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The technology Blog of Donn Felker

Every now and then I have people who want to know what books I recommend in regards to IT and Software. My list tends to change over time, so I plan on keeping this up to date. I'll be posting this link on the home page, so feel free to check back any time.

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - Martin Fowler Great book with great patterns for enterprise architecture.	Head First Design Patterns Good intro to design patterns.
The Pragmatic Programmer Great book for those who like to program but what some more direction on the ways of great software development.	Refactoring to Patterns Learn how to refactor your code into patterns.
Working Effectively With Legacy Code New to unit testing? Having problems with how to understand and test old code? READ THIS BOOK. This book helps any developer understand "hand-me-down" code. :)	Agile Principles, Patterns and Practices in C# Can't be a book written by Robert C. Martin like this one. All around goodness.
xUnit Test Patterns You know how to unit test? But what about all of these edge cases? How about testing sending emails? How to test file handling?	Framework Design Guidelines A great resource for someone who is attempting to write a framework for a team. This is not the end-all-be-all, but it is a good resource.
Code Complete 2 A must read for any developer.	Agile Software Development with Scrum Get a grip on the development process with Scrum.
Software Estimation Another classic from McConnell. If you need to learn how to estimate better, pick up this bad-boy. If you're agile or waterfall, this can help.	Release It! Having trouble getting things out the door? This book will help guide you. Completely mind altering book.
Practices of an Agile Developer Excellent book on agile development.	Learning WCF If you're interested in SOA, then you need to learn WCF. This book helps you ramp up and get dirty quick.
Agile Web Development With Rails Again, in my quest to learn new languages, I decided to whip up some web apps with Rails. Very slick, very nice. If you want to learn how to build web apps with Ruby check out this book.	Everyday Scripting with Ruby In my quest to learn a new language every year, I picked up a copy of this book. It has been outstanding in helping a .NET architect become a dynamic language convert.