MAKE IT STICK
To many, learning new knowledge or skills, the “hard way” signals wasted time and effort. People believe good teaching should be customised initially to the various learning styles of students and use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick, compiled by Peter Brown and published on April 14th, 2014. Throws light on ways to […]
LEARNED OPTIMISM: HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AND YOUR LIFE
Written by Martin E.PN Seligman, the bestselling author of Authentic Happiness, Learned Optimism drags from research made over two decades to prove how optimism improves the quality and standards of life. And how one can learn how to practice it. HOW THIS BOOK HELPED US? This book helped us discover our pessimistic tendencies if we […]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: WHY IT CAN MATTER MORE THAN IQ
Everyone thinks that a high IQ guarantees success or happiness but the intelligence quotient comes to nothing when emotions hold sway. Written by Daniel Goleman and published in 1990, Emotional Intelligence teaches you to be aware of your feelings with Intelligence and widen your circles of caring. With Emotional Intelligence, you can transform and build […]
CODERS AT WORK: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF PROGRAMMING
Coders At Work, written by Peter Seibel and published on September 16th 2009, is a collection of interviews with some of the most predominant programmers of this generation. The conversations are lengthy and deep in any subject, including debugging and testing, all rotating around the craft of programming. The book would make a good podcast […]
CLEAN CODE – A HANDBOOK OF AGILE CRAFTSMANSHIP
Bad code can function. But if the code is not clean, it can put a software development company on its knees. Over the world, outstanding resources are lost in the name of poorly designed code. But it does not have to be like this. In August 2008, acclaimed software expert Robert C Martin presented a […]
THE PRAGMATIC PROGRAMMER
The Pragmatic Programmer is a skilful and practical guide that provides insights and the fundamentals of being a good programmer, increasing your specialisation and technicalities in modern software development. The book was published in October 1999. Andrew Hunt covers personal responsibility and career development topics to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy […]
