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Mastering Regular Expressions Summary
Mastering Regular Expressions
by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl 2002 496 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Data Mining Techniques Summary
Data Mining Techniques
For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support
by Michael J.A. Berry 1997 464 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Business
Computer Science
Research
Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science
by Michael Nielsen 2011 272 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Technology
History
Don't Make Me Think Summary
Don't Make Me Think
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
by Steve Krug 2005 201 pages
4.24
29k+ ratings
Design
Business
Programming
Software Requirements Summary
Software Requirements
Practical Techniques for Gathering and Managing Requirements Throughout the Product Development Cycle
by Karl Wiegers 2003 544 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Business
REST API Design Rulebook Summary
REST API Design Rulebook
by Mark Masse 2011 112 pages
3.34
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects Summary
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects
by Dave Hendricksen 2011 280 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Architecture
Programming
Software
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection Summary
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection
by Robert C. Martin 2011 859 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Software
Async JavaScript Summary
Async JavaScript
by Trevor Burnham 2017 98 pages
4
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
JavaScript Enlightenment Summary
JavaScript Enlightenment
From Library User to JavaScript Developer
by Cody Lindley 2013 164 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Effective Programming Summary
Effective Programming
More Than Writing Code
by Jeff Atwood 2012 278 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technical
Automate This Summary
Automate This
How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World
by Christopher Steiner 2012 256 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Business
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future Summary
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by John MacCormick 2012 232 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Functional JavaScript Summary
Functional JavaScript
Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js
by Michael Fogus 2013 258 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Art of SQL Summary
The Art of SQL
by Stephane Faroult 2006 367 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Two Scoops of Django Summary
Two Scoops of Django
Best Practices For Django 1.5
by Daniel Roy Greenfeld 2013 312 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Writing Secure Code Summary
Writing Secure Code
by Michael Howard 2003 798 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Software
High Performance JavaScript Summary
High Performance JavaScript
Build Faster Web Application Interfaces
by Nicholas C. Zakas 2010 232 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Effective Unit Testing Summary
Effective Unit Testing
A guide for Java developers
by Lasse Koskela 2013 248 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 140 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
High Performance Web Sites Summary
High Performance Web Sites
by Steve Souders 2007 168 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
What Everyone Needs to Know®
by P.W. Singer 2014 320 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
Smashing WordPress Summary
Smashing WordPress
Beyond the Blog
by Thord Daniel Hedengren 2012 352 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Reference
Website Design
Computers
High Performance Browser Networking Summary
High Performance Browser Networking
What every web developer should know about networking and web performance
by Ilya Grigorik 2013 398 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited Summary
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
by Steve Krug 2000 216 pages
4.24
29k+ ratings
Design
Business
Programming
Apprenticeship Patterns Summary
Apprenticeship Patterns
Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
by Dave Hoover 2009 165 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Mastering Bitcoin Summary
Mastering Bitcoin
Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2014 298 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Finance
Technology
Computer Science
Java Performance Summary
Java Performance
The Definitive Guide: Getting the Most Out of Your Code
by Scott Oaks 2014 426 pages
4.38
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Functional Programming in Java Summary
Functional Programming in Java
Harnessing the Power Of Java 8 Lambda Expressions
by Venkat Subramaniam 2014 196 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Dependency Injection in .NET Summary
Dependency Injection in .NET
by Mark Seemann 2011 584 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Technology
Programming C# Summary
Programming C#
by Jesse Liberty 2001 688 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Programming
Reference
Technology
Python Cookbook Summary
Python Cookbook
by David Beazley 2005 846 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Reference
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking Summary
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
by Gerald M. Weinberg 2001 320 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Business
Computer Science
Ada's Algorithm Summary
Ada's Algorithm
How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
by James Essinger 2014 272 pages
3.27
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Science
Threat Modeling Summary
Threat Modeling
Designing for Security
by Adam Shostack 2014 624 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Technical
Bitcoin Summary
Bitcoin
The Future of Money?
by Dominic Frisby 2014 304 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2015 280 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
The Age of Cryptocurrency Summary
The Age of Cryptocurrency
How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
by Paul Vigna 2015 368 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Programming Elixir Summary
Programming Elixir
Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun
by Dave Thomas 2014 280 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Soft Skills Summary
Soft Skills
The Software Developer's Life Manual
by John Z. Sonmez 2015 504 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Effective Python Summary
Effective Python
59 Specific Ways to Write Better Python
by Brett Slatkin 2015 256 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Summary
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Practical Programming for Total Beginners
by Al Sweigart 2015 504 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Coding
Docker Summary
Docker
Up & Running: Shipping Reliable Containers in Production
by Karl Matthias 2015 230 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
UX for Beginners Summary
UX for Beginners
A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons
by Joel Marsh 2016 255 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Design
Computer Science
Technology
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems Summary
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
A Modern Blueprint for Scalable and Sustainable Websites
by Micah Godbolt 2016 195 pages
3.35
100+ ratings
Design
Technology
Programming
Graph Databases Summary
Graph Databases
New Opportunities for Connected Data
by Ian Robinson 2015 236 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Master Algorithm Summary
The Master Algorithm
How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
by Pedro Domingos 2015 352 pages
3.74
6k+ ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
3.86
19k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned Summary
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
The Myth of the Objective
by Kenneth O. Stanley 2015 154 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Business
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