Some time ago, I listened a podcast from Scott Hanselman which discussed about how to be a better developer in 6 months. Since I’m a huge fan of motivation blog and personal improvement, this subject tickled me almost everyday. And now, I am ready to announce my plan which is ending at the end of february.
I’m will read a book every 2 weeks and do a review for each of them, for a total of 12 books. Here is the list I thoroughly choosed :
- Windows Forms 2.0 Programming (Since this is what I am doing, maybe I can learn a few tips and tricks)
- CLR via C#, Second Edition
- Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
- CSS: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition
- >Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET
- Object Thinking (Reading it again…)
- Code Complete (Already read, but very informative)
- Head First : Design Pattern (So much images)
- UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language, Third Edition
- Beyond Code
- The Algorithm Design Manual
- Rapid Development
Then, I will regain my health back by doing exercise every day and try my best to eat healthy food. I want at least to loose 10 pounds.
I want to finalize and distribute a little home project I made to track weight lost, track food consumption and can be used as a journal tool.
And I need to give credit where it’s due. First of all, the guy who started it all : Justice Gray. I have also based my list of books on his because he seems to know a lot and he probably choose some really good books. I also want to thank Scott Hanselman (very very great blog) for making a podcast on this subject.