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Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide (Pragmatic Programmers)
1.  Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide (Pragmatic Programmers) by Dave Thomas
The list author says:
  "Everyone who writes web software should at least play with Rails - this is the book I'm learning from!"
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4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, Second Edition
2.  Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, Second Edition by Dave Thomas
The list author says:
  "Such a great programming book, this does a really great job of teaching a new programming language without endlessly going over stuff you already know (cos you're already an OO coder)"
£24.38   Used & New from: £0.57
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software
3.  Coder to Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software by Mike Gunderloy
The list author says:
  "A fantastic book by the fantastic Mr Gunderloy of "Daily Grind" fame, this book WILL make you a better programmer!"
Used & New from: £5.61
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series)
4.  Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (The Addison-Wesley Signature Series) by Martin J Fowler
The list author says:
  "The Rolls-Royce of design pattern books in my opinion. Great advice for building data driven, object oriented apps. I keep coming back to this book..."
£40.79   Used & New from: £22.00
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Professional ASP.NET 2.0 (Programmer to Programmer)
5.  Professional ASP.NET 2.0 (Programmer to Programmer) by Bill Evjen
The list author says:
  "I learnt ASP.Net 1.x from the beta version of this book - I'm sure the v2.0 version is just as good (probably better)!"
£27.19   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

User Interface Design for Programmers
6.  User Interface Design for Programmers by Joel Spolsky
The list author says:
  "You *know* you need this book."
£27.49   Used & New from: £1.71
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

ADO.NET Examples & Best Practices for C# Programming Book/CD Package (Expert's Voice)
7.  ADO.NET Examples & Best Practices for C# Programming Book/CD Package (Expert's Voice) by Peter D. Blackburn
The list author says:
  "Even with code generation, you still need to hack data access of some sort in most apps. This book has helped me avoid some mistakes."
£37.52   Used & New from: £2.22
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Professional SQL Server 2005 Programming (Programmer to Programmer)
8.  Professional SQL Server 2005 Programming (Programmer to Programmer) by Robert Vieira
The list author says:
  "I learned to code against Sql Server 2000 from the old version of this book."
£27.19   Used & New from: £2.89
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Microserfs
9.  Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
The list author says:
  "This novel made me want to be a programmer!"
£6.74   Used & New from: £0.01
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
10.  Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents by Ellen Ullman
The list author says:
  "Another really enjoyable non-technical book for technical people."
£9.56   Used & New from: £0.01
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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