Programming reading list

1914-08-06
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Programming + Reading >

I found resources and talked to programmers about books they would recommend. I never got my brain around programming, so this project ended up being aborted.

Do note that some of these are very heavy reading, and most are not remotely suitable for new programmers.

See also /tag/programming+writing

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Lined up ∞

Consider seriously ∞

  • The Programmer’s Book of Rules – (1979), by George Ledin

    • ISBN-10: 9780534979935
    • ISBN-13: 978-0534979935

  • Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

    • ISBN-10: 0-13-476904-X
    • ISBN-13: 978-0134769042

  • The Definition of Standard ML, Revised Edition

    • ISBN-10: 0262631814
    • ISBN-13: 978-0262631815
    • A really, really tough read.

  • Types and Programming Languages

    • ISBN-10: 0262162091
    • ISBN-13: 978-0262162098

  • How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

    • ISBN-10: 0691023565
    • ISBN-13: 978-0691023564

Un-judged ∞

Lists ∞

Other ∞

  • Carolyn Snyder:: Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Simple Techniques for Designing and Refining the User Interface ISBN 1558608702

James recommends ∞

  • https://www.satisfice.com/resources

    • “These books are useful sources if you want to learn more about the underpinnings of the rapid approach to software testing. Each book on this list held some key insight that helped me make sense of how excellent testers do their work.” — James Bach

Systems Thinking ∞

  • Quality Software Management, Vol. 1: Systems Thinking – ISBN 0932633226 – 1991, Gerald M. Weinberg
  • An Introduction to General Systems Thinking – ISBN 0932633498 – 1975, Gerald M. Weinberg
  • Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully – ISBN 0932633013 – 1986, Gerald M. Weinberg

  • General Principles of Systems Design – ISBN 0932633072 – 1988, Gerald M. Weinberg, Daniela Weinberg

Heuristics ∞

  • Tools of Critical Thinking – ISBN 0205260837 – David A.Levy, 1997
  • Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design – ISBN 0932633137 – 1989, Don Gause, Gerald M. Weinberg
  • How to Solve It – ISBN 0691023565 – 1945, George Polya

  • How to Read and Do Proofs – ISBN 0471510041 – 1990, Daniel Solow

Ways People Think and Learn ∞

  • Cognition in the Wild – ISBN 0262581469 – 1996, Edwin Hutchins
  • Thinking and Deciding – ISBN 0521659728 – 1994, Jonathan Baron
  • Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step – ISBN 0060903252 – 1990, Ed De Bono
  • The Social Life of Information – ISBN 1578517087 – 2000, John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid

  • Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine – ISBN 0201581299 – 1993, Donald Norman

Scientific Thinking ∞

  • The Sciences of the Artificial, 3rd Ed. – ISBN 0262691914 – 1996, Herbert A. Simon
  • Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge – ISBN 0415043182 – 1992, Karl Popper
  • Theory and Evidence: The Development of Scientific Reasoning – ISBN 0262112094 – 1996, Barbara Koslowski
  • Abductive Inference: Computation, Philosophy, Technology – ISBN 0521434610 – 1996, John R. Josephson, Susan G. Josephson
  • The Pleasure of Finding Things Out – ISBN 0738203491 – 1999, Richard Feynman
  • Science as a Questioning Process – ISBN 0750303697 – 1996, Nigel Sanitt

  • Administrative Behavior, 4th ed. – ISBN 0684835827 – 1997, Herbert Simon

Software testing ∞

  • Testing Computer Software – ISBN 0471358460 – 1992, Cem Kaner, Hung Quoc Nguyen, Jack Falk
  • Software Testing: A Craftman’s Approach – ISBN 0849308097 – 1995, Paul C. Jorgensen

  • Bad Software: What to Do When Software Fails – ISBN 0471318264 – 1999, Cem Kaner, David Pels

Example of an Implicit Specification ∞

  • The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design – ISBN 1556156790 – 1995, Microsoft

Teamwork and Communication in a Technical Team ∞

  • Quality Software Management, Vol. 3: Congruent Action – ISBN 0932633285 – 1994, Gerald M. Weinberg

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