Possible Duplicate: The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List Hey I am looking for a good book to learn C++ from, given that I already know C and Java (and some other languages besides)? The books I have found at this point either assume a good understanding of C++ or that I am a complete newbie programmer. Thanks. ...
Before you down vote this question, I realize there are a few other questions but they are all asked with the notion that the OP wants to be a master, long-term, C# programmer. my question is different in that I don't want to be a master C# programmer, nor do I want to 'switch' to C# so I can program everything in it. I am wondering if ...
I'm currently unsure whether I should buy Robert C. Martin's "Clean Code". I'm a student and have been programming for almost 13 years now. I know I should write short methods and use descriptive names. Are there any insights a moderately experienced programmer will have when reading this book? ...
Hi, are there any books on designing and building database software (not organizing table layouts), like optimum file formats etc. ...
I want to start learning about software requirement management and I want to read some book to make me have some ground knowledge about it. I have search for some books on Amazon and found that it have 2 popular books about software requirement management. I have listed it below. Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach Mana...
I'm looking for a general, language agnostic, higher-level/theory of clustering book. Think Principles of Transaction Processing, Gang of Four, Patterns of EAA, etc. These books present general ideas, knowledge, and patterns about a particular aspect of application development. I'm not looking for something hardware centric, nor books ...
Hi, I have a question about some sample code shown on page 55 of this book var coolcat = function (spec) { var that = cat(spec), super_get_name = that.superior('get_name'); // Can I replace the line above with the line below? // super_get_name = that.get_name(); that.get_name = function (n) { ...
After a decade(s) of writing web applications, I have realized that I have forgot most of my high school (not to mention college) math. Now I would like to try to learn the math all over again, starting from the basics. I mean, really basic stuff. Maybe in some distant future I will need this in order to lend some job in financial indust...
Suggestion for PL/SQL programming book ...
I'm trying to find information about CouchDB and it seems quite sparse or not centralized at least. What blogs/websites are the best central source of information on CouchDB? Are there any books on the subject? ...
I'm looking for a good book on Ada. Wikipedia has a list but I have no idea where to start, what level they're aimed at, etc. I started coding ~6 years ago in college and I'm quite adept at Java and have dabbled in Python, C and PHP when required. Therefore, I don't need a beginners book, but more of a general overview of the language an...
I will be doing some work that involves using bluetooth in Windows Mobile. As I have very little experience of Bluetooth, and no experience of Windows Mobile I was hoping that someone could recommend a good book on the subject. ...
I have at least 10 books that are now ‘deprecated’, for example Pro Spring covering Spring 1.2. Is there something better to do than to throw them away? What do you do with your ‘deprecated’ books? From now on I try not to buy books about a given version of a given product so I hope the books I buy will not be deprecated too soon… ...
Can someone tell me whether the below mentioned books are worth the read. Catastrophe Disentanglement Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware Beautiful Code Edited by Andy Oram and Greg Wilson (O'Reilly Media) Continuous Integration: Improving Software Qua...
I'm looking for the definitive Emacs book. An Emacs bible if you will - it should serve as a complete introduction, but should also include advanced stuff, like customizing with Emacs Lisp. What, in your opinion, is the best such book? ...
I have just finished reading Little Schemer.. Now I am planning on reading Purely Functional Data Structures.. but the notations in the book looks very complicated.. are there easier alternative to this book that talk about data structure in functional languages.. if not then what do I need to read before I can start on this book... Th...
All right, I have an interesting question. I have a person in our company that isn't a tech guy at all. He would like to learn C#, but he is constrained to using 56k at his house. (The company is in the literal middle of nowhere.) Are there any good websites that teach programming concepts from the ground up using C# that do not rely...
Duplicate What is the Best Book to Learn C#? Learning C# in Mono Learning C# Recommended Books for Learning C# I am an architect who realises that he needs to heed the call of the machine and put some more tools in his extremely Unix - Linux based tool box. So, any suggestions for good introductory books on .NET and C#...
I have just been reading about Silverlight 3 and would like to start getting into Silverlight. Can someone recommend a good silverlight book (version 2 would be fine). I found this but the answers and one ups were quite sparse, perhaps there is a better answer now it has been around longer. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60822/can-a...
The reading list for my cryptography class included Simon Singh's Code Book, of which the professor said that "this is the book you can get your grandmother for Christmas to explain to her what we are doing here". What is the best book (or film) to introduce non-programmers to what we are doing, and why we love it so much? ...