My Goals as a Software Developer

This is a list of things I'd like to learn more about as I grow as a software developer. This is not a checklist. Because there is always more to learn, I would never feel comfortable checking something off.

Topics

• General

  • Binary/hex Notation

  • Boolean Logic

• Data Structures

  • Arrays

  • Strings

  • Linked Lists

  • Hash Tables

  • Stacks

  • Queues

  • Trees

    • Binary Tree

    • Binary Search Tree

    • Heap

  • Graphs

  • Matrices

  • Tries

• Algorithms

  • Sorting

    • Selection Sort

    • Bubble Sort

    • Insertion Sort

    • Merge Sort

    • Quick Sort

    • Shell Sort

  • Searching

    • Linear Search

    • Binary Search

    • Breadth First Search

    • Depth First Search

  • Graph Algorithms

    • Dijkstra's Algorithm

  • Tree Traversal

    • Inorder

    • Preorder

    • Postorder

• Design Patterns

  • Singleton

  • Factory Method

  • Strategy

  • Observer

  • Adapter

  • State

  • Command

• Concepts

  • Greedy Algorithms

  • Dynamic Programming

  • Divide and Conquer

  • Recursion

  • Threading

  • Testing

  • Scalability

  • Programming Languages

  • Concurrency

  • Finite state machines

• Databases

• Tooling

  • Version Control

  • Debuggers

  • Issue Tracking

  • Continuous integration

  • Compilers

  • Assemblers

  • Linkers

  • Make utilities

  • Emulators/Virtualizers

• Operating Systems

  • Kernels

  • Filesystems

  • Networking

  • Security

  • Memory management

  • Multiprocessing

Reading List

Currently Reading

• The Linux Programming Interface

Read

• The C Programming Language

• The Pragmatic Programmer

• 21st Century C: Tips from the New School

Plan to Read

• The UNIX Programming Environment

• Beej's Guide to Network Programming

• Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition)

• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces

• The Elements of Computing Systems

• The Algorithm Design Manual

• The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

• How to Solve It

• Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach

• Language Implementation Patterns

• The Mythical Man-Month

• Clean Code

• System Design Primer

• The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

• Effective Modern C++

Reference Materials

• OSDev Wiki

• C/C++ Reference