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[@ChryseCoder]

Any CS book that has a colorful picture of a animal on its cover has my full trust.

[@FLUX07]

Faxx

[@AnarchySane]

Books with people in costumes on cover too 😊

[@Wulk]

Never trust a minimalist cover those are too wild

[@jacqweeeee]

Books mentioned: -Cracking The Coding Interview -The Algorithm Design Manual -Structure and Interpretation on Computer Programs -Designing Data-Intensive Applications

[@OccupiedMuffins]

wow thanks, i watched the video too

[@JayFrontera]

​@@OccupiedMuffinswho?

[@aortai]

Thank you😊

[@efsx86]

Thanks mate

[@saltedmutton7269]

@@OccupiedMuffins you can copy paste from this comment into google or whatever and find the book you want without having to type the name manually it's a little thing but it helps

[@shopifypro]

Hey aaron, Big thanks to you and freemote! I'm closing out a project for $6300, and it's only been around 15 hours so far on the job! Grateful for your help.

[@alitoto5452]

how did you do that?

[@whattube7538]

I would add Computer Systems: a programmers perspective…that book took me to the next level

[@nirajsinghnirajsingh465]

This books is helping for placement and learning for software engineer can u tell me ?

[@thebahrimedia]

I would add the Phoenix project. It teaches important concepts about software and devops for enterprises.

[@prajwalkothare958]

And the corporate drama

[@thebahrimedia]

@@prajwalkothare958 trueeeee

[@leonking97]

Thanks for the info Aaron! Studying algorithms/CS right now.

[@elizabeth00653]

I love this, please post more like this. I've been looking at course outlines for good textbooks to read

[@jokerTrickzzZ]

The art of computer programming

[@kress89]

For sure: Crafting interpreters :D

[@grapy83]

Loved it. There are variety of excellent books that can be included here. Given that you are a teacher yourself so your list is gonna be quite comprehensive and complement each other.

[@IPatricio]

I would definitely add The Pragmatic Programmer

[@alejandroabad-pablo7813]

This short alone made me like and subscribe to ur channel. Very well done. Quick, short and concise👍🏽

[@ez7125]

Save

[@orlovskyconsultinggbr2849]

Clean Code by Uncle Bob Then Design patterns and Refactoring Martin Fowler

[@theosteknion6219]

I'm learning HTML5 as my 1st coding tutorial. Is the book Clear Code sinething to read along with this class? Or for after? Also looking to take other web dev tutorials. Thanks.

[@yuvrajagarkar8764]

Can you pls mention the design pattern book name

[@laughingvampire7555]

the 3 bibles of overengineering

[@laughingvampire7555]

@@yuvrajagarkar8764 Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software however, these 3 books are on the "overengineering" side of things. Clean Code has good things because Uncle Bob teaches you to make OO code decoupled from most of the dependencies and understand software boundaries but this in itself tend to be overhead to understand code when you are coding. the book of patterns is the epitome of overengineering, today most languages have higher order functions, and with those you can implement ALL of the patterns in the book trivially, Peter Norvig, famous for his books on AI and being a great researcher made a blogpost comparing the patterns to lisp and in lisp with higher order functions all those patterns became trivial and so much much easier to understand.

[@justshan2413]

Guess I’ll go read a book with 10 pages for starters

[@juanmacias5922]

I'd add Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

[@deryazzi]

Second this.

[@harshvirtomar6552]

Third this

[@rikkarmakar6787]

I should say her teeth are more clean😂

[@nirnullz]

Nah, except your company is hardcore believer of clean code, don’t bother

[@vyyr]

I would say its better to stay away from it. A lot of the advice in the book is just straight up horrible.

[@cheopys]

No Knuth? Only the fourth sounds interesting. I will never take another job doing JavaScript.

[@tsonic4475]

Can I ask why not? I was considering taking courses to become front end dev

[@theosteknion6219]

I'd like to know especially since I am on my 1st coding tutorial.... html5. It would help give some direction. Thanks.

[@cheopys]

@@theosteknion6219 You should not study HTML, it is knowledge you will never apply. You may as well master slide rules. HTML is generated by visual editors and by abstractions like React and Angular. Projects requiring hands-on HTML development have been rare for a long time and they will only get rarer. Aside from the most primitive layout operations, almost everything on the page is handled by scripts. JavaScript: There are developers using C/C++/C#/Python/etc., and there are JS developers. The two approaches are so different, so unlike each other, that crossover is more difficult every year. Yes, there are "full stack" developers who do both, but this is a case of "jack of two trades, master of neither." Yes, it is possible to do both, but not well; anyone who has the brains to be excellent at both is wasting those brains working as a software peon. He should be in medical research or something more useful than designing web pages for games.

[@TuringTested01]

​@@cheopys designing web pages is literally changing the world though, most of the stuff i've learnt is through websites and guess what, they were made by good web programmers giving a platform to others to present their knowledge.

[@cheopys]

@@TuringTested01 OK, if you, a beginning programmer, want to argue with someone who's been at it for a third of a century, knock yourself out. Writing raw HTML is like writing a Windows application in assembly language. Yes it can be done, but it is far, far,, far too much work, nd nobody will pay you to do it. Yes it's good to know how to read HTML, but it isn't challenging. I still know C and though I had a job writing in C in 2016, that was the first time I had done so in 20 years. Nevertheless, I would advise you to learn C even though you will never use it because you'll learn a thousand times more about the craft than you will ever learn from JavaScript. Because C is a programming language. HTML is just a layout language.

[@jesprotech]

These are great tips thank you!

[@laughingvampire7555]

SICP isn't infamous, what you are talking about, is just on the level of the top books of programming of all time, next to The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth

[@maurolsmoura]

Clean Code and Clean Coder

[@SethKooshian]

Should i even consider any of these if i dont yet have the basics of python down? Should i work on creating a foundation first? or will these books help me no matter what stage of learning i am in?

[@vitorvieira763]

Read Python Crash Course. Its Great!

[@allsparky]

Thanks! Definitely will be utilizing this list ❤

[@jugchats]

As a software engineer, you must know things like OS design, Computer Architecture, and, Compilers. Otherwise, you will lack serious depth. I am a principal engineer at one of the top tech companies around btw

[@cyberducc]

any learning resource recommendation for these topics?

[@theosteknion6219]

​@@cyberducc I guess we're gonna have to find out by asking another software engineer about this.

[@cccccc864]

​@@theosteknion6219did you get to find something?

[@FiveGamerNauts]

Get the book called Code

[@0x5D]

For operating systems I'd vote for John Lions' infamous Commentary on Unix 6th Edition. And the "Dragon Book" for compilers.

[@vighneshnayak7699]

CLRS

[@JustinLietz]

I wish you would’ve listed the books in the description

[@BTS-BehindTheScenes13]

Cool I wish I know them earlier, amazing I’m gonna talk about other books on my channel

[@Squinnmb]

I didn't know there was a JavaScript edition of SICP. Is that new thing?

[@gmoney_swag1274]

Use the original one made in Scheme

[@Study-222]

Wow, thanks for this

[@jenarosaenz6722]

Just got into computers, feels like being in a desert and not knowing where to find water (knowledge).

[@hiphiphorhayy]

I got the pragmatic programmer but its been collecting dust. I read the first chapter i might buy a book from this list though hopefully i get through it

[@Se7enLuckyslevin]

FOR BEGINNERS and everyone else this is the absolute best book: 💁🏻‍♂️Charles Petzold 📘“Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software” 2nd Edición

[@theosteknion6219]

Thank you

[@AnarchySane]

1) CLRS is Better then Skiena. Tim Roughgarden Books and Course yet. 2) SICP on JavaScript😂? Maybe, but after Classic version. HtDP too. 🎉

[@Explore4code]

I like more Digitals

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

Cracking list

[@revolvency]

How to save for later in KZbin shorts???

[@grapy83]

I have found a hack/substitute for doing just that. For example take this video. Open new youtube tab, search aaron jack 4 must read books.. in search results you will see 3 dots next to it, click on 3 dots and save to playlist etc.. There's no straight forward way of doing this. Massive ignorance by youtube company.

[@hunnastunna9266]

Without a computer science degree, or something relevant, would it be likely or possible to enter the field l?

[@grapy83]

yes it is, as you will read and hear from many seniors and experts... But the honest ones also agree that its easier to get in the field WITH a college degree, not without, since college can build into you so much foundation and structure of IT.

[@Dragonmx11]

Good list

[@Guy_Sandler]

Where is the C book

[@luuc]

Is engineer not a protected title in your country? It sure is in mine

[@Atistatic]

wait a second ... where's the art of computer programming by Knuth ?

[@Jack-ei1tn]

DDIA is the best practical swe book.

[@aryanlovescode]

Computer science distilled

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

Cracking coding interview.. Is it in java?

[@visartistry]

In which level of programming is this useful tho? I'm here struggling with a todo list app.

[@MoonBull13]

I recommend any of the "Captain Underpants" series. Very insightful

[@rushabhchheda2582]

man of culture

[@pattanijeet9089]

Any good book for learning data structures and coding better?

[@yoursever9750]

CLRS

[@nirajsinghnirajsingh465]

Are u 100% sure this is the best books ?

[@sunmi6596]

hey aaron, i’m unable to get on a call to join freemote. how else can i join?

[@laughingvampire7555]

sorry, the Javascript edition does not count

[@abhishekdarwar9273]

The art of computer programming by donald kuth

[@manuelgonzales6483]

I'm more interested in how you got rail thin. I'm trying to lose weight and it looks like you "...cracked that code..." 🙀🙄

[@orlovskyconsultinggbr2849]

Those books all about algos and data structures, but computer science is more than that.

[@theosteknion6219]

I'm a newbie but just wondering if learning about algorithms & data structure has anything to do with the Ai scene. 🤔 I'm trying to think like a coder but really I am just getting done learning HTML5.

[@cccccc864]

​@@theosteknion6219one step at a time. You'll find that learning DSA (data structures and algorithms) will help you with efficiency in your code. :)

[@grapy83]

@@cccccc864 That is true! Don't skip over DSA. This is the foundation of whole Software field.

[@Sneaadler]

I am a software developer but i have not read a book since 7th grade and i only read 33% of it. I hate reading. But I am still here??

[@foxjrest]

And that's why you're a developer, not an engineer. Sarcasm, btw. It's important to remember that his job is to create content.

[@Rasa_b]

What about CLRS?everyone says that it’s the bible of programmers

[@mattbrown4747]

Great teeth, I mean books.

[@sanketlalla]

People still follow books when they have youTube? 😅?

[@ivenloro4212]

KZbin tutorials sometimes doesn't have deep explainations unlike the book

[@omosh8388]

where do tutorials originate from?

[@TheMELWINJOSE]

CTCI isn't a CS book 😂 I would replace that with the OS Concepts ( the dinosaur book ).

[@WorkSpace-oi6es]

Фор фьорст, ю нід ту льорн інгліш , візаут іт , ю віл нот андерстенд енісінг ін діс букс ..

[@htpkey]

This is a misapprehension. Being a software engineer is not superior to being a coder, it's just a label. Your skills are what matter, not your title.

[@alkimista9055]

I rather be a coder forever than a learn this

[@michaellauck6062]

To be an engineer you must be licensed, you are a software technician.

[@rushabhchheda2582]

License?? what license are you taking about?

[@michaelburggraf2822]

​​@@rushabhchheda2582in fact you should be a bit cautious with using the term enineer in Germany (at least) since that's a professional title implying some academic education here. If you can't present a certificate of such education I'd strongly recommend refraining from introducing yourself as an engineer to a potential employer in Germany. It's even a bit more serious in Austria.

[@HexadecimalDump]

I believe that college teaches you nothing, only you can teach yourself CS, with or without the help of teachers

[@htpkey]

That's a highly uneducated opinion. College creates an environment to assess if you actually understand and are able to apply the things that you learn.

[@grapy83]

hmmm.. feels like you are glossing over so much ground work an IT engineer has to cover. Which is exceptionally hard to do by oneself without any structure and guidance. Not impossible, but really hard.

[@rushabhchheda2582]

@@htpkey true, but you are assuming that all colleges are capable of that environment with the structured accessment. Most colleges are just money grabbing instruments. Very few get themselves in even fewer colleges that actually provide the environment you speak of. Only way here would be teach yourself. Speaking from personal experience.

[@rushabhchheda2582]

@@grapy83 structure aproach and guidance is necessary but these things colleges haven't being able to provide themselves. Get a mentor for that and self learning is the only way, even if you are enrolled in a college.

[@htpkey]

@@rushabhchheda2582 "Most colleges are just money grabbing instruments". How did you even reach the conclusion that it's "most colleges" or that this is their goal?

[@AnarchySane]

1) CLRS is Better then Skiena. Tim Roughgarden Books and Course yet. 2) SICP on JavaScript😂? Maybe, but after Classic version. HtDP too. 🎉