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S9:E8 - Why you should read the new edition of the Pragmatic Programmer (Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt)

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English - August 26, 2019 04:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 567 ratings
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The Pragmatic Programmer was published in 1999 by software engineers Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas, and is considered to be one of the quintessential books on programming. For its 20th anniversary edition, we chat with Andy and Dave about the book’s impact, what’s changed in the new edition, and what remains the same, along with things they’ve learned over the past 20 years. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) Educative (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) Career Karma (sponsor) CodeNewbie Survey Elixir C++ Java JavaScript Don't repeat yourself (DRY) Orthogonality Programming by Coincidence AltaVista COBRA Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Eiffel Agile Manifesto Metaprogramming BASIC Mainframe computers Lisp

The Pragmatic Programmer was published in 1999 by software engineers Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas, and is considered to be one of the quintessential books on programming. For its 20th anniversary edition, we chat with Andy and Dave about the book’s impact, what’s changed in the new edition, and what remains the same, along with things they’ve learned over the past 20 years.

Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) Educative (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) Career Karma (sponsor) CodeNewbie Survey Elixir C++ Java JavaScript Don't repeat yourself (DRY) Orthogonality Programming by Coincidence AltaVista COBRA Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Eiffel Agile Manifesto Metaprogramming BASIC Mainframe computers Lisp Dave Thomas

Dave Thomas likes to code.

Andy Hunt

Andy Hunt is a programmer turned consultant, author and publisher. He has authored award-winning and best-selling books, including the seminal The Pragmatic Programmer (now in a new and heavily revised 20th Anniversary Edition) and many others, including the popular Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware, the Jolt-worthy Practices of An Agile Developer, and Learn to Program with Minecraft Plugins for the kids.

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