Lobotomy to your object oriented thinking – “Elegant Objects, volume 1” book review
Step one in the transformation of a successful procedural developer into a successful object developer is a lobotomy. (by David West) This is the first sentence in “Elegant Objects, volume 1” book by...
Elon Musk – an amazing entrepreneur and a difficult person – book review
Elon Musk and his vision to make humans a Multiplanetary Species
5 Reasons for Every Developer Reading Books to Join Goodreads
Goodreads – a website for a book readers and why you should care
The Apprenticeship Patterns – book review
130 pages to help you nurture your passion and become a better developer. Pretty good deal, isn’t it?
Deep dive into AngularJS – my review of “Mastering Web Application Development with AngularJS”
First, complete book about AngularJS. Pretty good, very useful and written by our fellow man from Poland. Could I ask for more?
Oprogramowanie szyte na miarę – recenzja książki
Bardzo fajna książka na temat, który jest często zaniedbywany przez programistów: komunikacji z klientem.
Instant AngularJS Starter – book review
Some time ago I have received an offer from Packt Publishing to write a review of their new small book about AngularJS framework “Instant AngularJS Starter”. And because I still consider myself as a AngularJS...
Practical Unit Testing with TestNG and Mockito – review
Book “Practical Unit Testing with TestNG and Mockito” (website) covers wide spectrum of knowledge about testing in Java environment using aforementioned libraries. But if you prefer JUnit over TestNG or PowerMock...
There is so much I need to know that I didn’t know that I need to know – notes after reading “Information Diet” book
During 33rd Degree conference in Cracow O’Reilly had its stand with books in very attractive prices and similarly to previous year I couldn’t resist to buy something. This time I decided to get “The Information...
Human side of Agile methodology – review of “Individuals and Interactions: An Agile Guide”
Some time ago, after I had written a review of The Clean Coder I received a tweet from @InformIT saying that they liked my review. And then, after a few e-mails with person from Pearson I received three selected...
The Clean Coder, another great book from Robert C. Martin
Some time ago I found very interesting InformIT page with eBook Deal of the Day, where you can buy IT ebook for only 9,99$. Every 24h (or sometimes a bit longer) they change a title you can get for this amazing...
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning – how to think consciously about thinking and learning
I recently have finished reading one of the best non-IT books I had in my hands, “Pragmatic Thinking and Learning” by Andy Hunt. Because there are already a lot of reviews on the Internet (e.g....
Why we don’t like public speeches and what can be done about it
The first step to eliminate your weaknesses is to realise that they exist and name them. I know I am not good when it comes to public speech. My diploma thesis is quite good, source code isn’t so bad at all, but...
Programming books in English with free worldwide delivery, repost
Few days ago in the discussion in Polish LinkedIn-like portal GoldenLine about constant learning for people working in the IT, delivery costs from Amazon to Poland and ebooks appeared that only small group of...
Clean Code po polsku już jest
Długo czekałem na ten moment i oto jest: polskie wydanie książki Roberta C. Martina “Clean Code”. Możemy co prawda ponarzekać na czas oczekiwania na polskie tłumaczenie (ponad 1,5 roku), ale nie zmienia to faktu,...
Effective Java – make your code better – book review
Recently I bought book I wanted to read for a long time, polish translation of “Effective Java (2nd edition)” by Joshua Bloch. I found many very positive opinions and reviews (some from Amazon) about this title and...