books

Required Reading for each CS Class

I'd like to make (or find - if it's already been made) a list of texts that are well respected in the CS community for each CS class you can take in college. I think a lot of people are educating themselves in CS (like me, I only took a few classes in college) and it would be very helpful if such a list existed. I'm talking every subje...

Java/C# equivalent to the Design and Evolution of C++?

I am seeking for books that describe the design of Java/C# programming language.How the language designers thought when they were designing these two languages?What tradeoffs did they make? thanks. ...

Flash CS4 learning book

Hi , does anybody know about a good book for learning "flash cs4" Thanks ...

Adobe Flash: want a book to teach vector based drawing from beginner to advanced?

I'm looking for a book to teach vector drawing for Flash/Photoshop/Illustrator. Would prefer if the book is up-to-date with the latest versions CS4. I found this useful tutorial here: Graphics Soft, Vector drawing, but I'm looking for a full book, or a learning DVD. ...

Tips for Teaching Python to a Business Audience

In an effort to continue to hone my teaching abilities, I am taking an opportunity to give a couple presentations at work to a mixed technical and non-technical audience on business automation. I've chosen Python as my language of choice, mostly for its friendly syntax, the rich standard library and wealth of 3rd party libraries, and my ...

Beginning at Computer Vision and Image Processing (Machine Vision, Third Edition: Theory...book review?)

Hi, I am interested in computer vision and image processing (object recognition). However my knowledge about these is equal to 0. I'm trying to find some recommendation about books that I should start with... I found this book really interesting, at least by looking at table of contents and few customer reviews. They all seemed fine, ...

Drupal print book navigation

I'm trying to print the book navigation in a block in a drupal book node. This is the previous/next pager and the list of child nodes, templated in book-navigation.tpl.php. Is it something like? print $node->book_navigation ? (I already loaded the node so no worries there). Here's what I discovered when I did a variable dump. This g...

What's a good introductory book on Data Structures

Possible Duplicate: What is a good book to study data structures in C? Please recommend a good beginner-intermediate book on data structures. Preferably a printed book, with code in C (or language-agnostic). ...

Python Code Snippets

Is there any online resource or a book that provides common code snippets? I really like the "Python Phrasebook", but it doesn't cover Python 3.1. I'd appreciate your comments and advices. Thanks! ...

From which book should i start game development in c#?

I am newbie in game development. I do have a good knowledge of c#. from where I should start to learn game development in c#? Also let me know tools/studios/technologies and of course a very good book to start with. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ...

3D and AI basics. The foundation before the coding.

Hi, everyone. (If you have the time and patience:) I've recently made the decision to study programming seriously and I'm about to order TAOCP and Concrete Mathematics to begin my studies (please don't get caught up on this). I'm very much interested in learning and understanding how 3D works but I'm aware that if I plan to do it right...

C++ programmer needs n00b info on programming MySql from C/C++

I need to get up to speed really quickly on programatically creating an manipulating a MySql database from C or C++. The d/b might be on the same machine, or might be remote. is there a "definitive" book I can read (maybe O'Reilly?), or a great tutorial website? Thanks, ~mawg(); ...

SEO Tips and Tricks for web developers

I know most of the Users of Stackoverflow would have knowledge about Search Engine Optimization(SEO).. Any tips and tricks about SEO for your fellow web developers ... EDIT: Good book about SEO? Good blogs/websites about SEO? ...

Drupal: URL to create new book

I know how to add a childpage to an existing book, with an url like this: /node/add/book?parent=9228 The last number is the book page's id. How can I set it to create a new book? Thanks. ...

Books about .NET cross-cutting concerns APIs

Are there any good books about .NET and: security, configuration, logging, health monitoring, globalization / localization, resources / satellite assemblies, etc. I'm NOT asking for books on application frameworks, e.g. Windows, WPF, ASP.NET, etc. I'm NOT asking for books on programming languages, e.g. C#, VB.NET, F#, etc. I'm NOT as...

Ruby book with problems

Hi, I'm looking for a good book on Ruby which has interesting problems with each chapter that help grasp the fundamental concepts in a good way - something similar to Thinking in Java or Problems in General Physics by IE Irodov. Any suggestions? ...

Offline Gecko reference.

Hi All, I was trying to find offline version of Gecko DOM reference on net (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Gecko_DOM_Reference) but was unsuccessful. I will be travailing next two days and if some points to a resource I can finish my work during this time and enjoy my weekend ;). Thanks in advance....... ...

Which books should I buy to find out about the internals of software?

I'm a student pursuing my post graduate degree. I got some fund to buy books. I want to choose books wisely. I'm interested in internals of things. I'm never satisfied with just knowing how to use something. I also want to know Why? How it works? etc.. I already have: Windows Internals Programing windows - 5th edition Databa...

Self teaching resources for Jquery

Hi I'm a php developer looking to learn jquery, with no Javascript experience. Ideally, I would like a beginners self teaching guide in a book, that I can use as a reference. Any suggestions? ...

Book about OO in practice

I am looking for a book which explains how to program object-oriented. I am not looking for a book which explains OO concepts: what classes and objects are, what private, protected and public do, what static and final means. I already know this. I would like for the book to explain how to program OO in practice, answering questions lik...