Lately I’m finding myself in an big puddle of mud, and feeling that I’m getting outdated really fast, everyone around me are talking POCO’s, IoC, DI, TDD, DDD, BDD etc.
Even though, I know what the acronyms are, I feel more an more uncertain about when to use what, how to apply, etc. I still feel that I can call myself an good developer, having good grasp of what is going on, I have to agree to lot of what Torbjørn writes here: http://blog.kjempekjekt.com/2008/12/28/a-bli-en-net-ninja/
So, for starters, I have been bugging my twitter colleges about where should I start, what books to read, I have so far, come up with this list: (no order yet)
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software (Hardcover)
by Eric Evans (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321125215
xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code (Addison-Wesley Signature Series) (Hardcover) by Gerard Meszaros (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131495054
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series) (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0132350882
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0735619670
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) (Hardcover)
by Erich Gamma (Author), Richard Helm (Author), Ralph Johnson (Author), John M. Vlissides (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0201633612
Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teams (Paperback)
by Steve Maguire (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556156502
Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition) (Microsoft .NET Development Series) (Hardcover)
by Krzysztof Cwalina (Author), Brad Abrams (Author)http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321545613
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) (Hardcover)
by Martin Fowler (Author), Kent Beck (Author), John Brant (Author), William Opdyke (Author), Don Roberts (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0201485672
Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series) (Paperback)
by Michael Feathers (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131177052
Head First Design Patterns [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
by Elisabeth Freeman (Author), Eric Freeman (Author), Bert Bates (Author), Kathy Sierra (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596007124
POJOs in Action: Developing Enterprise Applications with Lightweight Frameworks [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
by Chris Richardson (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932394583
These two I have read, and I own the PoEAA, but I need to restock the PP book I guess:
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/020161622X
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Addison-Wesley Signature Series) (Hardcover)
by Martin Fowler (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321127420
