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Creative professionals need access to proper tools to maximize productivity. To a developer, this means. . .

• Quality software tools

• Adequate hardware

• Access to reference materials

While much of what you'll need can be obtained for free via the web there's no substitute for a good reference library. At a minimum you should have . . .

• Language reference that
  covers your target language

• References for the type of
  projects you create

• Good data access reference

Optionally, I suggest you also add a few extras to your shelf such as materials on these subjects . . .

• Testing

• Patterns

• Refactoring

• Analysis

• Design

• Agile

• Best Practices