What are the things you would like to recommend to improve architecture and coding skills ?
+1 for Code Complete. Reading and studying code is a good start, but the learning only truly begins when the ideas picked up from reading and studying are applied on a real project. Experience will always trump book learning, so convert that book learning into real experience as soon as possible.
Brandon
2009-10-22 19:50:07
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This has been covered extensively in previous questions.
- How to improve my architecture design skills
- How to learn “good software design/architecture”?
- What is an excellent software architecture?
- What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills?
- What skills are worth learning for a programming career and/or resume?
- Most important non-technical skill you’ve acquired
Also, the top few answers to this question have a lot of good books you might consider checking out.
Evan Meagher
2009-10-22 19:39:13
The title only mentions architecture, but the question mentions architecture and coding.
RoadWarrior
2009-10-22 19:44:16
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Reading books from Sun and O'Riley (sp) are a good start. Design Patterns are great books. I would also suggest taking advanced CS courses if you have them available.
Jay
2009-10-22 19:46:06
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Reading about what to do is a good start, as others have mentioned. The best thing to do, though, is to apply what you are learning. I have a couple of "projects" that I am sure will never see the light of day as completed projects, but I use them to practice implementation, learn how to improve it (for better scalability, testability, etc), and take a distillate of what I am doing to apply to my day job.
As far as books, I recommend any that address architectures specifically (such as "Scalable Internet Architectures"), application of design patterns, data architecture, and framework design.
joseph.ferris
2009-10-22 19:51:22