratings

☕ Java Developers 🔄 Kotlin Migration 🧠 Functional Programming

Fundamentals of Data Engineering

by Joe Reis • 2022

Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data. The systems blueprint that frees them.

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500+

🛠️ Data Engineering 🏗️ Data Architecture 🔗 Data Pipelines

Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data. The systems blueprint that frees them.

by Joe Reis 2022 426 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

🛠️ Data Engineering 🏗️ Data Architecture 🔗 Data Pipelines

Platform Engineering

by Camille Fournier • 2024

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

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119

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking

Platform Engineering

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

by Camille Fournier 2024 322 pages

4.03

119 ratings

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking

Ansible

by Lorin Hochstein • 2014

No agents required. Automate configuration and deployment with playbooks you can actually read.

3.88

270

🔧 Configuration Management 📋 Infrastructure As Code 🛠️ Devops Tooling

Ansible

No agents required. Automate configuration and deployment with playbooks you can actually read.

by Lorin Hochstein 2014 334 pages

3.88

270 ratings

🔧 Configuration Management 📋 Infrastructure As Code 🛠️ Devops Tooling

Real-World Functional Programming

by Tomas Petricek • 2009

Adopt functional programming on .NET, alongside C#: patterns for cleaner, lock-free concurrency.

3.92

180

🧑‍💻 Functional Programming 🖥️ .Net Development 📜 Declarative Programming

Real-World Functional Programming

Adopt functional programming on .NET, alongside C#: patterns for cleaner, lock-free concurrency.

by Tomas Petricek 2009 560 pages

3.92

180 ratings

🧑‍💻 Functional Programming 🖥️ .Net Development 📜 Declarative Programming

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

by Mark Richards • 2020

Every architecture choice is a wager on a shifting context. A framework for placing better bets.

4.24

2k+

🧩 Trade-Off Analysis 🏛️ Architectural Styles 🧱 Modularity

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

Every architecture choice is a wager on a shifting context. A framework for placing better bets.

by Mark Richards 2020 422 pages

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧩 Trade-Off Analysis 🏛️ Architectural Styles 🧱 Modularity

Learning Domain-Driven Design

by Vladik Khononov • 2021

Learn the business before you write the code. Domain-driven design for the systems you build.

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500+

🧱 Domain-Driven Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🏢 Enterprise Software

Learning Domain-Driven Design

Learn the business before you write the code. Domain-driven design for the systems you build.

by Vladik Khononov 2021 340 pages

4.43

500+ ratings

🧱 Domain-Driven Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🏢 Enterprise Software

Hadoop

by Tom White • 2009

How to turn cheap servers into a petabyte-scale data platform, from HDFS to real-time streaming.

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1k+

📊 Big Data 🖧 Distributed Systems 🐘 Hadoop Ecosystem

Hadoop

How to turn cheap servers into a petabyte-scale data platform, from HDFS to real-time streaming.

by Tom White 2009 528 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

📊 Big Data 🖧 Distributed Systems 🐘 Hadoop Ecosystem

Five Lines of Code

by Christian Clausen • 2021

Trust rules, not taste. Inflexible constraints that hold every method to a five-line standard.

3.99

🛠️ Code Refactoring 🔷 Object-Oriented Design ✅ Code Quality

Five Lines of Code

Trust rules, not taste. Inflexible constraints that hold every method to a five-line standard.

by Christian Clausen 2021 336 pages

3.99

84 ratings

🛠️ Code Refactoring 🔷 Object-Oriented Design ✅ Code Quality

Cracking the Tech Career

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell • 2014

Recruiters give your resume six seconds. Here is the full system for making them count.

4.02

436

💻 Tech Careers 📝 Interview Preparation 🧑‍💻 Coding Interviews

Cracking the Tech Career

Recruiters give your resume six seconds. Here is the full system for making them count.

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell 2014 275 pages

4.02

436 ratings

💻 Tech Careers 📝 Interview Preparation 🧑‍💻 Coding Interviews

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1

by Donald Ervin Knuth • 1973

Algorithms are not just code: they are mathematical objects. To understand one, you must prove it.

4.38

1k+

🧮 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures 📈 Algorithm Analysis

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1

Algorithms are not just code: they are mathematical objects. To understand one, you must prove it.

by Donald Ervin Knuth 1973 672 pages

4.38

1k+ ratings

🧮 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures 📈 Algorithm Analysis

Dive Into Design Patterns

by Alexander Shvets • 2018

The 22 blueprints that turn tangled object-oriented code into systems you can actually change.

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500+

🧱 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔁 Design Patterns

Dive Into Design Patterns

The 22 blueprints that turn tangled object-oriented code into systems you can actually change.

by Alexander Shvets 2018 406 pages

4.66

500+ ratings

🧱 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔁 Design Patterns

AI and Machine Learning for Coders

by Laurence Moroney • 2021

Turn your code into AI that runs everywhere: train, optimize, deploy with a single toolkit.

4.09

108

🤖 Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning 🔵 Tensorflow

AI and Machine Learning for Coders

Turn your code into AI that runs everywhere: train, optimize, deploy with a single toolkit.

by Laurence Moroney 2021 390 pages

4.09

108 ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 🧠 Deep Learning 🔵 Tensorflow

The Psychology of Computer Programming

by Gerald M. Weinberg • 1971

Bugs aren't technical failures but the fingerprints of ego, poor teams, and languages that mislead.

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500+

🧠 Software Psychology 👥 Programming Teams ⚙️ Engineering Management

The Psychology of Computer Programming

Bugs aren't technical failures but the fingerprints of ego, poor teams, and languages that mislead.

by Gerald M. Weinberg 1971 292 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🧠 Software Psychology 👥 Programming Teams ⚙️ Engineering Management

Monolith to Microservices

by Sam Newman • 2019

Breaking a monolith into microservices: the incremental patterns that avoid a big-bang disaster.

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1k+

🧩 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔄 Legacy Modernization

Monolith to Microservices

Breaking a monolith into microservices: the incremental patterns that avoid a big-bang disaster.

by Sam Newman 2019 255 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🧩 Microservices 🏗️ Software Architecture 🔄 Legacy Modernization

Release It!

by Michael T. Nygard • 2007

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

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3k+

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance

Release It!

QA says your software is ready. Production disagrees. The patterns that close the gap.

by Michael T. Nygard 2007 350 pages

4.25

3k+ ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🌐 Distributed Systems 🛡️ Fault Tolerance

Coding Interview Patterns

by Alex Xu • 2024

The patterns behind every coding interview question, and the framework that sells your solution.

4.58

💻 Coding Interviews 📐 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures

Coding Interview Patterns

The patterns behind every coding interview question, and the framework that sells your solution.

by Alex Xu 2024 435 pages

4.58

45 ratings

💻 Coding Interviews 📐 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures

Building Products for the Enterprise

by Blair Reeves • 2018

Your user isn't your customer. The enterprise PM playbook for when those two have never met.

4.07

198

🏢 Enterprise Software 📋 Product Management 🏭 B2b Products

Building Products for the Enterprise

Your user isn't your customer. The enterprise PM playbook for when those two have never met.

by Blair Reeves 2018 184 pages

4.07

198 ratings

🏢 Enterprise Software 📋 Product Management 🏭 B2b Products

Modern Operating Systems

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum • 1992

From process scheduling to virtual memory, the abstractions that keep your computer from crashing.

4.14

2k+

🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Systems Programming 🧠 Kernel Design

Modern Operating Systems

From process scheduling to virtual memory, the abstractions that keep your computer from crashing.

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum 1992 960 pages

4.14

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Operating Systems ⚙️ Systems Programming 🧠 Kernel Design

AI Engineering

by Chip Huyen • 2025

Stop training models from scratch. The new discipline for building AI that ships.

4.37

1k+

🏗️ Llm Application Development 📝 Prompt Engineering 🔍 Rag Systems

AI Engineering

Stop training models from scratch. The new discipline for building AI that ships.

by Chip Huyen 2025 532 pages

4.37

1k+ ratings

🏗️ Llm Application Development 📝 Prompt Engineering 🔍 Rag Systems

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