Dev Concepts Collection

Your guide to the fundamentals of Software Development

Contents

• All currently published volumes

  • Volume 1: Software craft

  • Volume 2: What clients need

• All future releases

  • Volume 3: Architecture

  • Volume 4: Software design

  • Volume 5: Computer Architecture and OS basics

  • Volume 6: Coding basics

  • Volume 7: Best practices

  • Volume 8: Back-end development

  • Volume 9: Front-end development

  • Volume 10: IT Infrastructure

  • Volume 11: Security

  • Volume 12: Project management and development approaches

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Volumes description

Volume 1: Software craft

Explains the skills you need to acquire and improve to solve real-world problems. Find out how to shape your mentality towards software development for maximum productivity.

Volume 2: What clients need

If you can manage clients effectively, you’ll be in hot demand. Learn how to understand a client’s functional needs, and how you can decode their end-user goals. Make sure your software is always solving the right problems.

Volume 3: Architecture

To avoid time-consuming disasters in project planning and execution, you need a good understanding of key concepts in IT & software architecture. Use this volume to learn how to devise simple but brilliant solutions to complex problems.

Volume 4: Software design

Dive into the details of software design so you can avoid costly mistakes and ongoing issues. You’ll use these key concepts in your daily life to speed up your workflow and keep your mental health stable.

Volume 5: Computer Architecture and OS basics

An introduction to how computers and Operating Systems (OSes) work. Discover what CPUs, memory, file systems, files, processes, scheduling, and more, are all about.

Volume 6: Coding basics

Get a clear overview of the coding concepts that you will use in almost every piece of software you touch. Fundamentals, while they sound boring, can save you hundreds of hours debugging or finding workarounds.

Volume 7: Best practices

A rock-solid understanding of what truly needs to get done to keep everything running smoothly. Learn how to write world-class code, discover source code management workflows and how to manage applications in production like a professional.

Volume 8: Back-end development

Know exactly what happens in back-end development, how the layers and responsibilities fit together, security and performance concerns, and how to craft software that can scale.

Volume 9: Front-end development

Understand the basics of front-end development, how their projects operate, components, UI design, and web design. Introduces you to HTML & CSS basics for the creation of web apps and mobile apps.

Volume 10: IT Infrastructure

Having a good understanding of where our applications are hosted, how the environment is configured, secured, monitored, etc is super valuable and makes the difference between someone who “just” writes code and someone who contributes to developing end-to-end solutions.

Volume 11: Security

20 years ago, things were less complicated, but now, if an insecure system goes online for just a few seconds; it can get hacked. Learn about the most important IT security concepts and make sure you understand enough to cover the basics in any system you work on.

Volume 12: Project management and development approaches

Get the skills you need to lead projects, teams, and manage products. Explore product management, discover how to maintain a product backlog. Discover modern project management and how to become a great team leader.

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