I believe that being a professional requires in-depth knowledge of key topics in your field
Therefore, below you will find literature that I have previously read and recommend (or not) for anyone in software development
A Philosophy of Software Design - Ousterhout, John
A must-read (and re-read!) for every software developer - this gave me the understanding of WHY certain designs are better than others
System Design Interview – An insider's guide - Xu, Alex
JavaScript: The Good Parts - Crockford, Douglas
Gives good and short intructions on how to use JavaScript in the ways that it was intended and how to avoid using the parts that are not well designed
Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith, Newman, Sam
The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations - Kim, Gene
An easy-to-consume overview of common practices of DevOps in the industry and things to focus on when building such systems
The Missing README: A Guide for the New Software Engineer - Ricoomini, Chris
A great crash-course if you are starting in the industry or mentoring someone new. It explains practices that are used everyday in the software development industry, making you ready to participate (or at least understand) the conversations around you
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Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins: Create secure applications by building complete CI/CD pipelines, 2nd Edition - Leszko, Rafał
Contains a lot of examples on how a pipeline can be built combining two essential technologies - Docker and Jenkins. Good for a starting point for your first pipeline
Efficient Linux at the Command Line - Barrett, Daniel J.
A great collection of the most used tools in Linux - awk, sed, shortcuts using a terminal. Recommended for anyone who would like to optimize their work
Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data - DeBarros, Anthony
Architecture Patterns with Python: Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices - Percival, Harry
Great ideas - TDD, DDD, microservices, however written for Flask. As a user of Django I found it difficult to adapt for my cases and understand without knowledge of Flask
Architecture Patterns with Python: Enabling Test-Driven Development, Domain-Driven Design, and Event-Driven Microservices - Percival, Harry
Great ideas - TDD, DDD, microservices, however written for Flask. As a user of Django I found it difficult to adapt for my cases and understand without knowledge of Flask
The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers - Martin, Robert C.
A good amount of ideas if you would like to become a true professional programmer. Unfortunately, I found that sometimes it is taken too far, ignoring the well being of the person (e.g. spending most of your free time coding)
Database Reliability Engineering: Designing and Operating Resilient Database Systems - Campbell, Laine
The book contains a lot of important points on how a database should be built and maintained. I found it too repetitive - skimming through and addressing the most essential part for you at the moment would benefit you most
Two Scoops of Django 3.X: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework - Feldroy, Daniel
Contains some good practices, however they were different from the ones that were used in my company (which I preferred) - I found it quite outdated. Read the Django documentation instead.
Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations - Forsgren, Nicole
A book aiming to prove that CI/CD is a must, which I think is no longer necessary. It has become the industry's standard and therefore general knowledge
