02 Feb 2004 Recommended Reading for Developers This list was last updated in March 2015. Why are updates to my reading list so rare? Because computers change a lot in 10 years, but people don't. To make better software, you need to understand how people work, and that is what the books I recommend tend to focus on. Code Complete 2 Steve McConnell's Code Complete 2 is the Joy of Cooking for softwar