5 Books every software engineer should read

[@Supakills101]

Some more advanced recommendations: Designing Data-Intensive Applications Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces Introduction to Algorithms (CLRS)

[@denislearnstech]

Thanks, awesome!

[@prawnstars3160]

absolute good books! W books to read

[@eliascatedral4619]

1) By Aditya Y Bhargava / Grokking Algorithms, Second Edition 2nd Edition 2) By Robert C. Martin / Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship 3) By Allen G. Taylor / SQL For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) 9th Edition 4) By Lucioano Ramalho / Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming 2nd Edition 5) By Sam Newman / Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems 2nd Edition

[@jeremydone1982]

Those books won't lead you to another level. It's experience what you need

[@denislearnstech]

No

[@jeremydone1982]

@@denislearnstech Do you have real experience? Or your content is: "Just saying"

[@Boltkiller96]

True!

[@kriz5652]

Text mit deiner Kamera übersetzen You're kidding, experience isn't enough to be a good engineer, I've seen a lot of crap code and refactored by so-called old hands, cumbersome, ugly, no structure or meaningful names

[@nhwhn]

Jeremy, if you dont have any practical or useful insight, why dont you just fuck off?

[@vitruvius1202]

Great list! Will look into getting some of these books soon. The Grokking book has been recommended before to me, so that'll be one of the first ones.

[@VadimEzhov]

Great video! Straight to the point with no fluff.

[@rajatvimal1845]

Good job. Liked your perspective on learning from books. Keep it up

[@mohdjibly6184]

Great list and video sharing Denis....thanks

[@nhwhn]

hey man, great tips! thank you

[@farhanamermohammed2514]

Thanks Bro!

[@siddharth6949]

Very nice recommendations ❤❤... works also love to see your home tour it looks very dreamy

[@denislearnstech]

Thanks man! I wanted to shoot a day of my life. Maybe there :)

[@oscarhope]

Out of interest, what was your approach to reading these books? Did you e.g. parse through every page in chronological order? How many concepts/chapters were reasonable to try to comprehend in one sitting? Approx how frequently did you test your new knowledge by applying it in practice? Great video by the way! Purchased Clean Code and Fluent Python.

[@denislearnstech]

Awesome! Yea I like to read them page by page from start to end. I don’t use books as dictionaries. I think it’s better to use internet for that. I am having a hard time focusing on reading a technical book for too long (especially when trying to dive deep into each statement) so I read 10-20 pages every sitting and I may sit like 3 times a day to read a book max. In terms of practicing - I was reading SQL book prev month and I was combining it with googling when I dont understand smth and then I did leetcode sql 50 list immediately after finishing the book.

[@GUTS-vw7rs]

bro this is a good video keep it up

[@mdyousufgazi4030]

nice recommendation. but i didnt expect you will recommend sql for dummies

[@anastasiiakhodishchenko3649]

Have you, by chance, read "Head First Design Patterns" by Eric Freeman? Heard a lot about this one and wondering whether I should dig in since it is quite heavy 😅

[@mrluddi124]

I have read it, and it is far from heavy :) it's great to learn without reading a ton of dry text for sure. Once you've read that one, I think going for the Design patterns by the 'gang of four' is a more thorough read

[@marcelo-ramos]

​@@mrluddi124 they might have meant the book is literally heavy. It's a big one! I personally have read several patterns books, but head first is the best one by far.

[@abdelrahmanalmokhraty110]

Great keep going 🎉❤

[@JKLKJ]

Preface: I don't mean to be rude or to flame, just stating a strong opinion. * Clean Code is a bad book (quick google search to reveal why). I don't know why people keep repeating the dogma. Not just that, but it could also be significantly shorter. * "For Dummies" series are generally known for not being the best, just subpar. No strong opinion on that one, however. * I've read Fluent Python cover-to-cover years ago, but looking back, consider it to have been a waste of time. You shouldn't have to read a manual on a programming language. * Microservice books are too specific to be applicable most of the time, especially not to "every software engineer". But I'd probably add DDIA to the list of great books in this area, and would prioritize reading that one first.

[@uroozfatima8087]

you are 22?!!! that's impressive..i am 19 struggling with this..had no idea about tech in my 11 th and 12th grade but in college I am opting CS and that's a haedache for me now..i don't even know the C of Computer

[@denislearnstech]

19 is still very young! You have a lot of time.

[@KrishnanshAgarwal]

what are you looking down exist?

[@denislearnstech]

Sorry? I am looking down on the script.

[@KrishnanshAgarwal]

@@denislearnstech cool

[@denislearnstech]

Sub if you are a dev!

[@SweepAndZone]

as a junior dev, thanks

[@denislearnstech]

Awesome!

[@starlord7526]

yo dude, I know jackshit about Java, yet can I go through the book Clean Code?

[@denislearnstech]

Yea. I don’t know Java too. The principles are universal

[@darknet106]

What about domen driven design?)

[@denislearnstech]

Dunno, didn’t read. Maybe I need to.

[@craigritchie8470]

@@denislearnstech No you don’t. 🙂 I was happy to see a list that didn’t include the Design Patterns and Domain Driven Design books which just teach you how to over engineer your code. I like this list.

how old are you someone is asking

[@denislearnstech]

I’m 22

[@SweepAndZone]

how old are you btw?

[@denislearnstech]

I’m 22

[@SweepAndZone]

@@denislearnstech that's impressive. Good work brother

[@psikeyhackr6914]

Grokking Algorithms must be for Martians.

[@arthurdent8086]

Only if you are in a strange land ...

[@psikeyhackr6914]

@@arthurdent8086 Yeah, Arthur Dent would still be using an 8086 processor since the Earth was destroyed in 1979.

[@arthurdent8086]

​@@psikeyhackr6914.. insert floppy into drive A: and read some vogon poetry ...