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  • The C4 Model

    Visualizing Software Architecture

    by Simon Brown ...
    Good architecture is more than just good code—it's clear communication. The C4 Model: Visualizing Software Architecture is a practical guide to creating diagrams that help teams understand, build, and talk about software systems more effectively. Developed by Simon Brown and used by thousands of teams worldwide, the C4 model breaks architecture down into four simple levels (context, container, ... Read more

    £26.63

  • Modern Software Engineering

    Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster

    by David Farley ...
    Improve Your Creativity, Effectiveness, and Ultimately, Your CodeIn Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues.Writing for programmers, managers, and technical leads at ... Read more

    £21.41

  • Practical Vim

    Edit Text at the Speed of Thought

    by Drew Neil ...
    Vim is a fast and efficient text editor that will make you a faster and more efficient developer. It's available on almost every OS, and if you master the techniques in this book, you'll never need another text editor. In more than 120 Vim tips, you'll quickly learn the editor's core functionality and tackle your trickiest editing and writing tasks. This beloved bestseller has been revised and ... Read more

    £12.95

  • Why Programs Fail

    A Guide to Systematic Debugging

    by Andreas Zeller ...
    Why Programs Fail: A Guide to Systematic Debugging is proof that debugging has graduated from a black art to a systematic discipline. It demystifies one of the toughest aspects of software programming, showing clearly how to discover what caused software failures, and fix them with minimal muss and fuss. The fully updated second edition includes 100+ pages of new material, including new chapters ... Read more

    £35.09

  • Elastic Leadership

    Growing self-organizing teams

    by Roy Osherove ...
    SummaryElastic leadership is a framework and philosophy that can help you as you manage day-to-day and long-term challenges and strive to create the elusive self-organizing team. It is about understanding that your leadership needs to change based on which phase you discover that your team is in. This book provides you with a set of values, techniques, and practices to use in your leadership role ... Read more

    £24.00

  • Debugging

    The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems

    by David J. Agans ...
    When the pressure is on to resolve an elusive software or hardware glitch, what's needed is a cool head courtesy of a set of rules guaranteed to work on any system, in any circumstance.Written in a frank but engaging style, this book provides simple, foolproof principles guaranteed to help find any bug quickly. Recognized tech expert and author David Agans changes the way you think about debugging ... Read more

    £10.43 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Coders

    Who They Are, What They Think and How They Are Changing Our World

    by Clive Thompson ...
    From revolution on Twitter to romance on Tinder, we live in a world constructed of code – and coders are the ones who built it for us.In Coders, acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson offers an illuminating reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers, asking who they are, how they think, and what should give us pause. Along the way, Thompson ponders the morality ... Read more

    £6.99

  • The Psychology of Software Teams

    by Cat Hicks ...
    To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful ... Read more

    £17.99

  • Refactoring

    Improving the Design of Existing Code

    by Martin Fowler ...
    Series series Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)
    Martin Fowler’s guide to reworking bad code into well-structured codeRefactoring improves the design of existing code and enhances software maintainability, as well as making existing code easier to understand. Original Agile Manifesto signer and software development thought leader, Martin Fowler, provides a catalog of refactorings that explains why you should refactor; how to recognize code that ... Read more

    £32.93

  • Core Data with SwiftUI

    Quick Guides for Masterminds

    by J.D Gauchat ...
    Quick Guides for Masterminds are excerpts from our best-selling books SwiftUI for Masterminds, UIKit for Masterminds, and HTML5 for Masterminds, providing a cost-effective alternative to getting the information you need.DescriptionWith this guide, you will learn how to store data in a database with Core Data and the SwiftUI framework.After reading this guide, you will know how to work with the ... Read more

    £2.41 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Control Flow

    Concurrent Programming Using μC++

    by Peter A. Buhr ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The control-flow issues presented in this textbook are extremely relevant in modern computer languages and programming styles. In addition to the basic control-flow mechanisms, virtually all new computer languages provide some form of exceptional control flow to support robust programming introduced in this textbook. Also, concurrency capabilities are appearing with increasing frequency in both ... Read more

    £34.46

  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

    by Bill Gates ...
    In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and ... Read more

    £9.99

  • Learning Domain-Driven Design

    Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy

    by Vlad Khononov ...
    Building software is harder than ever. As a developer, you not only have to chase ever-changing technological trends but also need to understand the business domains behind the software. This practical book provides you with a set of core patterns, principles, and practices for analyzing business domains, understanding business strategy, and, most importantly, aligning software design with its ... Read more

    £26.63

  • Oracle Quick Guides Part 3 - Coding in Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL

    by Malcolm Coxall ...
    Series Book 3 - Oracle Quick Guides
    This is Part 3 of a series of quick learning guides for Oracle designers, developers and managers. Part 3 introduces completely new entrants to the main concepts of the SQL language and to the use and development of Oracle's PL/SQL procedural version of SQL. The guide includes details of how to install and use a SQL*Plus client and the basic use of Oracle's SQL Developer tool. The guide also ... Read more

    £2.43

  • Attachments

    Is there such a thing as love before first sight? The romantic comedy we all need to read in 2026

    by Rainbow Rowell ...
    'Heartwarming, romantic and great fun' CLOSEREveryone in the newsroom knows that somebody is monitoring their emails, but Beth and Jennifer don't believe anyone would read their never-ending conversations. But Lincoln does, it's his job, and Beth and Jennifer's hilarious, no-holds-barred emails are the best part of his day.The only problem is he's starting to fall in love with Beth, and yet she ... Read more

    £5.99

  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things

    Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

    by Ben Horowitz ...
    Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very ... Read more

    £12.99

  • The Manager's Path

    A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

    by Camille Fournier ...
    Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring ... Read more

    £15.56

  • The Staff Engineer's Path

    A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

    by Tanya Reilly ...
    For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well--or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills ... Read more

    £17.54

  • The Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition: Essays On Software Engineering

    Essays on Software Engineering

    by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. ...
    Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 ... Read more

    £15.29

  • Code

    The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

    by Charles Petzold ...
    The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics"For me, Code was a revelation. It was the first book about programming that spoke to me. It started with a story, and it built up, layer by layer, analogy by analogy, until I understood not just the Code, but the System. Code is a book that is as much about Systems Thinking and abstractions as it is about ... Read more

    £18.17

  • The Singularity Is Near

    When Humans Transcend Biology

    by Ray Kurzweil ...
    'Startling in scope and bravado.' The New York TimesA radical and optimistic view of the future course of human development from the bestselling author of How to Create a Mind and who Bill Gates calls 'the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence.'For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of ... Read more

    £6.47

  • Vibe Coding

    Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond

    by Gene Kim, Steve Yegge ...
    GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier.Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe ... Read more

    £11.47

  • Introduction to Computer Science

    by Mark McIlroy ...
    This book is an introduction to Computer Science and the craft of computer programming.Contains the basic material from a first-year Computer Science or programming course. ... Read more

    Free

  • Game Programming Patterns

    by Robert Nystrom ...
    The biggest challenge facing many game programmers is completing their game. Most game projects fizzle out, overwhelmed by the complexity of their own code. Game Programming Patterns tackles that exact problem. Based on years of experience in shipped AAA titles, this book collects proven patterns to untangle and optimize your game, organized as independent recipes so you can pick just the patterns ... Read more

    £19.49 or Free with Kobo Plus