The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
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TitleThe Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
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1 Star Rating  "I hate it."2009-11-08
- Reviewed By xteraco
99% of this book is talking from a business perspective. Do this if you want to be profitable do that if you want to be profitable. I'm a hobby programmer (sometimes I do freelance but not often). The professional tone of the book was a bit of a put-off. I'm not interested in becoming a master of business.

I've invested quite a bit of time learning C++. According to this book it was a waste. According to this book you're supposed to learn a new language every year! Learn a new language every year! How incredible. I challenge anyone to learn C++ in a year. I've read that most people never learn C++ in its entirety, so it might take a *long* time to learn it. I think to learn most languages (to the point where you could be said to be good for fluent with that language) it will take a year or more.

Another bit of garbage in this book was right in the beginning. It lists bullet points for what a pragmatic programmer should be. One points says "be an early adopter of new technology". A few bullet points later it says "be a critical thinker". I have met a lot of early adopters, and a lot of critical thinkers, and the two are almost if not completely opposite. A critical thinker might decide that if a system should be adopted, it should pass the test of time. A good personal example of this would be my decision to see how people liked Windows Vista before buying it for my machine. As it turned out Vista was a bit of a flop, so I kept XP Pro for a bit longer. Now that Windows 7 is out, and I've heard good things, I will probably install it on my machine. In this case I'm not being an early adopter, I'm biding my time and learning from others experiences.

What can I say I guess I'm not very pragmatic :P

As far as recommendations goes, the last good book I've read in this type of genre would have been Code Craft (No Starch Press).
 
5 Star Rating  "Definitely a Classic"2009-10-25
- Reviewed By User: A2QUF459NZ08IJ
I found the book to be worth a read (which doesn't take long). Filled with lots of lessons most programmers learn with time/experience. It's not a book on design patterns or anything. It's more of a book explaining things like planning, how to be most productive, the difference between a prototype and tracer bullets, why code generation is powerful/how to do it, the benefits of decoupling...etc. It's quite a little gem in many ways... and best of all, easy to read.
 
4 Star Rating  "A Guide to better life - as a programer"2009-10-18
- Reviewed By eyalgolan
I started reading the book a few days ago and enjoy it every minute.
I haven't finished reading it, but feel confident to review it.
I recommend this book to any person who wants to be a better programmer.
When I first tried to describe what this book is about, I made an analogy to the kinds of books the gives you 'good advices for better life'.
One of the rules to have better life is, if you read these kinds of books, at least try to follow what they suggest.
Well, since starting reading Pragmatic, I keep trying to follow the advices I've read.
I was happy to see that some of the advices, I kept even before.
I feel that in the subjects that I read and started following, I became better.
Following the advices made me better in the small and nuance steps. Al and all, a much better developer.

Some of the advices are not applicable for my field and what I do, so I just read the background of them.
I do read this book cover to cover for the first time, bu after that I plan to read each advice when needed.
I even started explaining some of the advices to my colleagues. They were very happy with them.

Go buy it!
 
2 Star Rating  "A mile wide and an inch deep"2009-06-23
- Reviewed By User: A35HTJ3KT983CI
As an experienced software developer, I was looking for a book that I could recommend to more junior members of my team to help them improve their skills. This book wasn't it. Although this book has a lot of very good advice in it, it's mostly a mile wide and an inch deep. For a junior developer not already familiar with these ideas, there isn't enough meat here for them to gain any real appreciation or understanding of the material.

In contrast, take Code Complete. It's *only* a book about code construction, a small portion of what Pragmatic Programmer tries to cover. And yet, Code Complete weighs in at nearly 900 pages, versus Pragmatic's 300 or so. The difference is detail. Code Complete really digs into each topic, explaining it completely and giving examples. It's a bigger read to be sure, but when you're done, you have truly learned something. When you finish Pragmatic Programmer, you're left wanting another book that actually explains everything you just read.

 
5 Star Rating  "My 1st pragmatic book"2009-06-18
- Reviewed By User: A37S32379EZWUB
Fantastic book that sets me out reading a series of pragmatic book.
Get this book and be inspired!
 
5 Star Rating  "One of those books that puts everything together."2009-05-29
- Reviewed By User: ARKX5HMOYUW6A
As you read through this book you realize that you know most of this stuff in the back of your head, but it gives you focus along with concise rules that allow you to rapidly improve your coding style regardless of what language you choose.
 
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