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Recommended Reading for Developers. This list was last updated in March 2015.Why are updates to my reading list so rare?

Recommended Reading for Developers

Because computers change a lot in 10 years, but people don't.To make better software, you need to understand how people work, and that is what the books I recommend tend to focus on. Code Complete 2 Steve McConnell's Code Complete 2 is the Joy of Cooking for software developers. Reading it means that you enjoy your work, you're serious about what you do, and you want to keep improving. In Code Complete, Steve notes that the average programmer reads less than one technical book per year. I like this book so much that the title of this very website is derived from it – the examples of what not to do are tagged with the "Coding Horror" icon. The Mythical Man-Month Arguably the only classic book in our field. Best Books 2017 — Goodreads Choice Awards. The 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards have three rounds of voting open to all registered Goodreads members.

Best Books 2017 — Goodreads Choice Awards

Winners will be announced December 05, 2017. Opening Round: Oct 31 - Nov 05 Voting opens to 15 official nominees, and write-in votes can be placed for any eligible book (see eligibility below). Semifinal Round: Nov 07 - 12 The top five write-in votes in each of the categories become official nominees. Final Round: Nov 14 - 27. 20 Best Series Ever - Bookadvice. Top Books on Hacker News - Bookadvice. Blog Post: 28 Books That Changed Your Life. 72 libros que todo amante de la literatura debe de haber leído antes de los 30.

En la literatura encontramos lo que no somos y nutrimos esa otredad a nuestro beneficio.

72 libros que todo amante de la literatura debe de haber leído antes de los 30

A partir de conocer otras realidades, otras verdades y mentiras, somos capaces de analizar lo que realmente nos sucede. Esa magia literaria es la que hace que muchos sean adictos a crecer a partir de las experiencias de otras personas. Son muchos los libros trascendentales y no podemos dar una fecha exacta de cuándo deberían ser leídos, pero creemos que los que mencionaremos a continuación deberían ser leídos antes de los 30 años. Esa edad para muchos se convierte en un parteaguas en su vida. Se deja atrás el tan preciado segundo piso y se espera llegar con la experiencia y la gracia dignos de alguien que ha vivido, pero que también se ha cultivado.

. “100 Años de Soledad” (1967) – Gabriel García Márquez. Hosted Email for Businesses - Zoho Mail. 10 Books You Pretend to Have Read (And Why You Should Really Read Them) Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels (100 books) YC's 2015 Reading List - The end of the year is a great time to catch up on reading by ProductHunt Books. How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack On CentOS 7. Introduction A "LAMP" stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps.

How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack On CentOS 7

This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the Apache web server. The site data is stored in a MySQL database (using MariaDB), and dynamic content is processed by PHP. In this guide, we'll get a LAMP stack installed on an CentOS 7 VPS. CentOS will fulfill our first requirement: a Linux operating system. Note: The LAMP stack can be installed automatically on your Droplet by adding this script to its User Data when launching it. Prerequisites Before you begin with this guide, you should have a separate, non-root user account set up on your server. Step One — Install Apache The Apache web server is currently the most popular web server in the world, which makes it a great default choice for hosting a website. We can install Apache easily using CentOS's package manager, yum. Sudo yum install httpd. 10 Books You Can’t Read Just Once — Life Learning.

A Book Apart, Responsive Design: Patterns & Principles. Foreword by Mandy Brown As responsive design evolves, we have a critical need to think about design challenges beyond mobile, tablet, and desktop.

A Book Apart, Responsive Design: Patterns & Principles

When properly designed and planned, design patterns—small, reusable modules—help your responsive layout reach more devices (and people) than ever before. Ethan Marcotte shows you just how that’s done, focusing on responsive navigation systems, resizing and adapting images, managing advertising in a responsive context, and broader principles for designing more flexible, device-independent layouts. Contents. I Heart Intelligence 10 of the Most Insightful Books from the Last 100 Years. The written word has immense power.

I Heart Intelligence 10 of the Most Insightful Books from the Last 100 Years

Inspired writers have the ability to move and motivate the reader with insightful information and moments of clarity that just “click” with your internal senses. Often, I think how lucky we are as a culture to have the opportunity to capture the wisdom of men and women who dedicate their lives to sharing their knowledge. The Most Influential Books in History (863 books) 30 Books I’m Glad I Read Before 30. In various ways, these 30 books convey some of the philosophy of how Angel and I live our lives.

30 Books I’m Glad I Read Before 30

I honestly credit a fraction of who I am today to each title. Thus, they have indirectly influenced much of what I write about on this site. A medley of both fiction and nonfiction, these great reads challenged my internal status quo, opening my mind to new ideas and opportunities, and together they gave me a basic framework for living, loving, learning and working successfully. If you haven’t read these books yet, I highly recommend doing so. Your Favorites For The Best Books of 2012. From philosophy and weight loss to writing and worldly wisdom, you read a lot in 2012.

Your Favorites For The Best Books of 2012

After hours of sifting through data, here is a look at your 15 favorite reads in 2012. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, and rumors or riots intensify when someone tries to repress them, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls “antifragile” is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish.