One of the best things that the Omaha NoFluffJustStuff conference brought with it were the books. As I stood there helping peddle the books, I picked up a few that I have been meaning to read for a while now, and just have not taken the time to get.
I picked up four good books while at NFJS: (In the order I intend to read them)
This book looks so good. I was nodding my head just skimming the section titles.
I have been dying to read this since I first heard about it. I am looking forward to it.
Another great book from Pragmatic Press… I am looking forward to it as well.
And the last one from the conference but not least:
Scott & Tom, We don’t currently use JBoss where I am currently, but I promise to read it soon!
So, here are the other books on my plate right now:
Best of Ruby Quiz - (PDF) it is helping me to become better at Ruby, man do I need help!
Rails Recipes - (PDF, Beta Book) this book is proving invaluable. It has all sorts of great tips and tricks in it.
Practices of an Agile Developer - I’ve already read this book, and blogged about it. It was just released, so I am looking forward to seeing the final product, and reading it again… it is that good.
I am even thinking about revisiting my still-all-time-favorite: The Pragmatic Programmer.
Notice anything strange about this collection of books? Thats right! I am single-handedly providing for Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt. But you know what? They have built the best development book publishing business. Period. And in just a few short years. Some would even go so far as to say the best everything publishing business, period. I think they deserve my money. That does not make me a fanboy.
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