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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
1. Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Michael C. Feathers
4.5
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 260 Comments: 41
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Effective Java (2nd Edition)
2. Effective Java (2nd Edition)
Joshua Bloch
4.4
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 213 Comments: 28
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
3. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Ralph Johnson, Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Richard Helm
4.5
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 198 Comments: 34
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
4. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
Robert C. Martin
4.5
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 184 Comments: 96
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
5. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
Eric Evans
4.3
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 161 Comments: 34
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Java Concurrency in Practice
6. Java Concurrency in Practice
Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls
4.7
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 149 Comments: 23
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JavaScript: The Good Parts
7. JavaScript: The Good Parts
Douglas Crockford
4.2
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 137 Comments: 19
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
8. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Martin Fowler
4.2
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 137 Comments: 21
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
9. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
4.4
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 117 Comments: 19
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
10. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition
Steve McConnell
4.6
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 109 Comments: 37
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Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition)
11. Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition)
Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams
4.8
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 104 Comments: 18
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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
12. Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
4.5
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 99 Comments: 21
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Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)
13. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)
Scott Meyers
4.6
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 84 Comments: 17
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The C Programming Language
14. The C Programming Language
Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
4.6
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 79 Comments: 48
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Test Driven Development: By Example
15. Test Driven Development: By Example
Kent Beck
4.1
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 79 Comments: 17
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Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library
16. Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library
Scott Meyers
4.3
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 64 Comments: 12
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CLR via C# (3rd Edition) (Developer Reference)
17. CLR via C# (3rd Edition) (Developer Reference)
Jeffrey Richter
4.7
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 64 Comments: 12
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Mastering Regular Expressions
18. Mastering Regular Expressions
Jeffrey Friedl
4.4
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 64 Comments: 15
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Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)
19. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)
Aaron Hillegass
4.1
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 58 Comments: 12
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Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied
20. Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied
Andrei Alexandrescu
4.4
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 56 Comments: 16
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Large-Scale C++ Software Design
21. Large-Scale C++ Software Design
John Lakos
4.3
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 56 Comments: 11
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Inside the Microsoft® Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (Developer Reference)
22. Inside the Microsoft® Build Engine: Using MSBuild and Team Foundation Build (Developer Reference)
Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi, William Bartholomew
4.8
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 54 Comments: 4
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xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
23. xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
Gerard Meszaros
4.2
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 54 Comments: 12
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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)
24. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)
Thomas H. Cormen
4.3
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 54 Comments: 41
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CLR via C#, Second Edition (Developer Reference)
25. CLR via C#, Second Edition (Developer Reference)
Jeffrey Richter
4.6
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 53 Comments: 12
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
26. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
Toby Segaran
4.3
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 51 Comments: 8
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Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries
27. Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries
Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams
4.6
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 48 Comments: 12
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Purely Functional Data Structures
28. Purely Functional Data Structures
Chris Okasaki
4.0
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 46 Comments: 16
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)
29. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)
Alfred V. Aho
4.1
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 42 Comments: 24
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Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)
30. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)
W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff
4.7
From Stack Overflow Mentioned: 41 Comments: 12
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