Yes. I believe such a book exists (or should at least) for every language as well. Effective Java — http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-Edition-Joshua-Bloch/d

Yes. I believe such a book exists (or should at least) for every language as well. Effective Java — http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-Edition-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0321356683 http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-Edition-Joshua-Bloch/dp... POODR (Ruby) — http://www.poodr.com/ http://www.poodr.com/ Javascript the good parts — http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockford/dp/0596517742 http://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Good-Parts-Douglas-Crockfor... There is of course also the gang of 4 language agnostic classic on design patterns http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612 http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Obje...