Readings

Online Readings

Software Design

• Object-Oriented Software Development: Analysis & Design from Computing Fundamentals with C++ by Rick Mercer
• The Art of Enbugging by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
• The Open Closed Principle by Robert Martin
• The Liskov Substitution Principle by Robert Martin
• Foundation Patterns by Dwight Deugo

Programming

• Java vs. C++ (reprinted from C++ Report, January 1997)
• How to be Hacker (the hacker FAQ) by Eric Raymond
• How to write unmaintable code by Roedy Green

Software Architecture

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond
• Homesteading the Noosphere by Eric Raymond
• Good Enough Software
• Mob Software by Richard Gabriel
• What is Software Architecture by The Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

Pattern Documentation

• The Patterns Homepage
• The Pattern FAQ
• Pattern slides
• Original GOF paper
From Ecoop 93, the paper that was the precursor to the "Gang-of-Four" Design Patterns book

Recommended Books

C++

• The C++ Programming Language (3rd edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup
• Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs by Scott Meyers (also available on CD)
• More Effective C++ by Scott Meyers (also available on CD)
• Multi-Paradigm Design for C++ by James Coplien

Java

• The Java Tutorial by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath (also available online)
• The Java Tutorial Continued by Campione, Walrath, Huml, and the Tutorial Team (also available online)
• Core Java 2, Volumes I and II by Gary Cornell and Cay Horstmann
• Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan

STL

• Effective STL by Scott Meyers
• Generic Programming and the STL by Matthew Austern

Design Patterns

• Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, by Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides (the "gang of four")
• A System of Patterns, Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture by Buschmann, Meunier, Rohnert, Sommerlad, and Stal

Object-Oriented Program Design

• Object-Oriented Design Heuristics by Arthur Riel
• Designing Object-Oriented C++ Applications Using the Booch Method by Robert Martin
• Mastering Object-Oriented Design in C++ by Cay Horstmann
• Object-Oriented Software Construction by Bertrand Meyer

Software Development Practices

• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck
• The Mythical Man-Month (20th Anniversary Edition) by Fred Brooks
• The Dynamics of Software Development by Jim McCarthy
• Project Retrospectives: A Handbook for Team Reviews by Norman L. Kerth

Programming Practices

• Code Complete by Steve McConnell
• Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) by Jon Bentley
• The Design and Evolution of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrup