software-engineering
Broad perspectives on the craft of software engineering, from code quality and testing to team dynamics and technical leadership.
4 articles
The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition
software-engineering
Ammar Najjar · September 23, 2019 · 2 min readTL;DR Timeless software craftsmanship principles: broken windows, DRY, tracer bullets, and decoupling. A must-read for every developer's career.
- Author: David Thomas, Andrew Hunt
Read more →Book Review: Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering
software-engineeringAmmar Najjar · September 10, 2019 · 1 min readTL;DR A concise, practical introduction to Python for scientists and engineers covering NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Pandas with hands-on Jupyter examples.
- Author: David J. Pine
Read more →Book Review: Python Descriptors
software-engineeringAmmar Najjar · September 2, 2019 · 1 min readTL;DR Explains Python's descriptor protocol with practical examples. Two parts: understanding built-in descriptors (property, classmethod, staticmethod) and building custom ones.
- Author: Jacob Zimmerman
Read more →Book Review: Python Tricks, The Book
software-engineeringAmmar Najjar · August 31, 2019 · 1 min readTL;DR A practical guide to writing more Pythonic code covering assert patterns, dunder methods, *args/**kwargs, data structures, and loop idioms.
- Author: Dan Bader
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