Recommended books for a self taught software developer
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Well since you mentioned JS and Python, Programming in Haskell [0] by Graham Hutton is a very approachable text book to familiarize yourself with topics about functional programming (just a personal favourite).
And of course there is the mother of all software books SICP [1] (yes, it's free) – which is often regarded as the CS text book. It is very information-dense and touches on many parts of CS.
However, if you're struggling to build things, I doubt that books will do much good, since they usually cover theoretical aspects. For this I could only recommend lots of tinkering and practice and little half-completed projects, unfortunately.
Do you have some specific examples of projects/libraries where you got stuck? Perhaps we can get a better understanding of what it is you feel you are lacking then...
[0] https://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pszgmh/pih.html
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html
And of course there is the mother of all software books SICP [1] (yes, it's free) – which is often regarded as the CS text book. It is very information-dense and touches on many parts of CS.
However, if you're struggling to build things, I doubt that books will do much good, since they usually cover theoretical aspects. For this I could only recommend lots of tinkering and practice and little half-completed projects, unfortunately.
Do you have some specific examples of projects/libraries where you got stuck? Perhaps we can get a better understanding of what it is you feel you are lacking then...
[0] https://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~pszgmh/pih.html
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html
Here's some articles that might help:
* http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/learn-progra...
* https://www.techinasia.com/talk/27-things-started-programmin...
* https://prog21.dadgum.com/177.html
* https://github.com/mtdvio/every-programmer-should-know
Books:
* https://blog.codinghorror.com/recommended-reading-for-develo...
* https://danluu.com/programming-books/
* https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/3253/what-books...
Specific to Python:
* https://nostarch.com/seriouspython
* https://www.manning.com/books/practices-of-the-python-pro
* http://www.flyingmachinestudios.com/programming/learn-progra...
* https://www.techinasia.com/talk/27-things-started-programmin...
* https://prog21.dadgum.com/177.html
* https://github.com/mtdvio/every-programmer-should-know
Books:
* https://blog.codinghorror.com/recommended-reading-for-develo...
* https://danluu.com/programming-books/
* https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/3253/what-books...
Specific to Python:
* https://nostarch.com/seriouspython
* https://www.manning.com/books/practices-of-the-python-pro
Thanks :), will take a look at these
Go to the search bar of hacker news and search “learn programming”. Lots of answers one example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21919465
As an autodidact, I feel I'm lacking knowledge in many of the core principles of software engineering and computer science. I often find myself having great ideas for projects, packages and implementations but find myself running into roadblocks and frustration when trying to express them.
Book recommendations appreciated!