Re: What books do you read / recommend

Phlip wrote:
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Next, books about design:

* Design Patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software by Gamma,
Johnson, Helm, & Vlissides
* Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler
* Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky
* Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns by Kent Beck
* Domain Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric
Evans
* The Art of Computer Programming by Knuth
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No "head first" series, huh?

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