The more you know well, the better you remember to use it when you need it.

A list of books any professional software developer should read, and repeat to read from time to time. Divided in the more important books and articles in this file, and my own summary of programming standards in the programming-standards.md

Must Reads (Platform Independent)

• Martin Fowler
  • Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
• Robert C. Martin
  • Clean Architecture PDF
  • Clean Code PDF
  • The Clean Coder PDF
• Kent Beck
  • Test Driven Development by Example PDF
• Michael Feathers -Working Effectively with Legacy Code PDF
• Michael Foord
  • 30 Best Practises in Software Development on opensource.com Link
• The Agile Manifesto
  • 4 Values and 12 Principles Link
• Goto Conferences Videos:
  • Catching up on topics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA

CI/CD

• Ken Mugrage: It’s Not Continuous Delivery If You Can’t Deploy Right Now
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po712VIZZ7M

Recommended YouTube Channels

• GOTO Conferences
  • these are high-class talks on best practises on all levels and topics of modern software development.
• Coder's Tape
  • in-depth professional videos on different aspects of Laravel

Java

• Joshua Bloch
  • Effective Java (3rd Edition) - Best practises for the Java Platform

PHP

• php the right way - foundation of professional php programming, should be obvious things, but with reading once
• Laravel Documentation - very well structured, and always something new to be found. Code smarter, not harder.

Smaller references

• Markdown Reference
• Git Branching Strategies