The Pragmatic Programmer

Unlike other books that get too technical and present things from a perspective which is heavily influenced and leaning towards what suits the corporate world and big bureaucratic companies, this book is more like a journeyman's guide - its wisdom can be applied whether you're in freelance, working for a small business, or even for programmers working in large companies. I think that it's a book that should be in every software developer's bookcase.

Great quality 2nd hand

As a Java UNIX bod I quite liked this book. The authors clearly come from an "Open Source is Best" background, but much of what they say applies to all languages. It does have quite a lot of common sense in it, but as other reviews have said it helps you to think about them. My gut feeling is its a book worth borrowing, but possibly not worth buying as you are unlikely to refer to it often.

So much good advice and many invaluable lessons. The metaphor of software engineers as gardeners and software development as gardening is one of my all time favorites. Each day I force myself to try to never program by coincidence. Highly recommend to all software engineers!

This is quite simply the best programming book I've ever read. It's full of passages and quotes where you just go "YES!" inside you when reading it. The authors are IMO spot on almost in every aspect of software development and the book is a joy to read. It's the kind of book you'd like to enforce all of your colleagues, your customers and partners to read. It's that good.

Whether you work on your own or as part of a team, this books gets straight to the point on best practises. If you are like me, all the topics in this book are familiar to you, but you struggle to implement them, or don't always see the point - this book confirms that to be the best at what you do, you need to make these second nature.

Not the best in this category I learnt few things Not very comprehensive

Book that provides good insights on how to become a good and efficient software engineer.

The book is nice and contains good advice. I think it speaks for the book that a lot of the advice has become more common knowledge in recent years. This does mean that for experienced programmers it might not contains too many surprises, but at the same time it means that it is very solid advice for beginner / intermediary programmers.

Great book, simple, easy to read with lots of advise and very practical examples. I learned about this book because it was always mentioned in almost all the Top 10 or 20 Books that Every Programmers Must Read" list, so I sure do agree that every programmer should read this book to become a better programmer. It is not a technical books though, so whether you're a C, Java or JavaScript programmer, doesn't matter, get this book and it packs with lots of advise that will help you in your career.

Following this books' advices has helped me solve some bugs and issues that I had with the current project I'm working on, not by giving specific instructions, but with a helpful hand towards a pragmatic mindset. It also has good examples and can be read in no particular direction or starting point.

I’m a software engineer for the last 8 years and I wish I read this earlier in my career. For and older tech book there is a reason why it has become a classic, and that’s because the tips in this book are timeless and haven’t dated despite technology moving forward. It highlights a lot of the human factors too. I wouldn’t recommend reading it until you have worked on software “in anger” for a while. Then the tips speak to you more because you can relate a personal situation and you’ll remember it the next time you see that pattern.

Este livro deveria ser material obrigatório para todo aquele que inicia na carreira de desenvolvimento de software. Digo isso não só pelas práticas e métodos que o texto incentiva e explica. Muito embora em alguns momentos o autor por falta de espaço tenha de optar por apresentar apenas a essência do assunto, o que é perfeitamente compreensível, pois de outra forma este livro seria quilométrico. Essa abordagem mais sucinta de alguns assuntos e temas concernentes ao desenvolvimento de software é fartamente compensada pelo excelente material de referência encontrada ao final do livro. O autor também foi feliz ao destacar o aspecto "humano" do desenvolvimento de software, focando em dicas para que o profissional possa crescer e se desenvolver na carreira como um profissional qualificado. Acredito que o aspecto humano, e não só o técnico, seja a diferença e o ponto alto do livro. Vocês vão encontrar sim muitas dicas técnicas e metodologias(talvez o nome mais adequado seja práticas) mas para mim o "pulo do gato" foi como conciliar este emaranhado técnico com equipes, prazos apertados, gerência e o orçamento da empresa. Para o observador desatendo o livro pode parecer algo desatualizado, principalmente quando ele trata de assuntos mais técnicos. Nós sabemos que nesta área uma nova ferramenta chega praticamente a cada 6 meses ou menos prometendo solucionar todos os problemas (as famosa balas de prata). Mas o que conta é a aplicação da técnica ou da ideia em si independente da tecnologia. Essa também foi outra grande sacada. Por isso também aconselho o livro para aqueles que já possuem experiência e que podem encontrar no texto ideias, práticas e técnicas para o cotidiano. Para nós que sabemos que o desenvolvimento de software ainda não é, e que talvez continue por um bom tempo não sendo, uma ciência exata é uma leitura mais que recomendada. Um outro destaque para a edição bem cuidada e zelosa deste e-book.