Programming

• Pragmatic Programmer
  • This should be read by all developers. It has timeless advice on approaching programming that I first read in college and then recently again.
• The Art of Unit Testing
  • If you are wondering why or how to get started with Unit Testing, or want to write more maintainable tests, this is the book to read.
  • Get the newest revision.
  • Website
• Clean Code
  • Website
• Hashnode - Premier social network for software developers
• Stack Share News
• Book recommendations
• So you want to be a web developer videos with Dan Wahlin]
• Discover .Net

Podcasts

• Coding Blocks Podcast
  • They talk about design patterns and other software related topics in depth.
• JAM Stack podcast
  • Learn about the JAM Stack (JavaScript, API, Markup) ideas.
• DotNetRocks - my favorite podcast!
• The Ultimate Podcast Directory for Software Developers
• Syntax.Fm - “A Tasty Treats Podcast for Web Developers.”

UX

• Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)

DevOps

• The Phoenix Project - Gene Kim
  • If you are going to read one book about DevOps, read this one.
• Accelerate - Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Nicole Forsgren
  • Now my second book to recommend after The Phoenix Project. Uses research of data from the State of DevOps Surveys and Reports to find 24 capabilities and predictors of high performing organizations.
  • I’ll be recommending it to all how I work with.
  • Published in 2018
• Spotify Engineering Culture part 1 Agile Enterprise Transition with Scrum and Kanban 1
• Spotify Engineering Culture part 2
• The DevOps Handbook
  • This book builds on The Phoenix Project, references many other books and shows how to actually bring in DevOps to your organization.
• Continuous Delivery - Jez Humble and others
  • The de facto book on CD.
• Continuous Delivery With Visual Studio ALM 2015
  • December 24, 2015, step by step instructions on how to do Continous Delivery, testing, deployment, setting up test environments and even running Selenium tests in the build (something I failed to figure out on my own). They even show how to setup SonarQube and using these ideas on a “real” project.
• Signup for the DevOps Newsletter from Gene Kim at ITRevolution

Magazines and Newsletters

• MSDN Magazine
  • sign up for a paper copy for free with your MSDN subscription!
• Herding Code Podcast
• Dzone
  • Sign up for their email newsletter. I’ve read countless valuable articles. The Refz Cards are very good as well.
• DotNetCurry
  • a great monthly digital .Net programming magazine.
• JSWeekly
  • weekly JavaScript email newsletter
• DotNetWeekly
  • weekly .Net email newsletter
• Angular Newsletter
  • weekly Angular email newsletter
• FrontEnd Focus
  • “roundup of the best frontend news, articles and tutorials. HTML, CSS, WebGL, Canvas, browser technology, and more.”
• Mobile Web Weekly
• PWA Weekly
• Pony Foo Weekly
  • “A newsletter about the open web, highlighting the most important news about the web every Thursday”
• Aurelia Weekly
  • “A newsletter about Aurelia”
• DevOps, Git, and Agile updatesfrom the team building VSTS
  • DevOps blog from Microsoft. You can subscribe to this
• Dan Wahlin’s Flipboards on my technology topics

Learning

• Learn Anything
• Microsoft Tech Academy
• Microsoft Virtual Academy
• PluralSight
• Your Career in Web Development Starts Here - free courses

Tools

• Ditto - Clipboard manager that works with Windows 10
• My Facts on Codalike - track your programming focus

Referrals

• Brave Browser - block ads and pay with BAT
• Arcadia Power - I’m on the freebie tier and half of my energy is offset with clean energy. “Save Money and the Environment”
• Coinbase - get your Bitcoin and Ethereum with Coinbase. “You will both get $10 of free Bitcoin when your friend buys or sells at least $100 of digital currency.”
• EBates - I’ve made $7.74 so far and we don’t do a ton of online shopping
• Logojoy - I created and bought my logo from this site. It was super easy!
• AirBnB

Health

• Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Revised Edition
  • Eat to live instead of living to eat. Watching your diet can improve your health, make you feel better and improve your concentration.
• Treat your own back
  • I had some back issues in 2017, along with chiropractor help and the exercises he recommended, I also read and incorporated these ideas.
• BeeYoutiful store
  • BerryWell and natural supplements
• Norwex - my wife is selling Norwex and I think they have good stuff.

Christianity

• The Story
• Sermons
• Desiring God
• How is Jesus?

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Enjoy!

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