Foundation Series: Resources

Books¶

• Code Complete, Steve McConnell
• The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
• The Foundations of Programming (free PDF), Karl Seguin
  
• Clean Code, Robert C. Martin - Create an account at informit.com and use the Membership Code "USERGROUP" and you should get a 35% Discount (cheaper than Amazon)
• Head First Design Patterns, Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra (was sold out on Bookpool)
  
  
  ===Articles===
• The Principles of OOD - Uncle Bob Martin
• Maintainability is "-ility" #1, Jeremy Miller
• S.O.L.I.D. Design Principles, Chad Myers
• Articles on Foundations of Programming - Karl Seguin (some more advanced material)
  
  
  ===Screencasts/Video===
• Dimecasts.NET — 10 minute screencasts on a variety of .NET topics
  • SOLID Principles Dimecasts by Steve Bohlen
• Recommended Jean-Paul Boodhoo ScreenCasts:
  • Demystifying Design Patterns — Part 1
  • Demystifying Design Patterns — Part 2
  • Demystifying Design Patterns — Part 3
  • Demystifying Design Patterns — Part 4
  • Demystifying Design Patterns — Part 5
  • Applied Test Driven Development (Note, it says "Part 3, but really should be "Take 3" as it is really a complete redo of prior screencasts)
• Hanselminutes on SOLID
• Ayende's SOLID Presentation (Audio)