Here’s a list of books I’ve read that had an influence on how I work and how I reason about code, architecture and what it means to be a developer.

Currently reading

• Implementing Domain-Driven Design by Vaughn Vernon
• The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
• Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce

2015

• Modernizing Legacy Applications In PHP by Paul M. Jones
• Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans
• Iterating PHP Iterators by Cal Evans
• Signaling PHP by Cal Evans
• Apprenticeship Patterns: Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye

2014

• Build APIs You Won’t Hate by Phil Sturgeon
• Principles of Package Design by Matthias Noback
• The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications by Chris Hartjes
• The Grumpy Programmer’s PHPUnit Cookbook by Chris Hartjes

2013

• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
• Remote: Office Not Required by Jason Fried
• The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers by Robert C. Martin
• The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride by Sandro Mancuso
• A Year With Symfony by Matthias Noback

2012

• Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski
• Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte
• Rework by Jason Fried

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