Certified AddictI bought the Pragmatic Programmers
guide first off as I had heard nothing but good reviews and I have to admit they are all very much deserved. I’d gotten far to used to the dry academic books of my university years and been generally put off technical tomes ever since, only getting them when absolutely necessary. Pragmatic Programmer blew that image right out of the water. The book is only 309 pages and yet it is the most useful and fact-packed book on programming and software development I have ever come across. Not only that but the writing style is so far removed from the stuffy academic examples from times gone by. You feel a good and experienced friend or mentor is taking you through the raft of useful concepts, ideas and methods personally. In fact its a philosophy and a philosophy I’m fully signed upto as I like to bring simplicity to my coding. In fact the Pragmatic philosophy is very much close to my own and its a real bonus I’ve found programmers of much greater experience on the same wave-length. One thing I particularly like in the Pragmatic Programmer book is the opening chapter on what the pragmatic philosophy is and how pragmatic programmers work in the world. Incredibly refreshing and a welcome change - I keep it with me when I goto work, read it in bed and at my desk at home.
Then I became certified. So I had to get Agile Development with Rails. It arrived today from Amazon - slightly thicker than the first book and again absolutely packed with gold. Been reading it most of the evening and will most likely have trouble sleeping. All from a technical book!! I don’t know whether to be ashamed at reinvigorating the geek within or pleased to have found such great authors.
In fact I’m so smitten with the Pragmatic Bookshelf that I will likely be buying up every last one of them in the coming months.
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