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  1. Naming Things
    The Hardest Problem in Software Engineering
    Tom Benner

    Naming is one of the most difficult and enduring challenges in software engineering, but few of us do it well. This practical and comprehensive book provides a set of principles, rules, and application guidelines for efficiently choosing good names in your code.

  2. Clean Code Principles And Patterns
    Python Edition
    Petri Silen

    One of the most comprehensive no-fluff guides for Python software developers to help them write clean code every day. The book is packed with principles and patterns that help developers, from novices and juniors to seniors and experts, to write cleaner code.

  3. Rector - The Power of Automated Refactoring
    Matthias Noback and Tomas Votruba

    Learn how to automatically and continuously upgrade and improve your PHP code base

  4. Maintainable React
    Test-Driven Development, Refactoring and Clean Code.
    Juntao Qiu

    Struggling with messy React code? This book shows you how to refactor with confidence using real-world examples and timeless design principles—so your code stays clean, readable, and easy to change. Perfect for developers who want to level up their frontend craft.

  5. Learn to Think Like a Senior Engineer — by Building a Card Game EngineA hands-on guide to system design, clean architecture, and engineering judgment. No fluff. Just practical, test-driven code you’ll actually use.

  6. The Professional Junior
    Master the Senior Mindset and Write Code for Humans
    Doogal Simpson

    Stop reading 400-page theory books. This is a 30-page tactical field guide you can read during your lunch break and apply before you clock out. Learn the unwritten rules of clean code—without the fluff.

  7. The Other Half of Coding
    What they Didn't Teach You
    Max Guernsey, III

    Ever wonder why things get harder over time? You were only taught half of coding. Learn the other half and reverse code rot.

  8. Build a Database Server
    Learn how real databases work by following this practical guide to building your own
    Chris Zetter

    Learn how real databases work by following this practical guide to building your own in a programming language of your choice.Build a language from scratch- Create an interpreter that can parse, type check and run SQL queries. Start with running simple queries and build up to more complex ones.Learn SQL (the fun way) - Gain a deeper understanding of SQL. Cover the order of execution of queries, how SQL uses ternary logic and the techniques that databases use to join and group data efficiently. Compare your implementation with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and DuckDB.Improve as a programmer- The perfect project to practice how to structure and refactor code as you grow the feature set of your database server. The 200+ included test cases provide a safety net for refactoring your code, giving you freedom to experiment. Learn computer science topics including creating a recursive descent parser, building a type checker and implementing iterators.

  9. In today’s project-based, SCRUM “infested” web development work scene you are either a Junior starting out or a Senior who lacks in-depth knowledge. There seems to be no in-between! After reading this book you will be a Medior PHP Developer who can deliver a fully-fledged API from start to finish!

  10. In today’s project-based, SCRUM “infested” web development work scene you are either a Junior starting out or a Senior who lacks in-depth knowledge. There seems to be no in-between! After reading this book you will be a Medior PHP Developer who can deliver a web application from start to finish!

  11. Clean Code Principles and Patterns, 2nd Edition
    A Software Practitioner's Handbook
    Petri Silen

    One of the most comprehensive no-fluff guides for software developers to help them write clean code every day. The book is packed with principles and patterns that help developers, from novices and juniors to seniors and experts, to write cleaner code.

  12. PowerShell Troubleshooting Guide
    Techniques, strategies and solutions across scripting, automation, remoting, and system administration
    GitforGits | Asian Publishing House

    This book is superior, teaching administrators and developers to automate, optimize, and innovate using PowerShell. The book covers debugging, creating efficient loops, error handling, and the complexities of remote network management. You will learn to engage, code, experiment, and learn from real-world circumstances throughout this book.

  13. Memory Thinking for C & C++ Linux Diagnostics
    Slides with Descriptions and Source Code Illustrations, Second Edition
    Dmitry Vostokov

    Solid C and C++ knowledge is a must to fully understand Linux diagnostic artifacts such as core memory dumps and do diagnostic, forensic, and root cause analysis beyond listing backtraces. This full-color reference book is a part of the Accelerated C & C++ for Linux Diagnostics training course.

  14. Memory Thinking for C & C++ Windows Diagnostics
    Slides with Descriptions and Source Code Illustrations, Second Edition
    Dmitry Vostokov

    Solid C and C++ knowledge is a must to fully understand Windows diagnostic artifacts, such as memory dumps, and perform diagnostic, forensic, and root cause analysis beyond listing stack traces, DLLs, and driver information. This full-color reference book is a part of the Accelerated C & C++ for Windows Diagnostics training course.

  15. Pon tu código en forma con calistenia
    Conoce, practica y aplica los consejos de Object Calisthenics, para mejorar la calidad del diseño de tu código
    Fran Iglesias

    Las reglas de Object Calisthenics de Jeff Bay pueden ser la base para abordar refactoring efectivo de tu código.