What's your most influential programming book in your professional career

 
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Mar 14, 2011
 
I have this Design Pattern book that I find myself going back to over and over again.  It is very nicely written.  It is:

Head First Design Patterns




What is your most influential book in your programming career?



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Mar 14, 2011
I do a lot of data modeling and try to adhere to common data model patterns.
So this would be my most important book:

Data Model Patterns,  Conventions of Thought

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Mar 15, 2011
For me it was 

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

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Mar 15, 2011
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler

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Mar 17, 2011
Code Complete by Steve McConnell