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The Humane Interface Summary
The Humane Interface
New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
by Jef Raskin 2000 233 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Design
Programming
Technology
User Stories Applied Summary
User Stories Applied
For Agile Software Development
by Mike Cohn 2004 304 pages
3.89
2k+ ratings
Programming
Business
Technology
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
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
Effective Programming Summary
Effective Programming
More Than Writing Code
by Jeff Atwood 2012 278 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technical
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
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
Developing Backbone.js Applications Summary
Developing Backbone.js Applications
Building Better JavaScript Applications
by Addy Osmani 2013 371 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Programming
Technical
Technology
Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners Summary
Scrum Shortcuts Without Cutting Corners
Agile Tactics, Tools & Tips (Addison-Wesley Signature Series
by Ilan Goldstein 2013 208 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Management
Business
Technology
High Performance Web Sites Summary
High Performance Web Sites
by Steve Souders 2007 168 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
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
Apprenticeship Patterns Summary
Apprenticeship Patterns
Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
by Dave Hoover 2009 165 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
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
Python Cookbook Summary
Python Cookbook
by David Beazley 2005 846 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Reference
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2015 280 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Programming Elixir Summary
Programming Elixir
Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun
by Dave Thomas 2014 280 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Product Design for the Web Summary
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing & Releasing Web Products
by Randy J. Hunt 2013 214 pages
3.76
100+ ratings
Design
Website Design
Business
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
Docker Summary
Docker
Up & Running: Shipping Reliable Containers in Production
by Karl Matthias 2015 230 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Graph Databases Summary
Graph Databases
New Opportunities for Connected Data
by Ian Robinson 2015 236 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Beautiful Architecture Summary
Beautiful Architecture
Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design
by Diomidis Spinellis 2009 426 pages
3.41
100+ ratings
Programming
Architecture
Technology
Java 8 in Action Summary
Java 8 in Action
by Raoul-Gabriel Urma 2014 424 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Principles of Product Development Flow Summary
The Principles of Product Development Flow
Second Generation Lean Product Development
by Donald G. Reinertsen 2009 304 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Business
Management
Technology
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2008 464 pages
4.37
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Peopleware Summary
Peopleware
Productive Projects and Teams
by Tom DeMarco 2013 272 pages
4.13
9k+ ratings
Management
Business
Programming
Site Reliability Engineering Summary
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
by Betsy Beyer 2016 550 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Architecting for Scale Summary
Architecting for Scale
High Availability for Your Growing Applications
by Lee Atchison 2016 230 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Technology
Architecture
Software
The DevOps Handbook Summary
The DevOps Handbook
How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
by Gene Kim 2016 480 pages
4.31
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Programming
Behind Closed Doors Summary
Behind Closed Doors
Secrets of Great Management
by Johanna Rothman 2005 172 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Management
Business
Leadership
Becoming a Technical Leader Summary
Becoming a Technical Leader
by Gerald M. Weinberg
4.08
1k+ ratings
Leadership
Management
Business
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs Summary
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
by Niklaus Wirth 1976 366 pages
4.24
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Algorithms
Designing Data-Intensive Applications Summary
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
by Martin Kleppmann 2017 611 pages
4.71
8k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming Summary
Python 3 Object-Oriented Programming
by Dusty Phillips 2015 460 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Accelerate Summary
Accelerate
Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
by Nicole Forsgren 2018 288 pages
4.06
7k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Scrum Mastery Summary
Scrum Mastery
From Good To Great Servant-Leadership
by Geoff Watts 2013 288 pages
4.24
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2008 464 pages
4.37
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
An Elegant Puzzle Summary
An Elegant Puzzle
Systems of Engineering Management
by Will Larson 2019 288 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
Agile IT Organization Design Summary
Agile IT Organization Design
For Digital Transformation and Continuous Delivery
by Sriram Narayan 2015 304 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Lean Architecture Summary
Lean Architecture
For Agile Software Development
by James O. Coplien 2010 384 pages
3.22
100+ ratings
Programming
Technical
Technology
Team Topologies Summary
Team Topologies
Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
by Matthew Skelton 2019 240 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Management
Business
Leadership
Effective Typescript Summary
Effective Typescript
62 Specific Ways to Improve Your TypeScript
by Dan Vanderkam 2019 261 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Unicorn Project Summary
The Unicorn Project
by Gene Kim bestselling author of The Phoenix Project The Unicorn Project and Wiring 2019 352 pages
4.09
8k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Management
Cloud Finops Summary
Cloud Finops
Collaborative, Real-Time Cloud Financial Management
by J.R. Storment 2020 282 pages
4.1
100+ ratings
Technology
Engineering
Business
Clean Agile Summary
Clean Agile
Back to Basics
by Robert C. Martin 2020
4.25
1k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
101 UX Principles Summary
101 UX Principles
A definitive design guide
by Will Grant 2018 414 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Design
Website Design
Software
Building Secure and Reliable Systems Summary
Building Secure and Reliable Systems
Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems
by Heather Adkins 2020 555 pages
3.9
100+ ratings
Technology
Engineering
Technical
Learning SQL Summary
Learning SQL
Generate, Manipulate, and Retrieve Data
by Alan Beaulieu 2020 377 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Programming
Reference
Technology
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