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Book:   Building Scalable Web Sites
Subject:   Awesome
Date:   2009-05-05 12:36:03
From:   Chris
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

This book should be standard issue for anyone getting into web development, or anyone who has been in it for years. Cal runs you through many practical and realistic solutions to almost every problem you'll experience as your site grows, and helps you see the bigger picture when approaching any new project.


It is also a fairly easy read... he doesn't throw technical terms at you without first explaining what they mean, and he is not condescending but rather humble when explaining his own experiences and is eager to expose his thought process as well.


This book will empower you to be a better developer and brings back the excitement you felt when you had your very first "Hello World" program up and running.

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"It's not a step-by-step guide (and doesn't claim to be one), but Building Scalable Web Sites is the closest thing available to a nuts-and-bolts look at managing the technical aspects of doing a Web-based startup."
--Brian Donovan, Slashdot.org