[General Programming] The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition (Addison Wesley)

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by David Thomas, Andrew Hunt

For twenty years, the lessons from The Pragmatic Programmer have helped a generation of programmers examine the essence of software development. This classic title is regularly featured on “Top Ten” lists, and many corporations issue it to their new hires.

This new 20th Anniversary Edition offers a fresh look at the modern development landscape, cutting through the “business as usual” and tired advice from the net to help guide you through the next twenty years and beyond. Featuring new tips, new topics, and revisions throughout, you don’t want to miss this one.

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Andy and Dave wrote this influential, classic book to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. Almost twenty years later, its advice is still spot on, and the Pragmatic philosophy has spawned hundreds of books, screencasts, and audio books, as well as thousands of careers and success stories.

This new edition examines the core of modern software development—understanding what is wanted and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users. It covers topics ranging from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse. Read this book, and you’ll learn how to:

• Fight software rot
• Learn continuously
• Avoid the trap of duplicating knowledge
• Write flexible, dynamic, and adaptable code
• Harness the power of basic tools
• Avoid programming by coincidence
• Learn real requirements
• Solve the underlying problems of concurrent code
• Guard against security vulnerabilities
• Build teams of pragmatic programmers
• Take responsibility for your work and career
• Test ruthlessly and effectively, including Property-based testing
• Implement the Pragmatic Starter Kit
• Delight your users

Written as a series of self-contained sections and filled with classic and fresh anecdotes, thoughtful examples, and interesting analogies, The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates the best approaches and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Whether you’re a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and you’ll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. You’ll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career.

You’ll become a Pragmatic Programmer.

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Dave and Andy are the Pragmatic Programmers and founders of the Pragmatic Bookshelf.

Published by Addison Wesley by special arrangement with the Pragmatic Bookshelf. Print books available in bookstores worldwide this fall.

Please note: This title is not eligible for any sales, coupons, or other discounts.

https://pragprog.com/book/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition

Available in beta now

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Will this edition be available as an Ebook on the PragPub site?

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From an edit to the above post:

Published by Addison-Wesley and available as a beta ebook by special arrangement with the Pragmatic Bookshelf starting May 8, 2019 , only at pragprog.com. If you are not familiar with our beta program, please read below for details.

About Beta Books

Pragmatic Bookshelf pioneered the idea of Beta Books. Here’s how it works: a couple of months before a book is published worldwide, we’ll release it here on pragprog.com.

When you place your order, you’ll get the Beta eBook in its current state immediately. This version could be anywhere from 75% to 100% complete.

If you have “notify” set in your user settings, you’ll receive an email update when the book is updated, and it will be delivered to your Dropbox or GDrive if you have that configured.

When the final book is published, we’ll let you know that as well. You’ll also continue to get updates to the eBook, free for the lifetime of that edition.

For more information, please see pragprog.com/frequently-asked-questions/beta-books

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Available in beta now

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