The Pragmatic Programmer reviewed.
In a nut-shell, this is a OMG book. I intentionally read this book over a considerable amount of time.....1 week....of vacation time to be precise....and seriously this is worth every minute of your time.
I took this book from my boss for something to read on during my vacation....and am determined to get a copy of this book for myself. There is literally nothing that I would not agree with the author(s). What could be more awesome....reading this book after reading "Coder to Developer". While the previous book told me what tools to use to code....this book tells me the "How" to code well.
The best part about this book is that it is written from a typical adament programmer's point of view...a programmer's mindset. While the author does not say with his foot down "use this..." or "dont use this"....there is no bias on a particular technology or a particular style of development. This is soo generic...that you can use it to any technology that you are using at your workplace.
This book is a must read and a must have for anybody who is even remotely connected to writing code in any form....mayit be casual web-page development for fun, or some serious enterprise-level development.
As for the rating....this book deserves a 6 on 5....it is that exceptional.