Software Development Best Practices

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• Philosophies and Common Practices
• System Design
• API
• Security
• Languages
  • Go
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Shell Script
  • TypeScript
• Tools
  • Containerization
  • Kafka
  • NoSQL
  • SQL
  • Testing

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Philosophies and Common Practices

• List of software development philosophies
• Programming Principles
• Google Engineering Practices Documentation
• Professional Programming
• Hacker Laws
• Project Based Learning
• The Twelve-Factor App
• 3factor App
• Conventional Commits

System Design

• The System Design Primer
• Architecture Styles
• Modern Web Apps Architectural Principles
• Software Design
• System Design Cheatsheet
• Building Microservices
• Patterns of Service-Oriented Architecture
• Cloud Design Patterns

API

• Microsoft API Guidelines
• Azure API Design
• Google API Design Guide
• Heroku Platform HTTP API Design Guide
• Google Web API Design: The Missing Link
• Zalando RESTful API and Event Scheme Guidelines
• HTTP API Design Guide
• OWASP API Security Project
• API Security Best Practices
• API Security Checklist

Security

• OWASP Cheat Sheet Series
• Security Principles
• Web Security Guidelines
• WebAppSec/Secure Coding Guidelines
• API Security Checklist
• OWASP API Security Project
• API Security Best Practices
• Web Developer Security Checklist

Languages

Go

• Google's Go Style Guide
• Uber Go Style Guide
• Thanos Coding Style Guide
• Effective Go
• Go Proverbs by Rob Pike
• Go Code Review Comments
• The Zen of Go
• Go best practices, six years in
• Knowledge Base for Go Programming
• Clean Go Code
• Practical Go: Real world advice for writing maintainable Go programs
• Twelve Go Best Practices from a gopher at Google
• Modern Business Software in Go
• Darker Corners of Go
• Wild Workouts DDD
• How I write HTTP services after eight years
• Design Patterns in Go
• Designing Go Libraries: The Talk: The Article
• Data Race Patterns in Go
• 4 practical principles of high-quality database integration tests in Go
• What can be summarized from 100 Go Mistakes?
• Go memory ballast: How I learnt to stop worrying and love the heap
• Profiling in Go: A Practical Guide
• Mastering SOLID Principles with Go Examples
• gRPC: Anti-Patterns of Client creation

JavaScript

• JS the Right Way
• Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic JavaScript
• Project Guidelines
• Clean Code
• JavaScript Design Patterns for Humans
• Patterns For Large-Scale JavaScript Application Architecture
• Spellbook of Modern webdev
• Node.js Best Practices
• 10 best practices to containerize Node.js web applications with Docker

PHP

• PHP: The Right Way
• Best Practices for Modern PHP Development
• PHP Standards Recommendations
• Clean Code PHP
• Modern PHP Without a Framework
• Laravel & PHP Guidelines
• Refactoring PHP
• Modern PHP Security
• A decoupled PHP architecture inspired by the Clean Architecture
• The Symfony Framework Best Practices
• PHP Internals Book
• Design Patterns
  • DesignPatternsPHP
  • Design Patterns for Humans
  • Design Patterns in PHP
• DDD
  • Practical CQRS, DDD, ADR, hexagonal architecture
  • Domain-Driven Design in a PHP project using Symfony
  • Domain-driven design e-shop cart demonstration
• Unit Testing
  • Unit testing tips by examples in PHP

Python

• Python Best Practices Guidebook
• Python Patterns
• The Zen of Python (PEP 20)
• Design Patterns in Python
• Google Python Style Guide

Shell Script

• Shell Script Best Practices

TypeScript

• Design Patterns in TypeScript

Tools

Containerization

• Best practices for building containers
• Docker development best practices
• Kubernetes production best practices
• Docker Best Practices: Choosing Between RUN, CMD, and ENTRYPOINT

Kafka

• The Top 10 Takeaways from Nearly 200 Kafka Experts
• Top 5 Things Every Apache Kafka Developer Should Know

NoSQL

• Redis Best Practices: Expert Tips for High Performance

SQL

• SQL Style Guide
• Use The Index, Luke
• Best practices for writing SQL queries
• The Querynomicon: An Introduction to SQL for Weary Data Scientists

PostgreSQL

• PostgreSQL: Don't Do This
• Making a Postgres query 1,000 times faster
• Setting Up PostgreSQL Failover and Failback, the Right Way!
• PostgreSQL Stories: From slow query to fast
• 13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Insert Performance

MySQL

• Configuring MariaDB for Optimal Performance

Testing

• Unit testing best practices with .NET Core and .NET Standard
• Unit Testing Best Practices: How to Get the Most Out of Your Test Automation
• Arrange Act Assert