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Ask HN: Programming books that are desk worthy? (reference material)

13 points by TbobbyZ 10y ago

I'm looking to buy some new programming books and I'm not sure to go just digital or hardcopy. General programming or ones specific for what stack you work with.

vinchuco 10y ago
What exactly is meant by desk-worthy?
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- btilly 10y ago
  Ones worth keeping by your desk either for your own reference or for handing out to anyone who is interested. Alternately if your company has a library, ones you'd recommend for inclusion there.
  - TbobbyZ 10y ago
    Couldn't have said it better.
colund 10y ago
Java Concurrency in Practice is an example of a nice go-to book if you're into that
fredrb 10y ago
Clean code by Robert Martin if you're an application developer.
- TbobbyZ 10y ago
  This was in my Amazon cart before my original post!
yunyeng 10y ago
Code Complete 2
- TbobbyZ 10y ago
  This was in my Amazon cart before my original post too!
LarryMade2 10y ago
Desk Worthy to me is a good reference guide. Other good books that I don't need at arm's reach then are "shelf-worthy." Heres a couple Deskworthy ones: tyling with CSS by Charles Wyke-Smith - very quick reference to grab to get some CSS point clarified. The Visual Quickstart HTML guide is good too also for quick reference.
applecrazy 10y ago
No desk would be complete without the C programmer's K&R C.
- sigjuice 10y ago
  Also, C: A Reference Manual by Samuel P. Harbison and Guy L. Steele Jr.
Lordarminius 10y ago
Programming in Ruby;1.9 & 2.0. Dave Fowler et al aka Pickaxe book
mlitchard 10y ago
Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures Hanan Samet
randelramirez 10y ago
1.) The Pragmatic Programmer 2.) The Passionate Programmer 3.) 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know