The Six Best Coding Books to Buy on Amazon
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (#1 best seller)
Product Description:
Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Noted software expert Robert C. Martin, presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin, who has helped bring agile principles from a practitioner’s point of view to tens of thousands of programmers, has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code “on the fly” into a book that will instill within you the values of software craftsman, and make you a better programmer―but only if you work at it.
What kind of work will you be doing? You’ll be reading code―lots of code. And you will be challenged to think about what’s right about that code, and what’s wrong with it. More importantly you will be challenged to reassess your professional values and your commitment to your craft.
Clean Code is divided into three parts. The first describes the principles, patterns, and practices of writing clean code. The second part consists of several case studies of increasing complexity. Each case study is an exercise in cleaning up code―of transforming a code base that has some problems into one that is sound and efficient. The third part is the payoff: a single chapter containing a list of heuristics and “smells” gathered while creating the case studies. The result is a knowledge base that describes the way we think when we write, read, and clean code.
Readers will come away from this book understanding
· How to tell the difference between good and bad code
· How to write good code and how to transform bad code into good code
· How to create good names, good functions, good objects, and good classes
· How to format code for maximum readability
· How to implement complete error handling without obscuring code logic
· How to unit test and practice test-driven development
· What “smells” and heuristics can help you identify bad code
This book is a must for any developer, software engineer, project manager, team lead, or systems analyst with an interest in producing better code.
Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions (1# Best Seller)
Product Description:
I am not a recruiter. I am a software engineer. And as such, I know what it's like to be asked to whip up brilliant algorithms on the spot and then write flawless code on a whiteboard. I've been through this as a candidate and as an interviewer.
Cracking the Coding Interview, 6th Edition is here to help you through this process, teaching you what you need to know and enabling you to perform at your very best. I've coached and interviewed hundreds of software engineers. The result is this book.
Learn how to uncover the hints and hidden details in a question, discover how to break down a problem into manageable chunks, develop techniques to unstick yourself when stuck, learn (or re-learn) core computer science concepts, and practice on 189 interview questions and solutions.
These interview questions are real; they are not pulled out of computer science textbooks. They reflect what's truly being asked at the top companies, so that you can be as prepared as possible.
WHAT'S INSIDE?
· 189 programming interview questions, ranging from the basics to the trickiest algorithm problems.
· A walk-through of how to derive each solution, so that you can learn how to get there yourself.
· Hints on how to solve each of the 189 questions, just like what you would get in a real interview.
· Five proven strategies to tackle algorithm questions, so that you can solve questions you haven't seen.
· Extensive coverage of essential topics, such as big O time, data structures, and core algorithms.
· A behind the scenes look at how top companies like Google and Facebook hire developers.
· Techniques to prepare for and ace the soft side of the interview: behavioral questions.
· For interviewers and companies: details on what makes a good interview question and hiring process.
Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology (Cracking the Interview & Career) (#1 Best Seller)
Product Description:
How many pizzas are delivered in Manhattan? How do you design an alarm clock for the blind? What is your favorite piece of software and why? How would you launch a video rental service in India? This book will teach you how to answer these questions and more.
Cracking the PM Interview is a comprehensive book about landing a product management role in a startup or bigger tech company. Learn how the ambiguously-named "PM" (product manager / program manager) role varies across companies, what experience you need, how to make your existing experience translate, what a great PM resume and cover letter look like, and finally, how to master the interview: estimation questions, behavioral questions, case questions, product questions, technical questions, and the super important "pitch."
The Product Manager Role
What is a PM?
Functions of a PM
Top Myths about Product Management
Project Managers and Program Managers
HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites (#1 Best Seller)
by Jon Duckett
Product Description:
A full-color introduction to the basics of HTML and CSS from the publishers of Wrox!
Every day, more and more people want to learn some HTML and CSS. Joining the professional web designers and programmers are new audiences who need to know a little bit of code at work (update a content management system or e-commerce store) and those who want to make their personal blogs more attractive. Many books teaching HTML and CSS are dry and only written for those who want to become programmers, which is why this book takes an entirely new approach.
· Introduces HTML and CSS in a way that makes them accessible to everyone―hobbyists, students, and professionals―and it’s full-color throughout
· Utilizes information graphics and lifestyle photography to explain the topics in a simple way that is engaging
· Boasts a unique structure that allows you to progress through the chapters from beginning to end or just dip into topics of particular interest at your leisure
This educational book is one that you will enjoy picking up, reading, then referring back to. It will make you wish other technical topics were presented in such a simple, attractive and engaging way!
JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development (#1 Best Seller)
by Jon Duckett
Product Description:
Expert techniques to make your websites more interactive and engaging
In JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Development, best-selling author Jon Duckett delivers a fully illustrated guide to making your websites more interactive and your interfaces more interesting and intuitive. In the book, you’ll explore basic programming concepts that assume no prior knowledge of programming beyond an ability to create a web page using HTML & CSS.
You’ll use core elements of the JavaScript language so you can learn how to write your own scripts from scratch, as well as jQuery, which will allow you to simplify the process of writing scripts (this is introduced half-way through the book once you have a solid understanding of JavaScript).
You’ll also learn to recreate techniques you have seen on other web sites such as sliders, content filters, form validation, Ajax content updates, and much more. Each chapter:
· Breaks subjects down into bite-sized chunks with a new topic on each page
· Contains clear descriptions of syntax, each one demonstrated with illustrative code samples
· Uses diagrams and photography to explain complex concepts in a visual way
By the end of the book, not only will you be able to use the thousands of scripts, JavaScript APIs, and jQuery plugins that are freely available on the web – and be able to customize them – you will also be able to create your own scripts from scratch.
API Testing and Development with Postman: A practical guide to creating, testing, and managing APIs for automated software testing
Product Description:
Explore the world of APIs and learn how to integrate them with production-ready applications using Postman and the Newman CLI
Key Features
· Learn the tenets of effective API testing and API design
· Gain an in-depth understanding of the various features Postman has to offer
· Know when and how to use Postman for creating high-quality APIs for software and web apps
Postman enables the exploration and testing of web APIs, helping testers and developers figure out how an API works. With Postman, you can create effective test automation for any APIs. If you want to put your knowledge of APIs to work quickly, this practical guide to using Postman will help you get started.
The book provides a hands-on approach to learning the implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running with Postman in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, this book begins by taking you through the principles of effective API testing. A combination of theory coupled with real-world examples will help you learn how to use Postman to create well-designed, documented, and tested APIs. You'll then be able to try some hands-on projects that will teach you how to add test automation to an already existing API with Postman, and guide you in using Postman to create a well-designed API from scratch.
By the end of this book, you'll be able to use Postman to set up and run API tests for any API that you are working with.
What you will learn
· Find out what is involved in effective API testing
· Use data-driven testing in Postman to create scalable API tests
· Understand what a well-designed API looks like
· Become well-versed with API terminology, including the different types of APIs
· Get to grips with performing functional and non-functional testing of an API
· Discover how to use industry standards such as OpenAPI and mocking in Postman
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