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A List of Books That Every Sitecore Developer Should Read

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Not sure if you know — those who follow me on Twitter definitely know — but I am very passionate around improving my craft. I typically do so through reading whatever I can get my hands on — this includes blog posts, tweets, threads on the Sitecore Community site and, most especially, software development books.

Since a lot of people know that I read a ton of books, I am frequently asked on what software development books I recommend. A few years ago, I had a huge list of recommended books that I could easily share via email but that was many computers ago, and I no longer have that list. I’m hoping this blog post can serve as a replacement for it.

I have read every book on this list, and recommend them all. I hope you find them as beneficial as I have.

Keep in mind that this list is not final. I am going to keep adding to it as I read more, or remember other books that I’ve read and recommend (I used to have a library of about 900 books with a diverse set of subjects including Psychology, Sociology, Theoretical Physics, Computer Science and Software Development but donated all but 5 books to charity in 2013).

Sitecore Development

Software Engineering/Software Development/Software Craftsmanship

Design Patterns

JavaScript

UML

SCRUM/Agile

Unit Testing

If you have any books that you would like to recommend, please share in a comment.

Until next time, keep on learning and keep on Sitecoring!

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5 Comments

  1. Nat says:
    06/23/2015 at 03:32

    Sizeable and pretty inclusive list 😀 – definitely a few more for my reading list.

    I have just bought Domain Driven Design – Eric Evans & Patterns of Enterprise Architecture – Martin Fowler both on recommendation. Will let you know how I get on with them.

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  2. Kyle Heon (@kyleheon) says:
    06/23/2015 at 08:30

    Great list Mike! I absolutely loved The Pragmatic Programmer. That book changed everything for me in regards to developing software. A must read for all software engineers, young or old.

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  3. Joe says:
    06/25/2015 at 18:03

    Awesome list of books! All developers should be required to read Clean Code before they touch a keyboard. The only 2 that are in my must read list are “Refactoring to Patterns” http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Patterns-Joshua-Kerievsky/dp/0321213351 and “Implementing Lean Software Development” http://www.amazon.com/Implementing-Lean-Software-Development-Concept/dp/0321437381

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  4. cphillipowsky says:
    02/24/2016 at 15:04

    Great List. I’d like to make a suggestion: Sitecore XP: Nonlinear insights contains articles on a variety of subjects relevant to both the technical and business side of SItecore. It’s written by 6 Sitecore MVPs and several Sitecore developers. No email is required. Take a look: http://www.nonlinearcreations.com/Digital/sitecore-the-nonlinear-way

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