Coding Philosophy Book Reviews

Programming is not just about cracking out the code. Most programming requires a lot of upfront and ongoing thinking about how to solve the problem and create the project. And different problem spaces often overlap; there are core problems that every project no matter what it is about has to deal with. The programming / coding philosophy books reviewed here are about the nature of programming itself. Different styles of programming are evident with different developers, no one particular style domninates and it can be valuable to change style depending upong the environment one is in.

Coding Philosophy Book Reviews

The Practice of Programming
Introduction to Algorithms
Programming Pearls
Write Great Code Understanding the Machine: Write Great Code Understanding the Machine is one of those rare treats of a coding book. Write Great Code Understanding the Machine takes a bottom up apprach in explaining the Development process, which is useful for an Assembly Developer or C Developer, and for all types of development especially System Development. Write Great Code Understanding the Machine has some excellent insights into coding not often found elsewhere, and really brings coding and hardware squarely into perspective.
Design Patterns Explained: Design Patterns Explained is a thought provoking book. The more pragmmatic and common design patterns are demonstrated. Object oriented programming and UML are covered fairly well, to allow the reader access to the design patterns shown later.
The Art of UNIX Programming: The Art of UNIX Programming is a great read, and really satisfies someone's thirst for knowlegde, if they are into the UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems, such as this reviewer. Written by Eric S. Raymond; a well known Unix hacker, with contributions from Ken Thompson and 12 other UNIX pioneers. The Art of Unix Programming is a great romp of a read, and really brings together some of the more nomenclature elements of Unix.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Game Coding Complete