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I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:04 am
by Chris Corbyn
Please don't reel off a list of all 20-30 books you've ever read; what are you reading currently? :D

Refactoring - Improving the Design of Existing Code
-- Martin Fowler & others

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xUnit Test Patterns - Refactoring Test Code
-- Gerard Meszaros

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Apparently I'm interested in approaches to refactoring and sexy unit tests right now.

Maybe this could become a super thread like the editors one; kept up to date as new books come out?

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:18 am
by Christopher
Just sat down to rereading Eric Evan's Domain-Driven Design when I saw this post. DomainModel is on my mind...

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:22 am
by Jenk
I'm surprised you haven't picked up on xSpec and BDD yet, Chris.

Anyway. I'm reading (when I've got nothing else to do or need them for reference):
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
Fit For Developing Software: Framework For Integrated Tests (Not long finished this one.)
and this one is on the cards:Integrating Agile Development in the Real World

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:28 am
by Chris Corbyn
Jenk wrote:I'm surprised you haven't picked up on xSpec and BDD yet, Chris.
I will do, once the bandwagon has slowed down :P

j/k, it's just another one of those things to get into when I have a new project to employ it in.

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:29 am
by Luke
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Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:32 am
by alex.barylski
I currently have the following books which I read daily in short bursts (2-3 chapters/day):

1) Postfix: The Definitive Guide
2) Linux administration handbook
3) CodeCraft
3) UML distilled
4) Mathematics for the Millions (for about the 7th time)
5) Eating for life
6) From the ground up (for about the 90th time)

The majority of my day is spent reading...articles, business journals, newsletters, forum messages, etc.

I am very slow to actually finish a book or an article. I typically have re-read every chapter several times inorder to remember everything and comprehend what it's saying.

So 2-3 chapters may only take 30 minutes, but when I repeat 3-4 times it's more like 2 hours.

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:13 am
by Chonk
Sommerville - Software Engineering

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Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:42 am
by onion2k
I'm reading Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" again. It's not about coding.

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:02 am
by jmut
Beyond Software Architecture - Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutinos (Luke Hohmann)
Software Estimation - Demystifying the Black Art (Steve McConnell)
+ Nanny 911

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:49 am
by matthijs
Let's see ...
Getting started Knitting Socks
Gardening for dummies
There's more then PHP in live you know ;)

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:18 am
by s.dot
matthijs wrote:Let's see ...
Getting started Knitting Socks
Gardening for dummies
There's more then PHP in live you know ;)
c, c++, c#, asp, cfm, jsp, java, flash, etc etc etc

:lol:

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:59 am
by onion2k
matthijs wrote:Let's see ...
Getting started Knitting Socks
Gardening for dummies
There's more then PHP in live you know ;)
If I was choosing between knitting, gardening and PHP I reckon PHP would win every single time for me.

Although, that said, writing a knitting pattern designer using GD might be fun.

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:09 pm
by Inkyskin
I currently have this sat on my shelf, but have yet to start reading it...

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http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-PHP-Prog ... 0672325616

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:22 pm
by alex.barylski
c, c++, c#, asp, cfm, jsp, java, flash, etc etc etc
Hahaha...nice

Re: I'm currently reading...

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:15 pm
by matthijs
Hockey wrote:c, c++, c#, asp, cfm, jsp, java, flash, etc etc etc
mmm, interesting. Maybe my knitting and gardening have to wait for a while :)