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What is your favorite Programing Book?

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    Probably this one[^]

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    The trouble with that book is that people buy it and don't read it ... so they ask for instructions in QA. :sigh:

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    • M Meysam Toluie

      Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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      Duncan Edwards Jones
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      I think everyone should read Code Complete[^] as a start.

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        Test the link yourself please I can not redirect.

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        Works for me! Check your firewall / antivirus / net nazis.

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        • M Meysam Toluie

          Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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          Definitely this one: The C Programming Language[^].

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            The trouble with that book is that people buy it and don't read it ... so they ask for instructions in QA. :sigh:

            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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            Jon McKee
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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            The trouble with that book is that people buy it and don't read it ... so they ask for instructions in QA it exists.

            FTFY ;) Seriously though, it's pretty bad when SO copy-paste in production code is even a meme. That means it happens way too often :sigh:

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              I think everyone should read Code Complete[^] as a start.

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              Jon McKee
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              I'm actually planning on reading this book soon. I've heard good things :thumbsup:

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              • M Meysam Toluie

                Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                Daniel Pfeffer
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                I'm going to buck the trend, and recommend Donald Knuth's [The Art of Computer Programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Art\_of\_Computer\_Programming). IMO, learning a computer language is only the first (and easiest) step. The next step is learning algorithms, data structures etc. No programmer can be considered professional if he does not know something about these areas. [Data Structures and Algorithms](https://www.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Algorithms-Alfred-Aho/dp/0201000237) by Aho, Ullman, and Hopcroft is also a good book.

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                • M Meysam Toluie

                  Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                  Mike Diack
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                  All 3 of the John Robbins debugging books have been hugely helpful and influential for me. (Debugging Applications, Debugging Applications for Microsoft .Net and Microsoft Windows and Debugging Microsoft .Net 2 applications). All 3 though dated in areas, are amazingly useful and should be read start to finish. The amount of time you can save.... I'd also recommend Code Complete. I'd also recommend K & R for C fundamentals. Last but not least the Mark Russinovich Internals books about Windows. Incredibly useful.

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                  • P PeejayAdams

                    The first and last one I read from cover to cover was Herb Schildt's Teach Yourself C. That's going back longer than I care to mention - pre-internet days. These days, I find it easier to learn from on-line articles than books. There are some great resources out there on sites like this and SQLServerCentral and I've rarely felt the need to hit the book shop for IT purposes in the last few years. The last decent coding book I bought was John Skeet's C# in Depth which is great but not for the faint-hearted.

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                    What! Not the K&R?

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                      Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                      C# in Depth: [^] by Jon Skeet

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                        What! Not the K&R?

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                        No, I've probably read all of K&R at some point or other but not in a start-at-the-start-finish-at-the-end kind of way. The more I think about this topic, the more I realise that reading time is far, far more rewarding when devoted to the adventures of Jeeves and Wooster than it ever could be when looking at coding manuals.

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                          No, I've probably read all of K&R at some point or other but not in a start-at-the-start-finish-at-the-end kind of way. The more I think about this topic, the more I realise that reading time is far, far more rewarding when devoted to the adventures of Jeeves and Wooster than it ever could be when looking at coding manuals.

                          Slogans aren't solutions.

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                          Terry Pratchett - some good ideas in his books, the tourist in particular had a lot of good items that are actually real now.

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                            Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                            PIEBALDconsult
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                            Principles of Programming Languages: Design, Evaluation, and Implementation by Bruce J. MacLennan[^]

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                              Terry Pratchett - some good ideas in his books, the tourist in particular had a lot of good items that are actually real now.

                              Sin tack ear lol Pressing the any key may be continuate

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                              PeejayAdams
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                              I tried him eons ago and wasn't overly taken with him at the time. He's constantly getting recommended by people with similar tastes to myself, though, so I will give them another go at some point.

                              Slogans aren't solutions.

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                                A very good series of books. I am currently reading [this one](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ladybird-Book-Hangover-Ladybirds-Grown-Ups/dp/0718183517/ref=pd\_cp\_14\_2?\_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GYEWFTCP3PGG6WBY9J2D).

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                                Wastedtalent
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                                Reading the synopses...

                                The large clear script, the careful choice of words

                                Doesn't sound like any code I've ever seen*, but this bit did:

                                The large clear script, the careful choice of wordsthe frequent repetition

                                Except my own of course ;)

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                                  Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                                  Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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                                  Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs | The MIT Press[^] :thumbsup:

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                                  • M Meysam Toluie

                                    Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                                    Dominic Burford
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                                    Here is a selection of some of my favourite reads. Joel on Software - Joel Spolsky: Easily one of the best book on software I have ever read. He takes a tour of software development covering every aspect of the industry. Why Software Sucks - David Platt: A brilliant look into the UX / UI of software and why software developers aren't always the best people to design them. Grady Booch - Object-Oriented Design with Applications: The best book on the subject of OOP. I read this from start to finish and never regretted it.

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                                    • M Meysam Toluie

                                      Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                                      The most continuously useful for me is probably: NUMERICAL RECIPES IN C: THE ART OF SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING (ISBN 0-521-43108-5) Numerical Recipes - Wikipedia[^]

                                      Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

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                                        No, I've probably read all of K&R at some point or other but not in a start-at-the-start-finish-at-the-end kind of way. The more I think about this topic, the more I realise that reading time is far, far more rewarding when devoted to the adventures of Jeeves and Wooster than it ever could be when looking at coding manuals.

                                        Slogans aren't solutions.

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                                        raddevus
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                                        K&R is really a great book. It is even currently ranked #4 at amazon in Programming Languages section - Amazon Best Sellers: Best Computer Programming Languages[^] which is absolutely amazing considering how old that book is. Also, think about how simple the book is. It just steps through these little programs building the readers knowledge with each page. The programs are so simple really but do some really interesting things. Of course it is all console based so that is interesting too,because the authors didn't have to worry about teaching UI type of layers. Disclaimer : It may sound as if I'm saying the book isn't good, I'm not. However, it is interesting that a book written like that these days might not be accepted since a lot of readers would complain about all the "missing" parts. :)

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                                          Hello Of Course you have read many books but which one had been more influence in your programing? Please tell me the books with field of .net programing or SQL Server or design and architecture. Thank you

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                                          Marc Clifton
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                                          [Vital Dust](https://www.amazon.com/Vital-Dust-Origin-Evolution-Earth/dp/0465090451) In my late 20's, this book, having nothing to do with programming, completely changed my thinking about how programming should be done. For the better, IMO. Marc

                                          V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802

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