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Bought it. Pretty basic stuffs:

- Didn't learn anything new from Linux chapter.

- Data Structures and Algorithms chapter is too basic. There is not even any implementation provided. I thought it didn't offer anything more than you could find on Wikipedia if you add some illustration done with Paper by 53 app. I'd recommend "Grokking Algorithms" by Aditya Bhargava for this topic if you want illustrated explanations with brilliant examples.

- Didn't learn anything new from Databases chapter.

- Didn't learn anything new from Programming Languages chapter. Inclusion of useless things like TIOBE Index made me furious, honestly.

- Didn't learn anything new from Software Design chapter.

I won't recommend this book to anyone working in software engineering for more or less 5 years with or without CS degree. This book merely serves as an index of what you'll encounter in the field, nothing more than that. Not even any good elaborations on those topics. Pretty meh.

parent MehdiHK 10 years ago

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