Ask HN: Dr. Dobb's Jolt Awards current alternative for technical books?

23 pointsxadoc8y ago4 comments

The list of books that won Jolt Awards can be seen here

http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Jolt_Awards

4 comments

aarongolliver8y ago

Off topic: I really miss Jolt :( and I love that Dobb kept using their name post-bankruptcy

guohuang8y ago

have you seen this http://toptalkedbooks.com/stackoverflow/all

xadocOP8y ago

I have not, thanks for sharing it is nice that also collects links from Reddit.

Other similar websites

Most mentioned in StackOverflow http://dev-books.com/

Most mentioned in Hacker News

http://hackernewsbooks.com/top-books-on-hacker-news

http://ramiro.org/vis/hn-most-linked-books/

Recommended books by guests in Developer on Fire podcast

http://developeronfire.com/book-recommendations

Personal lists

Jeff Atwood: https://blog.codinghorror.com/recommended-reading-for-develo...

Joel Spolsky: http://new.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html

DHH: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3375-the-five-programming-boo...

Steve Yegge: https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/ten-great-books

John Sonmez: https://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/03/23/the-ultimate-list-of...

guohuang8y ago

nice, thanks for the list!

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Ask HN: Dr. Dobb's Jolt Awards current alternative for technical books?

23 pointsxadoc8y ago4 comments

The list of books that won Jolt Awards can be seen here

http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Jolt_Awards

4 comments

aarongolliver8y ago

Off topic: I really miss Jolt :( and I love that Dobb kept using their name post-bankruptcy

guohuang8y ago

have you seen this http://toptalkedbooks.com/stackoverflow/all

xadocOP8y ago

I have not, thanks for sharing it is nice that also collects links from Reddit.

Other similar websites

Most mentioned in StackOverflow http://dev-books.com/

Most mentioned in Hacker News

http://hackernewsbooks.com/top-books-on-hacker-news

http://ramiro.org/vis/hn-most-linked-books/

Recommended books by guests in Developer on Fire podcast

http://developeronfire.com/book-recommendations

Personal lists

Jeff Atwood: https://blog.codinghorror.com/recommended-reading-for-develo...

Joel Spolsky: http://new.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html

DHH: https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3375-the-five-programming-boo...

Steve Yegge: https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/ten-great-books

John Sonmez: https://simpleprogrammer.com/2015/03/23/the-ultimate-list-of...

guohuang8y ago

nice, thanks for the list!

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