The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition: Your Journey to Mastery

I am an experienced developer associated with code for last 20 years. Reading a book like this is a deja-vu in many sense. It is tantalising experience as the pages turn in this book. The most I liked about this book is the simplicity and usage of language. It communicates in easy to follow yet coveys what matters most to me in my professional life. Also the way the each topic is capsuled makes the reading experience smooth. There is lot to reflect by reading this book. It does not matter what is your experience, this book will lay foundational aspects of engineering within you.

About the content of the book - there is no doubt why this book is the best seller for 20+ years in software engineering. The 20th-anniversary edition is even better as it has updated details relevant to today's software engineering practices and standards.About the material of the book - The book arrived in time. I got it for ~1500 INR. I was doubtful if I would get a good quality book as the hardcover sales for around 3500+ INR. But to my surprise, the hardcover piece I got is really good. The pages are bound properly, thick, printing is quite nice. Overall a good buy for me considering the price I got.

If you're early in your software career, this book is going to accelerate your progress as a software developer.In hindsight, you're gonna feel you already knew some of these things but seeing it lay out perfectly in a book with chapters and stuff, it is a very good read every now and then. Great job by the authors to keep the book relevant in this latest edition, post changes to examples and chapter content.

Recieved the original product and the book was genuine in terms of printing and hardcover quality. I was little skeptical about quality before ordering, as the price was much cheaper than US/Canada. Wow.. it was genuine hardcover edition.Ordered hardcover because it is half the price of kindle edition.

Yeah, it will make you 20x developer from what are you now. The methods, principles and techniques will definitely make you a pragmatic programmer

With only about ~5 years of professional software engineering experience I was shocked at the lack of new, actionable information in this book.There is a 2 page chapter called "Configuration" that has practically no information besides "use configuration. Better yet configuration as a service". Almost every topic is padded with some war-story or analogy that adds no value. There are very few concrete examples that would help you implement what they suggests. There is little in terms of in-depth pro & con discussion that would help you decide if what they suggest is right for your project. There very little "in-depth" in general.On the other hand while reading this I thought "I couldn't recommend this to my 2nd semester computer science student friend" because the book does seem to require at least some experience & knowledge.I haven't found anything in the book that's wrong, but I also haven't found anything of value.

Absolutely amazing and insightful book that I read in two sittings spread across two days. I've also read a selection of Uncle Bob's books, and compared to his pointless meanderings and pompous language, this books offers practicality, lucidity, and fantastic examples. Every single developer who's transitioning into the mid/mid-senior level must read and internalise what this book is talking about.Aside from the content, the print is high quality, and the fact that it's a hardback makes it a perfect addition to my small library of reference books at work. I know it's going to last.

If in IT, especially in programming, this is really a must read and if anything a only read.The reason I say this is that it shows you that being adaptable and applying good principles is best for yourself, team and the deliverable.With the lessons taken from the book I was able to research into other areas which have given me valuable skills.Good luck !

For a book that costs £30 I would have expected it to come with colour pages at a bare minimum, especially given its length.I am hopeful this a mistake by the printing company, and that a replacement can be found quickly. Until then the review remains one star for such a subpar product. Would not recommend

The book is quite well written, but as a college graduate looking for my first role it didn’t particularly help me out. As I’m no longer in any role connected to software.For someone in a role this book would no bother be a good piece of reference material as it does give plenty of food for thought.Some of the info I’ve learnt from it I use in other areas of my life.No doubt I will go back and read this, it has lay under the coffee table for too long being half read.