Re: What books do you read / recommend

Philip,


this is my personal experience,

even the book is great, during the starting it is hard to understand *
Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied by
Andrei Alexandrescu

(there are many OO progrmmers they are not knowing C++, but "expert" in
C#/Java/php etc )

Programming:

1. Thinking in Java/C++



For design if you read following book in given sequence
1. Head first,
2. refactoring by fowler
3. Refactoring to Patterns by Joshua Kerievsky
4. GoF and other mentioned by you.

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Raxit

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