Questions on books related to programming, software development, computer science, etc. Do not ask for book recommendations; review the existing questions, as many popular books already have questions about them.
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Good book for WPF? [closed]
I'm searching a book for WPF.
I've started C# development a while ago and use WPF as well. So far I could handle all the WPF tasks, but I feel my knowledge about WPF is still limited.
Any ...
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Freakogramming (or Freakonomics like book for programming) [closed]
Note. Although there are many book related questions. I hope (and I think) that this is different from others
I have just finished reading superfreakonomics and while it might be not be a part of any ...
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Learning to Program in Assembly - Useful Resources [closed]
Following on from a previous thread, it has got me interested in learning a little about Assembly programming. Not so much for wanting to program useful apps in, just to get a feel for low level ...
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Is there a canonical book on Ruby on Rails?
I'm an experienced developer with .NET, and understand core computing concepts well (OOP, design patterns, etc) but would like to also learn rails.
Is there a book out there that's the de-facto ...
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What is the best book for learning WCF? [closed]
For better or worse, we're going to be using WCF as part of the back-end of a new system we are going to be building. I'm looking for a good book to help me learn how to create such services ...
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Is this book a reliable source for beginning Java EE? [closed]
Core Servlets and Javaserver Pages: Core Technologies, Vol. 1 (2nd Edition)
Can I rely on this book to learn Servlets and JSP,or is there a better book out there I should be reading instead?
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Beginning Design as a Programmer [duplicate]
I'm just starting to get in to web development. I'm learning Rails at the moment. I have lots of experience with various programming languages.
I've been searching for books to help me get started; I ...
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Fiction that includes BASIC programs [closed]
Back in what must've been the mid-80s, when every microcomputer included BASIC and Choose Your Own Adventure Books were really popular, there were some novels that had BASIC programs listed in the ...
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Best books on Managing a Software Development Team? [closed]
The canonical books on software development is fairly well established. However, after reading through a dreadful book full of bad advice on managing programming teams this weekend I am looking for ...
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Overview of computer science, programming [closed]
Where I can find overview of computer science, programming etc.?
I graduated in physics and want to begin programming or similar and I'm not even sure of what's out there or where to begin. What I'm ...
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Book recommendations for a high school drop out [closed]
If one of your friend dropped of high-school and wanted to sharpen his programming & software engineering skills which book would you advise him to read & study to make up for the knowledge he ...
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what are some good Information Extraction books?
Could you guys suggest some books for Information Extraction/ Retrieval that focus not only on theory but also pragmatic development. I really liked these lectures and would like to further explore ...
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XQuery & XML databases
I decided to learn XML from a professional book instead of reading tutorials online, after some research i decided to read "Beginning XML, 4th Ed" book and it was very interesting book and i recommend ...
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Entity Framework book 1st Edition
I recently purchased the O'Reilly book: Programming Entity Framework by Julia Lerman. Unfortunately it is the 1st edition. I didn't realize that there was a newer edition. Which in hind sight ...
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Mary Poppendieck's Books on Lean Software Development: Which One Can You Recommend?
Has anyone read all three of Mary Poppendieck's books on Lean Software Development? She and her husband Tom wrote:
in 2003: Lean Software Development
in 2006: Implementing Lean Software Development
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How do people read big technical books? [closed]
I see that most of the good programmers have the habit of reading big books for learning about technology.
What does it really take to read technical books, apart from the real interest on the ...
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The Art of Computer Programming - To read or not to read? [closed]
There are lots of books about programming out there, and it seems Code Complete is pretty much at the top of most people's list of "must-read programming books", but what about The Art of Computer ...
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Suggest an Introductory OO Text for a (smart) non-programmer? [duplicate]
I have a colleague who has basic* programming skills and who wants to get a working knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts, with particular emphasis on C# (to 3.0 at least). He's generally ...
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Is there a canonical book on dynamic programming?
At the moment in college I'm studying dynamic programming and I'm really interested in it. I want to go deeper and fully understand the topic so I can write good dynamic code.
Is there a book out ...
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Product agnostic book on Message Queues? [closed]
Are there any recommendations for book(s) that are largely agnostic (with examples of MQ implementations is fine) on vendor but go to great details on the architecture, management, nomenclature, ...
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Is “Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models” Still A Good Book To Use For Its Subject Matter Today?
Is "Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models" by Martin Fowler (published 1996) still a good book to use for the content it covers?
Are there other good books that cover the same content? Are there ...
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Anyone know of any resources for someone who wants to learn WPF and F# [closed]
It's easy to find resources for learning WPF, similarly it's pretty easy to find resources for F#.
But I feel that I could save some time if I could learn them both at the same time. So can anyone ...
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What does Clean Code mean to you? [closed]
A group of developers and I recently started a book club, and our first book of choice is Clean Code by Robert C. Martin. It is a great book on software craftsmanship and I would highly recommend it.
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JavaScript for a non-programmer
2 years ago I starded learning AS3 in order to get hired at a web design company. A few months later, I ditched it, because I discovered that I'm better at design; so now I'm a web designer.
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Is the GoF book still the one to read? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a canonical book on design patterns?
I'd like to read a design patterns book. GoF for sure is the one to read. But after 15 years is it still valid, I mean ...
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How do you maximise the knowledge that you gain from a programming book?
Not because I care how long it takes someone to read a book, but more because I'm interested in how people get the knowledge from a book (or I guess other sources) into their brains in the best, most ...
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What Tool Do You Use For Reading Technical Ebooks? [closed]
I consider an e-reader a software development tool and would like to hear some opinions on reading technical e-books. Questions that I have are things like:
What are the usability issues you have ...
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Which 3 technical books would you recommend all fresh-out-of-uni junior developers to read? [closed]
Say you, a senior developer, get a junior developer straight out of uni or college to care under your wings. He/she is the typical freshly minted programmer: knows at least one mainstream language ...
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Is there a canonical book for SOA with .NET?
The topic of my undergraduate project is Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Under this project, we are supposed to build 3 service components and one example website that uses those components. I am ...
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Software development books are useful, but when to find the time to read them? [closed]
I have 5 books in my "read-wish-list". When do I read them?
I mean I could force myself to use 1 hour during working hours, but this will last for 2 days then someone will ask me to do more "high ...
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What books would you recommend to someone who wants to learn C# programming? [closed]
A friend asked me this
Which book would you suggest for a newbie who wants to learn C# programming? This newbie understands basic programming concepts such as looping, data structures such as ...
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Books that could inspire a personal programming project [closed]
When I first learnt to program back in the mid-80s I used to write simple programs based on articles in science or maths text books/magazines (Byte magazine had some nice articles, and The Science of ...
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Best book, articles and literature on unit testing [closed]
In my battle to introduce unit testing in my workgroup, I find a lot of people that have little to none knowledge of the concept. Can you suggest:
best articles or tutorials for quickly introducing ...
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“Gödel, Escher, Bach” still valid today?
I have just completed a course on computability and logic which was an interesting course. The lecturer recommend a few books on his slides, which include "Gödel, Escher, Bach". I can see the book is ...
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Would I gain enough by reading these books or would you recommend some other? [closed]
I've been on this job for mere 5 years now. I feel like I've learned a lot in that time, and I continue to challenge myself whenever I can, even though my job doesn't allow that very often. Still, I ...
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Mathematics for Computer Science
I am going into university next year. I think maths would be one of the more important aspects of computer science. I recently saw the MIT Introduction to Algorithms video on YouTube and the maths ...
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Is there a canonical book on Scala?
I'm interested in learning Scala, but due to is relative newness, I can't seem to find a whole lot of books about it.
Is there a book out there that's the de-facto standard for describing best ...
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Looking for information on Scholastic BASIC programming books from the mid-1980s
My very first introduction to programming was in grade school, when I would purchase books full of BASIC code listings from the Scholastic school catalogue.
Lately I have been searching teh Internetz ...
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Is there a canonical book on Agile?
As a solo developer, I think I'm using an Agile-like process, but I'd like to compare what I'm doing to real Agile and see if I can improve my own process.
Is there a book out there that's the ...
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What are some good Mercurial books? [closed]
Recently, I've started playing with Mercurial. So far I was using Git, and although I don't have any objections to it, I was pleasantly suprised with Mercurial's, so to say, simplicity on Windows ...
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How to learn Agile as a Solo Developer [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What good book shoud I buy to learn Agile from scratch?
It seem that Agile for the solo developer is a good idea.
But how to learn it?
Is there any good book, web ...
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Which operating system book do you recommend? [closed]
I want to read a good book about operating systems. More specifically, I want to read about how common problems - such as managing virtual memory, handling traps, doing context switches, managing ...
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What's the worst programming book you've ever read? [closed]
What's the worst programming-related or technical book you've ever read? This can be any book which one way or another can be connected to programming, as long as it's not fiction.
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Where can I get programming books? [closed]
I've lived in several cities in the past few years, and I've never been in a single one with public libraries that carry programming books. Oh, sure, they have Java for Dummies and Getting the Most ...
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Are programmers who read programming-related books still rare? [closed]
Both in Code Complete by Steve McConnell and The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt & David Thomas, they allege that most programmers don't read programming-related books as a habit, or at least ...
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Books and stories on programming culture, specifically in the 80's / early 90's
I've enjoyed a number of (fiction/non-fiction books) about hacker culture and running a software business in the 80's, 90's. For some reason things seemed so much more exciting back then. Examples ...
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Is there a canonical book on F#?
I'm planning to learn F#. I'm not a very beginner since I know Standard ML, C# and Erlang.
Is there a book out there that's the de-facto standard for describing best practices, design methodologies, ...
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What are the key points of Code Complete?
I have heard a lot of people mention Code Complete as a book worthwhile reading. Unfortunately, I am so busy that I don't have time to read it, so can anyone tell me what the key points of the book ...
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What are good resources for Design Patterns? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a canonical book on design patterns?
Design patterns are really useful when designing software.
What essential sites/books/blogs are good for ...
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About the book “Peopleware - Productive Projects and Teams”
I've read Peopleware in 2009. It was one of the best book I ever read.
But this book is a little old. I'd like to know, in your opinion, what is and what is not relevant in this book?
