8 Books To Get A Developer For The Holidays
30 Nov
by: Matt in Book Reviews, Clojure, CSS, Development, Django, Infrastructure, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Ruby on Rails
tags: book review, clojure, Development, Django, php, programmer, Python, rails, ruby, Ruby on Rails
Send this to your significant other/parent/relative/friend so, instead of that sweater, you get one of these nuggets of awesome this Christmas. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master Write better, cleaner, more maintainable code. Learn how to manage your projects and focus on shipping your product. With insight that covers the gamut of software development [...]
Book Review: The Passionate Programmer
29 Jul
by: Matt in Book Reviews, Development
tags: career, consulting, Development, freelance, india, outsource, programming
I recently picked up a copy of The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development (Pragmatic Life). I read it over the course of a week and wanted to share some of my thoughts. Chad Fowler co-authored the book Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers’ Guide (Facets of Ruby) and is a huge [...]
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