Software Learning Resources

Learning is a constant when you build Software, and this section is all about maximizing the resources you consume.

Tags

Resources will be categorized by the type of media they are (say, books), but you can also use tags to very effectively traverse this section. A tag of each variety will be present on every resource.

Score

This indicates how effective the resource was (5 being extremely effective) and each article will contain reasons why this score was given.

• score-5
• score-4
• score-3
• score-2
• score-1

Level

This indicates where the resource expects you to be as you enter into it (previous knowledge attained).

• good-first-read
• fundamentals
• intermediate
• advanced

Software Area of Expertise

This indicates what are of Software expertise the resource is primarily focused on. Indented tags are sub-areas of the parent tag.

• architecture
• engineering
  • code-quality
  • design-patterns
• management
  • project-management
  • leadership

Length

If a given piece is very long or short, it will be tagged as such (average is untagged).

• long
• short

Non-Technical

If a given piece is not technical (not specifically focused on software or technology), it will be tagged as such.

• non-technical

Other

Resources are also tagged by Author Name and some other items, you can find more on the Tags page.