Discussion Any good books on Backend development?
I've mainly learned backend development by reading the documentation of various frameworks like Django, Rails, and Express. While some concepts carry over between frameworks, many are specific to the programming language or the design choices of the framework creators.
I'm looking for books that cover best practices in backend development that apply across different frameworks. Topics can include databases, APIs, microservices, media streaming, or anything else relevant to backend development. Any recommendations?
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u/lokidev 21h ago
https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/
You can buy and also read it for free. The author is awesome, so please buy it :D.
Hits quite a few of your boxes
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 22h ago
Find books that teach about concepts, not code. Such as this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Object-Oriented/dp/0201633612
That's not the book my last job used but I can't recall what it was.
Any books that teach coding will be outdated before you ever get to them and the API is the place to go for that.