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Code That Fits in Your Head

by Mark Seemann • 2021

Most code is too complex for the human brain. Heuristics that shrink it down to size.

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⚙️ Software Engineering 🧠 Cognitive Load 📖 Readable Code

Code That Fits in Your Head

Most code is too complex for the human brain. Heuristics that shrink it down to size.

by Mark Seemann 2021 406 pages

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298 ratings

⚙️ Software Engineering 🧠 Cognitive Load 📖 Readable Code

The Swift Programming Language

by Apple Inc. • 2014

How Swift makes your code safer, cleaner, and faster: the official language reference.

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🖥️ Apple Development 📖 Language Reference 🔒 Type Safety

The Swift Programming Language

How Swift makes your code safer, cleaner, and faster: the official language reference.

by Apple Inc. 2014 500 pages

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479 ratings

🖥️ Apple Development 📖 Language Reference 🔒 Type Safety

CEH Certified Ethical Hacker All-in-One Exam Guide

by Matt Walker • 2011

A prep guide that turns ethical hacking exam objectives into hands-on attack and defense skills.

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🕵️ Ethical Hacking 🎯 Penetration Testing 🌐 Network Security

CEH Certified Ethical Hacker All-in-One Exam Guide

A prep guide that turns ethical hacking exam objectives into hands-on attack and defense skills.

by Matt Walker 2011 395 pages

3.97

297 ratings

🕵️ Ethical Hacking 🎯 Penetration Testing 🌐 Network Security

Kotlin in Action

by Dmitry Jemerov • 2016

Write less code, eliminate null errors, and keep every Java library. A Kotlin guide for developers.

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🇰 Kotlin ☕ Java 🔬 Functional Programming

Kotlin in Action

Write less code, eliminate null errors, and keep every Java library. A Kotlin guide for developers.

by Dmitry Jemerov 2016 360 pages

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500+ ratings

🇰 Kotlin ☕ Java 🔬 Functional Programming

Kotlin for Android Developers

by Antonio Leiva • 2016

Build an Android app while learning Kotlin: less boilerplate, null safety, and concise code.

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📱 Android Development 🔷 Kotlin 📚 Project-Based Learning

Kotlin for Android Developers

Build an Android app while learning Kotlin: less boilerplate, null safety, and concise code.

by Antonio Leiva 2016 240 pages

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183 ratings

📱 Android Development 🔷 Kotlin 📚 Project-Based Learning

Architecting for Scale

by Lee Atchison • 2016

Features fail when the app is down. A field manual for systems that survive real-world decay.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🟢 High Availability 🧩 Microservices

Architecting for Scale

Features fail when the app is down. A field manual for systems that survive real-world decay.

by Lee Atchison 2016 228 pages

3.57

229 ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🟢 High Availability 🧩 Microservices

Building Successful Communities of Practice

by Emily Webber • 2016

Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.

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🏘️ Communities Of Practice 📚 Organizational Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management

Building Successful Communities of Practice

Build a peer community where knowledge flows across teams, and silos dissolve from within.

by Emily Webber 2016 80 pages

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254 ratings

🏘️ Communities Of Practice 📚 Organizational Learning 🧠 Knowledge Management

Threat Modeling

by Adam Shostack • 2014

Draw your software. Mark the trust boundaries. Ask six questions to find flaws before attackers do.

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🧩 Threat Modeling 🔒 Software Security ⚠️ Risk Management

Threat Modeling

Draw your software. Mark the trust boundaries. Ask six questions to find flaws before attackers do.

by Adam Shostack 2014 624 pages

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286 ratings

🧩 Threat Modeling 🔒 Software Security ⚠️ Risk Management

The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD and Eclipse

by Norman Matloff • 2007

Your program crashes because it hides a secret. GDB, DDD, and Eclipse reveal it.

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🐞 Debugging Techniques ⚡ Systems Programming 🧠 Memory Management

The Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD and Eclipse

Your program crashes because it hides a secret. GDB, DDD, and Eclipse reveal it.

by Norman Matloff 2007 280 pages

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106 ratings

🐞 Debugging Techniques ⚡ Systems Programming 🧠 Memory Management

How to Measure Anything Workbook

by Douglas W. Hubbard • 2014

Why everything is measurable and how to do it: a toolkit for turning uncertainties into dollars.

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📏 Intangible Measurement 🎲 Uncertainty Reduction 📊 Decision Analysis

How to Measure Anything Workbook

Why everything is measurable and how to do it: a toolkit for turning uncertainties into dollars.

by Douglas W. Hubbard 2014 160 pages

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219 ratings

📏 Intangible Measurement 🎲 Uncertainty Reduction 📊 Decision Analysis

Graph Databases

by Ian Robinson • 2013

Relational databases fail on connected data. Graph databases traverse deep links in milliseconds.

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🕸️ Graph Databases 🗄️ Nosql Databases 📐 Graph Theory

Graph Databases

Relational databases fail on connected data. Graph databases traverse deep links in milliseconds.

by Ian Robinson 2013 238 pages

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437 ratings

🕸️ Graph Databases 🗄️ Nosql Databases 📐 Graph Theory

Lean Architecture

by James O. Coplien • 2010

The missing piece of Agile: an architecture that mirrors how users think, built by everyone early.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🔄 Agile Development 📐 Lean Methodology

Lean Architecture

The missing piece of Agile: an architecture that mirrors how users think, built by everyone early.

by James O. Coplien 2010 384 pages

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178 ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🔄 Agile Development 📐 Lean Methodology

Operating Systems

by William Stallings • 1991

How UNIX, Linux, and Solaris kernels work inside: from fork() to page faults.

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🖥️ Operating Systems 🐧 Unix Internals ⚙️ Kernel Design

Operating Systems

How UNIX, Linux, and Solaris kernels work inside: from fork() to page faults.

by William Stallings 1991 818 pages

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421 ratings

🖥️ Operating Systems 🐧 Unix Internals ⚙️ Kernel Design

CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide

by Shon Harris • 2001

All ten CISSP domains in one guide: what you need for the exam and the job.

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🔓 Information Security 📜 Cybersecurity Certification 🏛️ Security Governance

CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide

All ten CISSP domains in one guide: what you need for the exam and the job.

by Shon Harris 2001 1001 pages

4.10

500+ ratings

🔓 Information Security 📜 Cybersecurity Certification 🏛️ Security Governance

Async JavaScript

by Trevor Burnham • 2012

JavaScript's single thread is a feature: the async patterns that keep code responsive.

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🔄 Asynchronous Programming 🧩 Javascript Design Patterns 📡 Event-Driven Architecture

Async JavaScript

JavaScript's single thread is a feature: the async patterns that keep code responsive.

by Trevor Burnham 2012 84 pages

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204 ratings

🔄 Asynchronous Programming 🧩 Javascript Design Patterns 📡 Event-Driven Architecture

Blockchain Technology Explained

by Alan T. Norman • 2017

Blockchain in plain English: how it works, why it rewires trust, and what comes after Bitcoin.

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🧱 Blockchain Basics 💰 Cryptocurrencies 📒 Distributed Ledgers

Blockchain Technology Explained

Blockchain in plain English: how it works, why it rewires trust, and what comes after Bitcoin.

by Alan T. Norman 2017 128 pages

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500+ ratings

🧱 Blockchain Basics 💰 Cryptocurrencies 📒 Distributed Ledgers

Windows PowerShell Cookbook

by Lee Holmes • 2007

No more text parsing. The object-oriented shell cookbook for reliable Windows scripting.

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🐚 Shell Scripting 🪟 Windows Administration 📖 Scripting Cookbooks

Windows PowerShell Cookbook

No more text parsing. The object-oriented shell cookbook for reliable Windows scripting.

by Lee Holmes 2007 1034 pages

3.84

206 ratings

🐚 Shell Scripting 🪟 Windows Administration 📖 Scripting Cookbooks

Building Wireless Sensor Networks

by Robert Faludi • 2010

Turn Arduino and XBee radios into a self-healing sensor mesh: from two nodes to thousands.

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📶 Wireless Networking 💻 Embedded Systems 📡 Sensor Networks

Building Wireless Sensor Networks

Turn Arduino and XBee radios into a self-healing sensor mesh: from two nodes to thousands.

by Robert Faludi 2010 318 pages

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192 ratings

📶 Wireless Networking 💻 Embedded Systems 📡 Sensor Networks

Data Mining Techniques

by Michael J.A. Berry • 1997

How to pull business answers from transaction data using six core data mining techniques.

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📊 Data-Driven Marketing 📈 Customer Analytics ⛏️ Data Mining

Data Mining Techniques

How to pull business answers from transaction data using six core data mining techniques.

by Michael J.A. Berry 1997 464 pages

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233 ratings

📊 Data-Driven Marketing 📈 Customer Analytics ⛏️ Data Mining

Python Cookbook

by David Beazley • 2002

Python recipes that make the standard library do the heavy lifting, from strings to metaclasses.

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🐍 Python Programming 📋 Code Recipes 📚 Standard Library

Python Cookbook

Python recipes that make the standard library do the heavy lifting, from strings to metaclasses.

by David Beazley 2002 807 pages

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1k+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 📋 Code Recipes 📚 Standard Library

Cisco CCNA in 60 Days

by Paul W. Browning • 2012

60 days of structured practice for the CCNA: the schedule that gets you certified.

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📜 Ccna Certification 🌐 Network Engineering 📅 Daily Practice

Cisco CCNA in 60 Days

60 days of structured practice for the CCNA: the schedule that gets you certified.

by Paul W. Browning 2012 496 pages

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179 ratings

📜 Ccna Certification 🌐 Network Engineering 📅 Daily Practice

The Software Architect Elevator

by Gregor Hohpe • 2020

Vertical commute: connecting boardroom strategy to shipping code without getting thrown off either.

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🏢 Enterprise Architecture 📐 Software Architecture 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Software Architect Elevator

Vertical commute: connecting boardroom strategy to shipping code without getting thrown off either.

by Gregor Hohpe 2020 364 pages

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500+ ratings

🏢 Enterprise Architecture 📐 Software Architecture 🔄 Systems Thinking

97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

by Richard Monson-Haefel • 2009

Code is the easy part. Learn the business, communication, and simplicity that make an architect.

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🏗️ Software Architecture 🤝 Business Alignment 📉 Technical Debt

97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

Code is the easy part. Learn the business, communication, and simplicity that make an architect.

by Richard Monson-Haefel 2009 220 pages

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500+ ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 🤝 Business Alignment 📉 Technical Debt

CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition

by Mike Meyers • 1999

From OSI layers to IPv6: the definitive walkthrough for the CompTIA Network+ exam.

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🧱 Computer Networking 📝 It Certification 📡 Tcp/Ip Protocols

CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Seventh Edition

From OSI layers to IPv6: the definitive walkthrough for the CompTIA Network+ exam.

by Mike Meyers 1999 956 pages

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500+ ratings

🧱 Computer Networking 📝 It Certification 📡 Tcp/Ip Protocols

Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies

by David D. Busch • 2004

Get off Auto. Master exposure, lenses, and lighting to take the photos you actually pictured.

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📷 Digital Photography ⚙️ Camera Fundamentals ☀️ Exposure Techniques

Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies

Get off Auto. Master exposure, lenses, and lighting to take the photos you actually pictured.

by David D. Busch 2004 352 pages

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328 ratings

📷 Digital Photography ⚙️ Camera Fundamentals ☀️ Exposure Techniques

Doing Data Science

by Cathy O'Neil • 2013

Your model is lying to you. The ninety percent of data science that algorithms won't fix.

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📊 Data Science 📈 Statistical Thinking 🧹 Data Wrangling

Doing Data Science

Your model is lying to you. The ninety percent of data science that algorithms won't fix.

by Cathy O'Neil 2013 405 pages

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500+ ratings

📊 Data Science 📈 Statistical Thinking 🧹 Data Wrangling

Software Engineering for Data Scientists

by Catherine Nelson • 2024

Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.

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🏗️ Software Craftsmanship 👁️ Code Readability 🧩 Modular Design

Software Engineering for Data Scientists

Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.

by Catherine Nelson 2024 257 pages

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48 ratings

🏗️ Software Craftsmanship 👁️ Code Readability 🧩 Modular Design

HTML5

by Mark Pilgrim • 2010

Plugins are dying: video, graphics, and storage now live in the browser itself. Here is how.

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🌐 Web Development 💻 Frontend Development 🏷️ Semantic Markup

HTML5

Plugins are dying: video, graphics, and storage now live in the browser itself. Here is how.

by Mark Pilgrim 2010 207 pages

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500+ ratings

🌐 Web Development 💻 Frontend Development 🏷️ Semantic Markup

The Art of Product Management

by Rich Mironov • 2008

Product management is parenting. Sales is scouting. SaaS is cooking. The logic behind each.

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🗺️ Product Strategy 👥 Customer Development 🔍 Competitive Intelligence

The Art of Product Management

Product management is parenting. Sales is scouting. SaaS is cooking. The logic behind each.

by Rich Mironov 2008 230 pages

3.49

280 ratings

🗺️ Product Strategy 👥 Customer Development 🔍 Competitive Intelligence

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks

by Paul Butcher • 2014

Threads unravel programs. Seven concurrency models that don't, from actors and CSP to GPU parallel.

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🧩 Concurrency Patterns ⚡ Parallel Programming 🎭 Actor Model

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks

Threads unravel programs. Seven concurrency models that don't, from actors and CSP to GPU parallel.

by Paul Butcher 2014 267 pages

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349 ratings

🧩 Concurrency Patterns ⚡ Parallel Programming 🎭 Actor Model

Cloud Computing

by Nayan B. Ruparelia • 2016

How to move your business to the cloud without getting locked in, breached, or overcharged.

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🖥️ It Infrastructure 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🚚 Cloud Migration

Cloud Computing

How to move your business to the cloud without getting locked in, breached, or overcharged.

by Nayan B. Ruparelia 2016 278 pages

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159 ratings

🖥️ It Infrastructure 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🚚 Cloud Migration

The Art of Agile Development

by James Shore • 2007

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

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⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software

The Art of Agile Development

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

by James Shore 2007 438 pages

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500+ ratings

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

by Michael S. Collier • 2015

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

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☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

by Michael S. Collier 2015 246 pages

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146 ratings

☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud

Eleventh Hour CISSP®

by Joshua Feldman • 2016

CISSP domains turned into principles and formulas you can recall cold in the final hours.

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🔒 Information Security 📜 Certification Prep 🛡️ Security Management

Eleventh Hour CISSP®

CISSP domains turned into principles and formulas you can recall cold in the final hours.

by Joshua Feldman 2016 222 pages

4.25

494 ratings

🔒 Information Security 📜 Certification Prep 🛡️ Security Management

Effective Unit Testing

by Lasse Koskela • 2012

A slow test suite kills productivity. The craft rules for fast, trustworthy unit tests.

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🧪 Unit Testing ☕️ Java Development 🧩 Testable Design

Effective Unit Testing

A slow test suite kills productivity. The craft rules for fast, trustworthy unit tests.

by Lasse Koskela 2012 248 pages

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118 ratings

🧪 Unit Testing ☕️ Java Development 🧩 Testable Design

Agile Testing

by Lisa Crispin • 2008

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

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🔄 Agile Development 🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation

Agile Testing

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

by Lisa Crispin 2008 533 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Development 🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

by Don Jones • 2011

Stop navigating wizards. Fluency in the shell, fitted into the gaps in your calendar.

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🖥️ Windows Administration ⚡ Powershell Scripting 💻 System Administration

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

Stop navigating wizards. Fluency in the shell, fitted into the gaps in your calendar.

by Don Jones 2011 343 pages

4.30

500+ ratings

🖥️ Windows Administration ⚡ Powershell Scripting 💻 System Administration

Confident Data Skills

by Kirill Eremenko • 2018

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

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📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Confident Data Skills

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

by Kirill Eremenko 2018 272 pages

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211 ratings

📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Agile IT Organization Design

by Sriram Narayan • 2015

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

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🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology

Agile IT Organization Design

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

by Sriram Narayan 2015 304 pages

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187 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology

Domain-Driven Design

by Eric Evans • 2003

Software's hardest problem isn't code; it's the shared vocabulary between experts and developers.

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🧱 Domain Modeling 📐 Software Architecture 📦 Object-Oriented Design

Domain-Driven Design

Software's hardest problem isn't code; it's the shared vocabulary between experts and developers.

by Eric Evans 2003 560 pages

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5k+ ratings

🧱 Domain Modeling 📐 Software Architecture 📦 Object-Oriented Design

Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman • 2004

Twelve patterns that keep software flexible: the visual guide that makes them stick.

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🧩 Design Patterns 📐 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture

Head First Design Patterns

Twelve patterns that keep software flexible: the visual guide that makes them stick.

by Eric Freeman 2004 638 pages

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9k+ ratings

🧩 Design Patterns 📐 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture

Computer Networks and Internets

by Douglas E. Comer • 1996

Networking as a system, not a spec sheet: the lasting foundation under every protocol war.

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💻 Computer Networking 📋 Network Protocols 📡 Data Communications

Computer Networks and Internets

Networking as a system, not a spec sheet: the lasting foundation under every protocol war.

by Douglas E. Comer 1996 768 pages

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131 ratings

💻 Computer Networking 📋 Network Protocols 📡 Data Communications

Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg • 2005

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

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🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory

Algorithm Design

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

by Jon Kleinberg 2005 864 pages

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500+ ratings

🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory

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.

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🔄 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

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1k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Software Development 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 📝 Clean Code

CCNP ROUTE 642-902

by Wendell Odom • 2009

Three routing protocols, one exam, and the verification commands that separate pass from fail.

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🖥️ Network Engineering 🔷 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing Protocols

CCNP ROUTE 642-902

Three routing protocols, one exam, and the verification commands that separate pass from fail.

by Wendell Odom 2009 730 pages

4.12

139 ratings

🖥️ Network Engineering 🔷 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing Protocols

Agile Software Development

by Alistair Cockburn • 2006

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

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🤝 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

Programming

by Bjarne Stroustrup • 2008

Build programs that last: learn C++ from fundamentals to standard library, with design and testing.

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🖥️ C++ Programming 📘 Introductory Programming 🧩 Object-Oriented Programming

Programming

Build programs that last: learn C++ from fundamentals to standard library, with design and testing.

by Bjarne Stroustrup 2008 1236 pages

4.22

500+ ratings

🖥️ C++ Programming 📘 Introductory Programming 🧩 Object-Oriented Programming

Cisco CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide

by Wendell Odom • 2013

Subnetting, VLANs, and the CLI: the Cisco networking skills the ICND1 exam actually tests.

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🌐 Computer Networking 📜 Cisco Certification 📝 Certification Prep

Cisco CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-101 Official Cert Guide

Subnetting, VLANs, and the CLI: the Cisco networking skills the ICND1 exam actually tests.

by Wendell Odom 2013 899 pages

4.23

318 ratings

🌐 Computer Networking 📜 Cisco Certification 📝 Certification Prep

Programming the Raspberry Pi

by Simon Monk • 2012

From blinking LED to autonomous rover: a hands-on guide to the Raspberry Pi and Python.

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🖥️ Single-Board Computers 🐍 Python For Hardware 🐧 Linux Basics

Programming the Raspberry Pi

From blinking LED to autonomous rover: a hands-on guide to the Raspberry Pi and Python.

by Simon Monk 2012 170 pages

3.82

420 ratings

🖥️ Single-Board Computers 🐍 Python For Hardware 🐧 Linux Basics

Java Cookbook

by Ian F. Darwin • 2001

Everyday Java challenges and the clean, working code that defeats them, from I/O to lambdas.

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☕ Java Programming 👨‍🍳 Recipe Cookbook 🧩 Design Patterns

Java Cookbook

Everyday Java challenges and the clean, working code that defeats them, from I/O to lambdas.

by Ian F. Darwin 2001 638 pages

3.69

162 ratings

☕ Java Programming 👨‍🍳 Recipe Cookbook 🧩 Design Patterns

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