🔄 Agile Development

Practical guides to iterative, collaborative software development — sprints, standups, and the philosophy behind them. These books help teams move faster by embracing change rather than resisting it.

Clean Code

by Robert C. Martin • 2007

Unreadable code makes every change a gamble. The craft rules for code that stays maintainable.

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🧹 Code Quality 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship ♻️ Refactoring 🧪 Unit Testing 🧩 Object-Oriented Design

Clean Code

Unreadable code makes every change a gamble. The craft rules for code that stays maintainable.

by Robert C. Martin 2007

4.35

24k+ ratings

🧹 Code Quality 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship ♻️ Refactoring 🧪 Unit Testing 🧩 Object-Oriented Design

Lean UX

by Jeff Gothelf • 2012

Kill the wireframes: a system for testing UX assumptions one sprint at a time.

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7k+

🏗️ Lean Startup 🧠 Design Thinking 🎨 Ux Design 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 🤝 Collaborative Design

Lean UX

Kill the wireframes: a system for testing UX assumptions one sprint at a time.

by Jeff Gothelf 2012

3.99

7k+ ratings

🏗️ Lean Startup 🧠 Design Thinking 🎨 Ux Design 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 🤝 Collaborative Design

The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection

by Robert C. Martin • 2011

Write code your team can read, your tests protect, and your future self won't curse.

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549

🧹 Code Quality 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🧪 Unit Testing 🔄 Refactoring Techniques 🧱 Separation Of Concerns

The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection

Write code your team can read, your tests protect, and your future self won't curse.

by Robert C. Martin 2011

4.48

549 ratings

🧹 Code Quality 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🧪 Unit Testing 🔄 Refactoring Techniques 🧱 Separation Of Concerns

The Product Book

by Product School • 2017

Finding the right problem, proving it cheaply, leading the team to ship: the PM's craft.

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2k+

📱 Product Management 🧪 Customer Development 🚀 Go-To-Market Strategy 💼 Technology Careers 🔍 User Research

The Product Book

Finding the right problem, proving it cheaply, leading the team to ship: the PM's craft.

by Product School 2017

4.09

2k+ ratings

📱 Product Management 🧪 Customer Development 🚀 Go-To-Market Strategy 💼 Technology Careers 🔍 User Research

Impact Mapping

by Gojko Adzic • 2012

Software ships, but results don't. Tie every feature to a business goal with visual planning.

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🧱 Software Project Management 🗺️ Product Roadmapping 📊 Visual Planning 🎯 Goal Alignment 🔄 Iterative Delivery

Impact Mapping

Software ships, but results don't. Tie every feature to a business goal with visual planning.

by Gojko Adzic 2012

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧱 Software Project Management 🗺️ Product Roadmapping 📊 Visual Planning 🎯 Goal Alignment 🔄 Iterative Delivery

The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide

by John Sonmez • 2017

One language, one portfolio, one interview strategy: the sequence that turns learners into hires.

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💼 Software Careers 🚪 Breaking Into Tech 🎯 Technical Interviews ⌨️ Learning To Code 🧪 Software Testing

The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide

One language, one portfolio, one interview strategy: the sequence that turns learners into hires.

by John Sonmez 2017

4.02

1k+ ratings

💼 Software Careers 🚪 Breaking Into Tech 🎯 Technical Interviews ⌨️ Learning To Code 🧪 Software Testing

Joy, Inc.

by Richard Sheridan • 2013

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

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🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management 👤 Human-Centered Design 📋 Visual Management

Joy, Inc.

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

by Richard Sheridan 2013

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management 👤 Human-Centered Design 📋 Visual Management

Lean Inception

by Paulo Caroli • 2018

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

4.07

446

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🎯 Workshop Facilitation 🤝 Team Alignment 📦 Mvp Design

Lean Inception

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

by Paulo Caroli 2018

4.07

446 ratings

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🎯 Workshop Facilitation 🤝 Team Alignment 📦 Mvp Design

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

by Jeff Gothelf • 2017

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

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704

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🧪 Lean Startup 💡 Design Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

by Jeff Gothelf 2017

3.74

704 ratings

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🧪 Lean Startup 💡 Design Thinking 📈 Continuous Improvement

The Influential Product Manager

by Ken Sandy • 2020

Own the product, not the team. How to lead without authority, prioritize without mercy, and ship.

4.14

🧩 Product Management 🤝 Leading Without Authority 🎯 User-Centric Design 🔄 Lean Methodology ⚖️ Prioritization

The Influential Product Manager

Own the product, not the team. How to lead without authority, prioritize without mercy, and ship.

by Ken Sandy 2020

4.14

71 ratings

🧩 Product Management 🤝 Leading Without Authority 🎯 User-Centric Design 🔄 Lean Methodology ⚖️ Prioritization

The Art of Unit Testing

by Roy Osherove • 2009

C# unit testing without the brittle tests: stubs, mocks, and the isolation patterns that work.

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🧪 Unit Testing 🖥️ .Net Development 🎭 Mocking Frameworks 🏚️ Legacy Code Testing 🏗️ Testable Design

The Art of Unit Testing

C# unit testing without the brittle tests: stubs, mocks, and the isolation patterns that work.

by Roy Osherove 2009

4.09

1k+ ratings

🧪 Unit Testing 🖥️ .Net Development 🎭 Mocking Frameworks 🏚️ Legacy Code Testing 🏗️ Testable Design

Lean Architecture

by James O. Coplien • 2010

The missing piece of Agile: an architecture that mirrors how users think, built by everyone early.

3.23

178

🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Lean Methodology 🧭 Domain-Driven Design 👤 User-Centered Design 🧱 Object-Oriented Design

Lean Architecture

The missing piece of Agile: an architecture that mirrors how users think, built by everyone early.

by James O. Coplien 2010

3.23

178 ratings

🏗️ Software Architecture 📐 Lean Methodology 🧭 Domain-Driven Design 👤 User-Centered Design 🧱 Object-Oriented Design

The Art of Product Management

by Rich Mironov • 2008

Product management is parenting. Sales is scouting. SaaS is cooking. The logic behind each.

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🗺️ Product Strategy 👥 Customer Development 🔍 Competitive Intelligence 🚀 Go-To-Market Strategy ☁️ SaaS Business Models

The Art of Product Management

Product management is parenting. Sales is scouting. SaaS is cooking. The logic behind each.

by Rich Mironov 2008

3.49

280 ratings

🗺️ Product Strategy 👥 Customer Development 🔍 Competitive Intelligence 🚀 Go-To-Market Strategy ☁️ SaaS Business Models

The Art of Agile Development

by James Shore • 2007

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

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915

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🏭 Lean Software ✨ Software Craftsmanship 🤝 Team Practices 🛠️ Agile Engineering

The Art of Agile Development

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

by James Shore 2007

3.98

915 ratings

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🏭 Lean Software ✨ Software Craftsmanship 🤝 Team Practices 🛠️ Agile Engineering

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

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267

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Modern CTO

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018

3.42

267 ratings

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Agile Testing

by Lisa Crispin • 2008

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

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1k+

🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation 🔗 Continuous Integration 🔍 Exploratory Testing 📐 Test-Driven Development

Agile Testing

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

by Lisa Crispin 2008

3.82

1k+ ratings

🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation 🔗 Continuous Integration 🔍 Exploratory Testing 📐 Test-Driven Development

Design Thinking Research

by Larry Leifer • 2013

What if your programming environment saved every change, so you could explore ideas without risk?

4.00

💻 Software Design 🗂️ Version Control 🔄 Iterative Development ✅ Code Quality Automation 🧠 Cognitive Load Reduction

Design Thinking Research

What if your programming environment saved every change, so you could explore ideas without risk?

by Larry Leifer 2013

4.00

1 ratings

💻 Software Design 🗂️ Version Control 🔄 Iterative Development ✅ Code Quality Automation 🧠 Cognitive Load Reduction

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