Price: $19.38
(as of Apr 27, 2024 03:38:04 UTC – Details)
Key concepts and best practices for new software engineers — stuff critical to your workplace success that you weren’t taught in school.
For new software engineers, knowing how to program is only half the battle. You’ll quickly find that many of the skills and processes key to your success are not taught in any school or bootcamp. The Missing README fills in that gap—a distillation of workplace lessons, best practices, and engineering fundamentals that the authors have taught rookie developers at top companies for more than a decade.
Early chapters explain what to expect when you begin your career at a company. The book’s middle section expands your technical education, teaching you how to work with existing codebases, address and prevent technical debt, write production-grade software, manage dependencies, test effectively, do code reviews, safely deploy software, design evolvable architectures, and handle incidents when you’re on-call. Additional chapters cover planning and interpersonal skills such as Agile planning, working effectively with your manager, and growing to senior levels and beyond.
You’ll learn:
How to use the legacy code change algorithm, and leave code cleaner than you found itHow to write operable code with logging, metrics, configuration, and defensive programmingHow to write deterministic tests, submit code reviews, and give feedback on other people’s codeThe technical design process, including experiments, problem definition, documentation, and collaborationWhat to do when you are on-call, and how to navigate production incidentsArchitectural techniques that make code change easierAgile development practices like sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
This is the book your tech lead wishes every new engineer would read before they start. By the end, you’ll know what it takes to transition into the workplace–from CS classes or bootcamps to professional software engineering.
From the Publisher
‘Thorough overview’
“This is an impressively thorough overview of the many skills a new software engineer will need to learn, beyond coding, to be successful in the job.”
—Camille Fournier, former VP of Technology at Goldman Sachs
‘Excellent reference’
“An accessible, handy guide to practical aspects of being a Software Engineer . . . The clear, Readme-style writing makes this book an excellent reference for any level Software Engineer from Intern to CTO.”
—Tim Burns, Data Architect
‘Fun to read’
“Fun to read, full of sage advice and priceless stories. It is like having coffee with a senior mentor, except you don’t even need to come up with the right questions.”
—Gwen Shapira, Engineering Leader at Confluent
About the Authors
Chris Riccomini is a software engineer, startup investor, and advisor with more than a decade of experience at major tech companies such as PayPal, LinkedIn, and WePay. He has been involved in open source throughout his career and is the author of Apache Samza.
Dmitriy Ryaboy is a software engineer and engineering manager. He’s worked at a variety of companies and organizations, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Cloudera, and Twitter. He helped create and grow multiple open-source projects, including Apache Parquet. Dmitriy is currently the Vice President of software engineering at Zymergen.
About the Publisher
No Starch Press has published the finest in geek entertainment since 1994, creating both timely and timeless titles like Python Crash Course, Python for Kids, How Linux Works, and Hacking: The Art of Exploitation. An independent, San Francisco-based publishing company, No Starch Press focuses on a curated list of well-crafted books that make a difference. They publish on many topics, including computer programming, cybersecurity, operating systems, and LEGO. The titles have personality, the authors are passionate experts, and all the content goes through extensive editorial and technical reviews. Long known for its fun, fearless approach to technology, No Starch Press has earned wide support from STEM enthusiasts worldwide.
Publisher : No Starch Press (August 4, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 1718501838
ISBN-13 : 978-1718501836
Item Weight : 15 ounces
Dimensions : 6.01 x 0.85 x 9 inches
