Awesome Programming Books

a list of amazing programming books

Design patterns

• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software | Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides
• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture | Martin Fowler
• Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (2003) | Eric Evans

Refactoring

• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code | Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship | Robert C. Martin

Automated testing

• Test Driven Development: By Example | Kent Beck

Microservices

• Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems | Sam Newman

Ruby

• Programming Ruby | Dave Thomas
• Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros | Paolo Perrotta
• Agile Web Development with Rails 5.1 | Sam Ruby, David B. Copeland, Dave Thomas
• The Rails 5 Way | Obie Fernandez
• Effective Testing with RSpec 3: Build Ruby Apps with Confidence | Myron Martson, Ian Dees

Rust

• Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development | Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff
• The Rust Programming Language | Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols
• Programming WebAssembly with Rust: Unified Development for Web, Mobile, and Embedded Applications | Kevin Hoffman

Python

• Learning Python | Mark Lutz
• Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming | Luciano Ramalho
• Test-Driven Development with Python: Obey the Testing Goat: Using Django, Selenium, and JavaScript | Harry Percival
• Publishing Python Packages | Dane Hillard

JavaScript

• JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages | David Flanagan
• Understanding ECMAScript 6: The Definitive Guide for JavaScript Developers | Nicholas C. Zakas
• The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript | Nicholas C. Zakas
• Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale | Boris Cherny

Java

• Learn Java: A Crash Course Guide to Learn Java in 1 Week | Timothy C. Needham
• Head First Java | Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
• Intro to Java Programming, Comprehensive Version | Y. Daniel Liang
• Effective Java | Joshua Bloch

Java / Spring

• Pro Spring 5 | Cosmina, Harrop, Schaefer, Ho
• Spring Microservices | Rajesh RV

Elixir

• Programming Elixir ≥ 1.6: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun | Dave Thomas
• Programming Phoenix ≥ 1.4: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast | Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, Jose Valim

Go

• The Go Programming Language | Donovan, Kernighan
• Get Programming with Go | Youngman, Peppe
• Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs | Caleb Doxsey
• Learning Functional Programming in Go | Lex Sheehan

Artificial intelligence

• Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms | Jeff Heaton
• Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 2: Nature-Inspired Algorithms | Jeff Heaton
• Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 3: Deep Learning and Neural Networks | Jeff Heaton

Operating systems

• UNIX System Administration Handbook | Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent Hein
• Understanding the Linux Kernel | Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati