Programming in Computers & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Building Microservices

Designing Fine-Grained Systems

by Sam Newman ...

Narrated by Theodore O'Brien ...

Unabridged

21 hours 11 min

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic view of topics that you need to consider when building, managing, and scaling microservices architectures ... Read more

$42.06 CAD

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic view of topics that you need to consider when building, managing, and scaling microservices architectures
... Read more
Audiobook

JavaScript Jumpstart

The Essential Guide for New Coders

by Jacob Thompson ...

Narrated by Jacob Thompson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 43 min

"JavaScript Jumpstart: The Essential Guide for New Coders" is a priceless tool for anyone getting started in the web development industry. Specifically designed for novices, this book simplifies the complicated principles of JavaScript, the foundation of contemporary online applications, into easily understood and captivating content. The basics, including syntax, variables, and control structures ... Read more

$21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"JavaScript Jumpstart: The Essential Guide for New Coders" is a priceless tool for anyone getting started in the web development industry. Specifically designed for novices, this book simplifies the complicated principles of JavaScript, the foundation of contemporary online applications, into easily understood and captivating content. The basics, including syntax, variables, and control structures
... Read more
Audiobook

Business Process Reengineering

A Comprehensive Guide to Transforming Business Operations

by Ben Rizer ...

Narrated by Ray Collins ...

Unabridged

3 hours 13 min

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, simply making incremental improvements to existing processes isn’t enough. Business Process Reengineering: A Comprehensive Guide to Transforming Business Operations provides a step-by-step approach to achieving radical change, helping organizations reimagine workflows, optimize resources, and create more agile and customer-focused ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, simply making incremental improvements to existing processes isn’t enough. Business Process Reengineering: A Comprehensive Guide to Transforming Business Operations provides a step-by-step approach to achieving radical change, helping organizations reimagine workflows, optimize resources, and create more agile and customer-focused
... Read more
Audiobook

Competing in the Age of AI

Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

by Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti ...

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

9 hours 38 min

In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept of the firm. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and ... Read more

$27.13 CAD

In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very concept of the firm. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and
... Read more
Audiobook

Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

by Tom Greever ...

Narrated by Ric Chetter ...

Unabridged

6 hours 56 min

Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is. This practical guide focuses on principles, ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is. This practical guide focuses on principles,
... Read more
Audiobook

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Martin Kleppmann ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

20 hours 56 min

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you
... Read more
Audiobook

Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright ...

Narrated by Mark Sando ...

Unabridged

23 hours 36 min

Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering. How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering. How can software engineers manage a living codebase that evolves and responds to changing requirements and demands over the length of its
... Read more
Audiobook

The Human Side of Agile: How to Help Your Team Deliver

by Gil Broza ...

Narrated by Daniel Barrington Rubio, Becky Parker, Jim Edgar ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

Does your Agile team experience the following common problems?Members use established Agile practices and tools, yet with little motivation or buy-in.Even though the team is cross-functional, members don’t collaborate effectively or leverage everyone’s abilities.Rather than act empowered, they wait for permission and approval.Improvement has stalled – the team performs okay, but it can do so much ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Does your Agile team experience the following common problems?Members use established Agile practices and tools, yet with little motivation or buy-in.Even though the team is cross-functional, members don’t collaborate effectively or leverage everyone’s abilities.Rather than act empowered, they wait for permission and approval.Improvement has stalled – the team performs okay, but it can do so much
... Read more
Audiobook

The Staff Engineer's Path

A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change

by Tanya Reilly ...

Narrated by Wendy Tremont King ...

Unabridged

13 hours 52 min

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills ... Read more

$35.27 CAD

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills
... Read more
Audiobook

Software Engineer's Guidebook, The

Navigating senior, tech lead, and staff engineer positions at tech companies and startups

by Gergely Orosz ...

Narrated by Nikola Hamilton ...

Unabridged

15 hours

In my first few years as a developer I assumed that hard work was all I needed. Then I was passed over for a promotion and my manager couldn’t give me feedback on what areas to improve, so I could get to the senior engineer level. I was frustrated; even bitter: not as much about missing the promotion, but because of the lack of guidance.By the time I became a manager, I was determined to support ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In my first few years as a developer I assumed that hard work was all I needed. Then I was passed over for a promotion and my manager couldn’t give me feedback on what areas to improve, so I could get to the senior engineer level. I was frustrated; even bitter: not as much about missing the promotion, but because of the lack of guidance.By the time I became a manager, I was determined to support
... Read more
Audiobook

User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

by Jeff Patton ...

Narrated by Roy McCrerey ...

Unabridged

8 hours 19 min

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features. Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better
... Read more
Audiobook

Product Management in Practice: A Real-World Guide to the Key Connective Role of the 21st Century

by Matt LeMay ...

Narrated by Mitchell Dorian ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Product management has become a critical connective role for modern organizations, from small technology startups to global corporate enterprises. And yet the day-to-day work of product management remains largely misunderstood. In theory, product management is about building products that people love. The real-world practice of product management is often about difficult conversations, practical
... Read more
Audiobook

Tidy First?

A Personal Exercise in Empirical Software Design

by Kent Beck ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

2 hours 41 min

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at ... Read more

$14.92 CAD

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to improve your code while keeping the overall structure of the system in mind.Instead of trying to master tidying all at
... Read more
Audiobook

Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners.

by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy ...

Narrated by Liz Porter ...

Unabridged

20 hours 8 min

The overwhelming majority of a software system’s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large scale computing systems? In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The overwhelming majority of a software system’s lifespan is spent in use, not in design or implementation. So, why does conventional wisdom insist that software engineers focus primarily on the design and development of large scale computing systems? In this collection of essays and articles, key members of Google’s Site Reliability Team explain how and why their commitment to the entire
... Read more
Audiobook

Learn Python Programming for Beginners: Best Step-by-Step Guide for Coding with Python, Great for Kids and Adults. Includes Practical Exercises on Data Analysis, Machine Learning and More.

by Flynn Fisher ...

Narrated by Flynn Fisher ...

Unabridged

1 hour 35 min

The Complete Python Masterclass Made Easy, Even if You’ve Never Coded in Your Life!If you go on Google right at this second and open any statistics with the most in-demand programming languages for the past 5 years until today you will consistently see in the top 3 a language called ‘Python’. More often than not, it is the number one programming language to learn year after year.But why would so ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Complete Python Masterclass Made Easy, Even if You’ve Never Coded in Your Life!If you go on Google right at this second and open any statistics with the most in-demand programming languages for the past 5 years until today you will consistently see in the top 3 a language called ‘Python’. More often than not, it is the number one programming language to learn year after year.But why would so
... Read more
Audiobook

Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

by Robert C. Robert ...

Narrated by Theodore O'Brien ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) reveals those rules and helps you apply them. Martin’s Clean Architecture doesn’t merely present ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) reveals those rules and helps you apply them. Martin’s Clean Architecture doesn’t merely present
... Read more
Audiobook

Python Programming: 3 books in 1 - Ultimate Beginner's, Intermediate & Advanced Guide to Learn Python Step-by-Step

by Ryan Turner ...

Narrated by Russell Newton ...

Unabridged

5 hours 50 min

If you’re looking for a way to become an expert coder, then pay attention.You’ve decided that one of the most in-demand skills is the best place to start. However, learning how to code can be a very long and arduous process. You may want to build an app or code a website, but the costs have always been too high. Sound familiar?If it does, then the information inside this audiobook is your answer. ... Read more

$24.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you’re looking for a way to become an expert coder, then pay attention.You’ve decided that one of the most in-demand skills is the best place to start. However, learning how to code can be a very long and arduous process. You may want to build an app or code a website, but the costs have always been too high. Sound familiar?If it does, then the information inside this audiobook is your answer.
... Read more
Audiobook

Overcorrection Phenomenon, The: Understanding and Achieving a Balanced Approach in Software Engineering

by Louis-René Haché ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Brian E ...

Unabridged

24 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the complex world of software engineering, responding to failures, technical debt, or uncertainty is crucial. But what happens when the reaction goes too far? Louis-René Haché explores the "Overcorrection Phenomenon"—the hidden pitfall where well-intentioned efforts become excessive, leading to overengineered systems, development paralysis, and ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the complex world of software engineering, responding to failures, technical debt, or uncertainty is crucial. But what happens when the reaction goes too far? Louis-René Haché explores the "Overcorrection Phenomenon"—the hidden pitfall where well-intentioned efforts become excessive, leading to overengineered systems, development paralysis, and
... Read more
Audiobook

How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself

10 steps, just you and a computer

by Matt Hackett ...

Narrated by Matt Hackett ...

Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

Unleash your creativity and bring your game ideas to life with How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself. Written by games industry veteran Matt Hackett, this inspirational and motivational guide takes you through the process of discovering your passion, picking the right game engine, and finding the fun in your unique game.Filled with advice, personal anecdotes, handmade illustrations, and quotes ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unleash your creativity and bring your game ideas to life with How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself. Written by games industry veteran Matt Hackett, this inspirational and motivational guide takes you through the process of discovering your passion, picking the right game engine, and finding the fun in your unique game.Filled with advice, personal anecdotes, handmade illustrations, and quotes
... Read more
Audiobook

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Robert ...

Narrated by Theodore O'Brien ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up with ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up with
... Read more
Audiobook

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Robert ...

Narrated by Theodore O'Brien ...

Unabridged

6 hours 12 min

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals. In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true ... Read more

$33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals. In The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, legendary software expert Robert C. Martin introduces the disciplines, techniques, tools, and practices of true
... Read more
Audiobook

Clean Architecture

A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

by Robert C. Martin ...

Narrated by Theodore O'Brien ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin ("Uncle Bob") reveals those rules and helps you apply them.Martin's Clean Architecture doesn't merely present ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any software system. Now, building upon the success of his best-selling books Clean Code and The Clean Coder, legendary software craftsman Robert C. Martin ("Uncle Bob") reveals those rules and helps you apply them.Martin's Clean Architecture doesn't merely present
... Read more
Audiobook

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Narrated by Benjamin Lange ...

Unabridged

13 hours 10 min

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and
... Read more
Audiobook

Technical Program Manager's Handbook

Empowering managers to efficiently manage technical projects and build a successful career path

by Joshua Alan Teter ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

Explore the different aspects of the technical program manager's role in the tech world and get ready to advance your career across the Big Five tech companiesKey FeaturesUncover the secret to becoming a successful technical program managerLearn some of the system design principles and architectural concepts necessary for a TPMGet up and running with a wide range of foundational program management ... Read more

$47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore the different aspects of the technical program manager's role in the tech world and get ready to advance your career across the Big Five tech companiesKey FeaturesUncover the secret to becoming a successful technical program managerLearn some of the system design principles and architectural concepts necessary for a TPMGet up and running with a wide range of foundational program management
... Read more

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