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Publisher's Summary
The Pragmatic Programmer is one of those rare tech audiobooks you’ll listen, re-listen, and listen to again over the years. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced practitioner, you’ll come away with fresh insights each and every time.
Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development, independent of any particular language, framework, or methodology, and the Pragmatic philosophy has spawned hundreds of books, screencasts, and audio books, as well as thousands of careers and success stories.
Now, 20 years later, this new edition re-examines what it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse. All the old favorite topics are there, updated for this new world. And there's a bunch of new content, reflecting what we've learned in the intervening years.
Whether you’re a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, use these lessons daily, and you’ll quickly see improvements in personal productivity, accuracy, and job satisfaction. You’ll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career. You’ll become a pragmatic programmer.
This audiobook is organized as a series of sections, each containing a series of topics. It is read by Anna Katarina; Dave and Andy (and a few other folks) jump in every now and then to give their take on things.
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- luckylittle
- 22-05-2020
This seriously needs a PDF!
I would normally give 5* overall / 5* performance / 5* story. It is a great book - the only problem is the code snippets are hard to visualize without the related document! I am hoping someone will see this message and add a downloadable PDF to my library - only then i will change the feedback...
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-2020
Excellent
Thanks book. Highly recommended! The production style and the content are fantastic. Very much looking forward to listening through again.
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- Fraser
- 12-10-2022
Great book & recording, missing materials
fantastic audiobook adaption that is let down by not offering pdf of code examples.
The first edition of the book largely stood the test of time and the updates in this edition show the authors have kept their fingers on the pulse of the industry
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- Rodney McKee
- 05-07-2022
Needs a PDF to follow code samples
This needs a PDF, especially for beginner level coders. Visualizing the samples in some of the discussions was difficult to say the least.
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- Mike Borg
- 06-06-2022
Lots of good tips but maybe the target isn't right
There are a lot of tips, some just common sense, some technical, some aimed at newbies, some aimed at more senior programmers. And for some of the more senior or technical recommendations, they would probably already know about this or would pick a more specific book about it. This ends up feeling like it doesn't target anyone enough to satisfy any particular person. I guess for the breadth of the topics covered, it's good to know.
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- Shaun
- 02-02-2021
This is a very good book for programmer
The pace is good. The narrator is audible, and i like that multiple people explain the concepts.
It's a book that need to be listened to multiple times.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-01-2020
An excellent and entertaining technical book
I had been looking for technical audio books to listen to in the car for my commute, I stumbled across this book and it checked all the boxes!
an excellent listen I only wish there were more technical audio books of this caliber out there.
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- Phil
- 26-05-2020
Exquisitely narrated. Not a great text.
Most of book seems to be common sense, and much of what isn't is so overgeneralized as to be wrong. A great example of this pattern is in the DRY topic, where a function implementing an externally derived policy is said not to require comments at all; in the real world, this function should absolutely be annotated with its "source of truth" or other motivating reference so that future programmers, auditors, etc. can verify whether what it does is what it's *supposed* to do, and not just that what it actually does is what it actually does. Sure, this information might be in the revision control system or other external system, but at the very least this expectation warrants explicit mention here. The book seems to be riddled with such cases where the examples are insufficient to support the dogma. On the bright side, Anna Katarina's performance is absolutely impeccable: precise, measured, and easy to follow with no distracting idiosyncrasies.
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- H. L. LaFond
- 16-02-2020
David Thomas and Andrew Hunt have done it again.
I loved reading the first book 20 years ago I thoroughly enjoyed reading this updated edition. This is a great piece of knowledge and wisdom for our industry.
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- Hynso Lashon
- 31-07-2020
Fantastic advice
Listening through this casually before reading a hard copy. This is by far the best source of good general principles for programming I’ve run into. And everything is collected in one place. It can be read cover-to-cover or used as a reference.
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- R. W.
- 15-01-2021
Required reading for any software professional.
In my 40 year career as software developer, engineer, architect, etc., I believe I have encountered a version of each the cited problems/circumstances, was an early adopter of many of the fad solutions purported to fix said, and came, the hard way, to the same conclusion a as the authors. if you read and diligently apply the contents of this book you will be a much more valuable contributor no matter what role you play in software production.
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- Jake Armendariz
- 26-04-2020
Great Listen
Easy listen, helpful topics. there was some code involved that they link to a GitHub (I never looked at it) but it was not essential to usnertanding the message of each snippet of code.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-07-2020
A must read for jr developers striving to senior
Read this book if you wish to know what separates a junior from a senior programmer.
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- matt m
- 24-05-2022
Classic, if a bit tedious
Don’t get me wrong, this is a classic.
But that’s kind of the problem, if there is one. The authors milk that to death, for example the first 30 minutes of this audio book contain an extremely repetitive and self-soothing take on the book itself.
When you eventually - eventually - get in to the meat of the content it is good, but in my opinion the authors try to be too funny too often, with silly puns and jokes, while distracting from what is important information.
And while it’s “great” to have the authors themselves chime in now and then, there is a reason they are programmers and not audio book readers.. and on top of that the audio levels for the different voices seemed off. Parts of it felt like a Podcast, which in my opinion cheapens the experience.
Again, this is a classic - up there with “Code Complete” - but maybe a little too self-aware.
All that said after I listened to this book I bought a hard copy and am talking about it at work (coding, of course) all the time!
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- cmdswitch
- 29-02-2020
Wonderful applicable principals
This book's revision is a great update to the first edition. Great to listen to.
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- Francisco Guiraldelli
- 24-06-2020
That's one of the better books that I read!
That's a wonderful book! Every developer should read this book, in a simplest way amazing!
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- Kindle-klant
- 02-09-2020
Underwhelming
This was hailed as one of the all-time greatest books in the field of software development. Alongside “Clean Code”. Another waste of ink. Allow me to save you the seven bucks and the ten hours of your time with a summary: “Don’t be an idiot.” In Dutch we have a saying that loosely translates to “kicking in open doors”. Taking all the obvious frivoulous factoids that everybody already knows intuitively, and compiling them into a book, dedicating a chapter to every last one of them. Here are some of the key takeaways:
- Take responsibility for your work.
- Learn new things to stay up to date.
- An estimate of “163 days” sounds more accurate than “about 6 months”.
- Don’t write messy code.
And more nuggets of wisdom. There is a plethora of coding books to choose from. Keep looking.
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- GiorgosN
- 25-04-2020
Worthy audiobook
So this was my first audiobook ever. I've heard a lot about the original book, and wanted to try out an audiobook to listen to my commute.
The audiobook is fantastic, code examples are illustrated very well.
The content is worthy and needed for all programmers.
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- W. Brown
- 30-08-2020
A must listen for all programmers old and new
I identify myself as a programmer. I started coding for over 35 years back in the days when COBOL, dBase II were the languages of the day for me and the new IBM PC and Apple ][ were the new revolution. Recently I have returned to programming after a decade in management and the sales of technology. This book has helped me confirm what principles are still valid and what may not be so fashionable.
A few things I liked in no particular order:-
- Version control ie git should always be used even if you are a team of one
- My doubts 20 years ago about inheritance are shared by many
- Respect the culture of the language you use their name styles
- Plain text is the default
- Testing needs to be ingrained in the project from the start
I liked the style of the audiobook it was a good balance for a technical book that doesn't always transfer well to audio
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- NickJ
- 24-08-2020
Content great, delivery poor
Content of this book is fantastic, but the audio quality is very poor. Seems like its being recorded on a phone.
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- Simon Roberts
- 02-08-2020
Awesome
What can I say this is a must read / listen to book for any programmer or software individual.
Many thanks to the authors and book for making this a enjoyable read / listen to
Simon @ big boffin dot com
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- Karina
- 26-07-2020
I loved it!
I loved it! As a beginner in programming, I have learned a lot of tips and best practices from this book that I have immediately applied to my work.👍 The book is engaging and kerps you hook till the end as well. Thank you to the authors and editors for this great book!
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2023
Great book. Easy to listen to
I really enjoyed this book. You might not agree with everything said. But the authors do explain they're opinions well. And you will definitely gain new understanding and take-aways from this book. The book didn't include too many code examples but where it did they were consice enough to read out. It's also nice that they clearly put a lot of effort into transforming the book for the audio book format.
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- laura
- 19-06-2023
Dated and it shows
I rarely leave reviews but reading through this book is extremely tasking. Not because the content, because the writers subjective poison the otherwise realistic advise. The examples are dated and walk a tight morral high ground that, if like me, you disagree with, makes the useful content very difficult to extract. For example, instructing readers to "pay attention to your surroundings". I know many of the boomer generation who are very complacent with their environment but I know very few gen-x who can overlook small things that contribute to the whole. The book pays no mind to the mental health impact on the readers, instead opts to instruct to deceive your boss, make personal sacrefise for the benefit of the company and/or suggests poor treatment to those who package their message badly. This view is poorly equity for a modern workplace where mental health is a priority, corporations are taking advantage and just keeping a job is a daily struggle. If someone comes to me explaining why the code is late, I listen, I am compassionate and I try to work with them to resolve the situation. This book suggests they are wrong to be so honest, wrong for making the mistake and I should ignore them in future. This book makes me angry on a daily basis but, unlike the authors, I strive to understand others perspectives and that means appreciation of their situation not criticism.
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- Kieran Bond
- 17-04-2023
Something for everyone
Good for those old and new - a lot of things I had previously known subconsciously, brought to light. New things were also introduced to me and have already been used effectively in my work.
Good narration - S's were a bit harsh but likely fault of audio equipment during recording. There are a few code narrations and when listening whilst driving, they are just impossible to visualise - luckily, they're mostly extra to drive a point home.
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- Aimee
- 12-01-2023
Classic
The 20th anniversary edition is worth a read even if you read the original. This is indispensable. Make sure the whole team reads it.
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