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Books recommended by David Heinemeier Hansson
Programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails
Programmer, racing driver, creator of Ruby on Rails.
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This is a selection of sourced recommendations, not a complete list of everything David Heinemeier Hansson has read or praised. How we choose.
Recommendations
Books David Heinemeier Hansson recommends
7 books from 1 source. Each one links to the place where David recommended it.
The five programming books that meant most to me
Blog post by David Heinemeier Hansson on the 37signals company blog.
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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
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Refactoring
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
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Domain-Driven Design
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
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Are Your Lights On?
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
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The Elements of Style
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
+3 other recommenders: Darius Foroux, Mark Manson, Tobi Lütke
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On Writing Well
Explicit recommendationOne of the programming books David Heinemeier Hansson says meant most to him, or one of two writing books he adds at the end.
The five programming books that meant most to me Blog postsignalvnoise.com
+3 other recommenders: Derek Sivers, Mark Manson, Matt Mullenweg
Written by David Heinemeier Hansson
Books David Heinemeier Hansson wrote
Their most-published books, from Open Library. These are books they wrote, not recommendations.
Cross-recommendations
Picks others agree on
2 books David recommends that at least one other person in the directory also recommends, each from their own source.
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4recommendersOn Writing Well 4 recommendersDerek Sivers, David Heinemeier Hansson, Mark Manson, Matt Mullenweg
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4recommendersThe Elements of Style 4 recommendersDarius Foroux, David Heinemeier Hansson, Mark Manson, Tobi Lütke
Cross-recommendations
Who agrees with David
People in the directory who recommended at least one of the same books.
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