Refactoring UI
By: Adam Wathan
4.66
Format: 252 pages, ebook
Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer. Learn how to design beautiful user int…
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1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
By: Charles Petzold
4.39
Format: 396 pages, Paperback
What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CO… read more
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- computer science
- technical
- coding
- nonfiction
- programming
- software
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"Programming in machine code is like eating with a toothpick."-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
"Yes, the earth is a massive conductor of electricity, but it can also be viewed as both a source of electrons and a repository for electrons. The earth is to electrons as an ocean is to drops of wate…"-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
"Code is not like other how-computers-work books. It doesn't have big color illustrations of disk drives with arrows showing how the data sweeps into the computer. Code has no drawings of trains carry…"-Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
2. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
By: Nir Eyal
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?Why do some products capture wide… read more
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- nonfiction
- design
- technology
3. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
By: Steve Krug
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers ha… read more
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- website design
- nonfiction
- design
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- computer science
- technology
4. The Design of Everyday Things
By: Donald A. Norman
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more
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- nonfiction
- design
5. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
By: Jake Knapp , John Zeratsky , None
4.03
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
From three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems… read more
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- nonfiction
- design
6. Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
By: Jeff Gothelf , Josh Seiden
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
The Lean UX approach to interaction design is tailor-made for today's web-driven reality. In this i… read more
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- technology
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- design
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7. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more
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8. The Non-Designer's Design Book
By: Robin P. Williams
3.14
Format: 32 pages,
So you have a great concept and all the fancy digital tools you could possibly require--what's stop… read more
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9. Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Every designer has had to justify designs to non-designers, yet most lack the ability to explain th… read more
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10. 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People
By: Susan M. Weinschenk
4.00
Format: 98 pages, Paperback
We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action… read more
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11. Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
By: Steve Krug
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
It's been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typi… read more
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12. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
By: Rob Fitzpatrick
4.37
Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition
The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say y… read more
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- design
"The world’s most deadly fluff is: “I would definitely buy that."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Here’s the thing: only the market can tell if your idea is good. Everything else is just opinion."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Compliments are the fool’s gold of customer learning: shiny, distracting, and entirely worthless."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
"Trying to learn from customer conversations is like excavating a delicate archaeological site. The truth is down there somewhere, but it’s fragile."-Rob Fitzpatrick, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
13. Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters
By: Ryan Singer
4.27
Format: 133 pages, ebook
This is an online web book about how Basecamp does their work. "This book is a guide to how we … read more
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- technical
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- design
- programming
- software
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14. Design Is Storytelling
By: Ellen Lupton
3.97
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ellen Lupton, award-winning author of Thinking with Type and How Posters Work, demonstrates how sto… read more
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- design
15. User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
By: Cliff Kuang
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition can be found here. In User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant… read more
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- design
- technology
"Simple as it sounds, that bit of information means the difference between feeling like you’re taking a ride, and feeling like you’ve been taken hostage."-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
"Whether we’re communicating with a human or a machine, the goal is to create a shared understanding of the world. That’s the point behind both the rules governing polite conversation and how a user-f…"-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
"Being polite means following a conversation, not co-opting it and dragging it in other directions. It means knowing who you’re talking with, and knowing what they know. It’s rude to talk over people,…"-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
16. Atomic Design
By: Brad Frost
4.01
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
We're tasked with making interfaces for more users in more contexts using more browsers on more dev… read more
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- programming
- web
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17. Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
By: Jon Yablonski
4.35
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact wit… read more
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- nonfiction
- design
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"minimise choices when response time is critical to decrease decision time"-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
"As designers, we have a responsibility to remove inherent complexity from our interfaces, or else we ship that complexity to our users. This can result in confusion, frustration and a bad user experi…"-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
18. Solving Product Design Exercises: Questions & Answers
By: Artiom Dashinsky
4.30
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Practice your product design and UX skills. Prepare for your next job interview. "Redesign the N… read more
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19. Refactoring UI
By: Adam Wathan
4.66
Format: 252 pages, ebook
Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer. Learn how to design beautiful user int… read more
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- web
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- coding
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- design
- technical
- software
- technology
20. MAKE: Bootstrapper's Handbook
By: Pieter Levels
4.12
Format: 194 pages, ebook
learn to bootstrap profitable startups the indie way read more
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- design
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21. Practical UI
By: Adham Dannaway
4.55
Format: 281 pages, ebook
Learn a logic-driven approach to design intuitive, accessible, and beautiful interfaces using quick… read more
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