Learning items in software development
A subjectively created list of books about software development grouped in the following categories:
Category I: Practitioners sharing their hard-won and thoughtful experiences.
Category II: Foundational knowledge.
Category I: Practitioners sharing their hard-won and thoughtful experiences
Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# by Robert C. Martin, Micah Martin
The Art of Agile Development by James Shore, Shane Warden
Implementation Patternsby Kent Beck
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres
Object Solutions: Managing the Object-Oriented Project by Grady Booch
Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development by James O. Coplien, Neil B. Harrison
Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide by Craig Larman
Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game by Alistair Cockburn
Agile Software Development With Scrum by Mike Beedle, Ken Schwaber
The Enterprise and Scrum by Ken Schwaber
The Craft of Software Testing: Subsystems Testing Including Object-Based and Object-Oriented Testing by Brian Marick
Test-Driven Development: A Practical Guide by David Astels
Concurrent Programming on Windows Vista: Architecture, Principles, and Patterns by Joe Duffy
Multi-Paradigm Design for C++ by James O. Coplien
Working Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
Windows Internals: Including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Fifth Edition by Mark Russinovitch, David A. Solomon
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products by Jim Highsmith
Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn
Software Pioneers by Manfred Broy (Editor), Ernst Denert (Editor)
I. M. Wright's Hard Code by Eric Brechner
Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Software Craftmanship: The New Imperativeby Pete McBreen
Category II: Foundational knowledge
Software design by David Budgen
Software for Use: A Practical Guide to the Models and Methods of Usage-Centered Design by Lucy A.D. Lockwood, Larry L. Constantine
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design by Bill Buxton
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (3rd Edition) by Grady Booch
Practical Guide to Structured Systems Design (2nd Edition) by Meilir Page-Jones (Author)
Structured Design: Fundamentals of a Discipline of Computer Program and Systems Design by Edward Yourdon
Structured Analysis and System Specification by Tom Demarco and P. J. Plauger
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
Instructor's Manual t/a Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition by Julie Sussman
Computer Science: An Overview (9th Edition) by J. Glenn Brookshear
Generative Programming: Methods, Tools, and Applications by Krzysztof Czarnecki, Ulrich Eisenecker
Foundations of Empirical Software Engineering: The Legacy of Victor R. Basili by Barry Boehm