Required Reading

As I was IM-ing with a good friend and associate of mine yesterday, he asked if I could recommend a good book about XML.  After some probing, it turns out what he probably needed was more of a book on XSL(t).  That conversation inspired me to put together a list of recommended books.

The first is an XSLT book, which also covers the basics of XML.

XSLT Cookbook, Second Edition (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

Of course the excellent Python book by Mark Lutz

Learning Python, 3rd Edition

The classic of classics regarding software development.  A MUST read.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)