Ask HN: What language-agnostic programming books should I read?
recommended by 1 user | 2017 | 927 points by robschia | learning to code | original thread |

Until now I've read:

- The Healthy Programmer

- Clean Code

- Test-Driven Development by Example

What should I add to my library?

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edraferi Jun 12, 2017 | on: Show HN: Kooba, an interactive graph for finding new books | context

> Out of curiosity, which books?

There were two great discussions about this on HN last week:

Ask HN: What language-agnostic programming books should I read? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14486657

Ask HN: Books you wish you had read earlier? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14477851

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1. Ask HN: Books you wish you had read earlier?
recommended by 1 user | 2017 | 631 points by _6cj7 | original thread |
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