15+ Programming Books to Keep on Your Shelf

JavaScript

Instructor: Tyler Morgan

A passionate JavaScript instructor and a Code Fellows graduate himself, Tyler was quick to recommend several books for developers who want to branch into JavaScript.

1. Eloquent JavaScript
   Author: Marijn Haverbeke
   Price: Free
   Covers: Functions, objects, regular expressions, modules, Node.js, and much more
   

2. Learning JavaScript Design Patterns
   Author: Addy Osmani
   Price: Free
   Covers: How to write well-structured code and design patterns in JavaScript
   

3. ng-book: The Complete Book on AngularJS
   Author: Ari Lerner
   Price: $39
   Covers: AngularJS

Python:

Instructor: Cris Ewing

Cris transitioned from a career in music composition to become a highly skilled Python developer, and added these two books to our must-have list for Pythonistas.

1. Two Scoops of Django
   Authors: Daniel Greenfeld and Audrey Roy
   Price: $45
   Covers: Tips, tricks, patterns, code snippets, and techniques for Django

2. Python Projects
   Authors: Laura Cassell and Alan Gauld
   Price: $45
   Covers: Creating apps in Python and how to use libraries

iOS

Instructor: Brad Johnson

Once a student himself and now leading the iOS Development Accelerator, Brad uses his training to help others pursue careers in mobile development. His go-to books cover both Objective-C and Swift programming.

1. Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
   Authors: Aaron Hillegass and Mikey Ward
   Price: $27
   Covers: C, Objective-C and common programming idioms

2. iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide
   Authors: Christian Keur, Aaron Hillegass, and Joe Conway
   Price: $33
   Covers: iOS development, tools, and updates

3. Functional Programming in Swift
   Authors: Chris Eidhof, Florian Kugler, and Wouter Swierstra
   Price: $39
   Covers: Swift

Ruby and Rails

Instructor: Brook Riggio

Brook, a Code Fellows co-founder, brings ten years of professional web development experience to the classroom, and knows first-hand which books are the best resources for learning and solving tough problem sets in Ruby and Rails.

1. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby
   Author: Sandi Metz
   Price: $45
   Covers: Object-oriented design with realistic examples

2. Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0 (4th edition): The Pragmatic Programmers’ Guide
   Author: Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt
   Price: $28
   Covers: Ruby 1.9 and Ruby 2.0

3. Eloquent Ruby
   Author: Russ Olsen
   Price: $50
   Covers: How to become fluent in Ruby, the “Ruby way” of thinking and problem solving, and writing Ruby like a true Rubyist.

4. Rebuilding Rails
   Author: Noah Gibbs
   Price: $40
   Covers: Libraries and resources for building a MVC web framework

5. The Rails Way
   Author: Obie Fernandez
   Price: $33
   Covers: Rails development in Rails 4.1
   

Front-End Development

Instructor: Dexter Lesaca

Dexter brings a design background to the Web UI Development Accelerator, and has a passion for helping other designers learn the power of HTML and CSS to create responsive websites. The books he picked are his favorites for a reason—these high quality texts are required material for Foundations I and Bootcamp.

1. HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites
   Author: Jon Duckett
   Price: $18
   Covers: A full introduction to web development with HTML and CSS

2. JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development
   Author: Jon Duckett
   Price: $18
   Covers: Syntax and programming concepts in JavaScript and jQuery

General

1. Learn to Program
   Author: Chris Pine
   Price: $16
   Covers: The basics of programming

2. Pro Git
   Authors: Scott Chacon and Ben Straub
   Price: Free
   Covers: Version control systems and how to use Git

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