Books To Read
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Tell people what books you are reading, or have enjoyed as well as those you might not have enjoyed so thoroughly.
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Mastering Regular Expressions Jeffrey E.F. Friedl Nutshell Handbook Series O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 1997 ISBN 1-56592-257-3 The bible on regex. What is a regex, and why do I care? Well, read the book.
The Mythical Man-Month, Essays on Software Engineering 20th Anniversary Edition with four new chapters Frederick P. Brooks, Jr Addison Wesley 1995 ISBN 0-201-83595-9 A classic on project management. You have to read this book. More than 20 years after it was first written, it still provides valuable insights about how to make projects happen on time and on budget.
Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Reference Second Edition Danny Goodman O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 2002 ISBN 0-596-00316-1 A comprehensive resource for HTML, CSS, DOM and JavaScript. Improvement on the first edition, a must-have reference source as well as a good book to learn from. At 1400 pages, you will not be reading this one cover to cover.
Applying UML and Patterns An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition Craig Larman Prentice Hall 2002 ISBN 0-13-092569-1 So far, many interesting points though somewhat pedantic.
High Performance MySQL Optimization, Backups, Replication and Load Balancing Jeremy D. Zawodny & Derek Balling O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 2004 ISBN 0-596-00306-4 Just purchased, haven't read
