20 +2 Subjects Every Software Engineer Should Know … and the books you need

I recently read an extremely interesting and useful article about the 20 subjects that every software engineer should know or learn….
What is really cool is that it’s not restricted to products, languages but it describes generally accpepted technologies, methodologies and practices.
It applies both to  junior and exeperienced software engineers. The former have a guideline about the fields that need to focus whereas the latter have the chance to re-evaluate their knowledge.
What’s missing, IMHO, is to give the reader a clue about which are the best book(s) related to these subjects so in this post I give my advices on that. Of course the list of books is not complete and it’s just my opinion based on my experience.

Hope you find it useful as well!

1. Object oriented analysis & design

• Applying UML & Patterns : An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development
• Object Oriented Analysis & Design with Applications

2. Software quality factors

• Sonar in Action
• The Economics on Software Quality

3. Data structures & algorithms: Basic data structures like array, list, stack, tree, map, set etc. and useful algorithms are vital for software development. Their logical structure should be known.

• Data Structures and Algorithms made easy : Data structure and algorithmic puzzles

4.  Big-O notation

• Beginning Algorithms ( Includes a short introduction about Big-O notation )

5. UML notation

• UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language

6. Software processes and metrics

• Sonar in Action
• Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum
  
• Becoming Agile

7. Design patterns

• Applying UML & Patterns : An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development
• Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design
  

8. Operating systems basics

• Operating System Conecpts

 9. Computer organization basics

• Computer Organization and Design, Revised Fourth Edition, Fourth Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface
  

10. Network basics

• Computer Networks

11. Requirement analysis:

• Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise
  
• User Stories Applied : for agile software development

12. Software testing

• The Art of Unit Testing (.NET)
• The Art of Unit Testing (Java)
• JUnit in Action
• Agile Testing : A Practical Guide for testers and agile teams

13. Dependency management

• Maven books by Sonatype
• Ant in Action

14. Continuous integration:

• Continuous Integration:Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk
• Continuous Integration in .NET

15. ORM (Object relational mapping)

• Information Modeling and Relational Databases

16. DI (Dependency Injection)

• Dependency Injection
• Dependency Injection in .NET

17. Version controlling systems

• Pro Git
• Pragmatic Guide to Git
• Pragmatic Guide to Subversion

18. Internationalization (i18n)

• A quick guide to software internationalization issues

19. Architectural patterns

• Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

20. Writing clean code

• The clean coder : A code of conduct for professional programmers
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
  

21. Web Services

• SOA Patterns
• Service Design Patterns: Fundamental Design Solutions for SOAP/WSDL and RESTful Web Services
  

22. XML 

• Beginning XML