books

Best PHP and Drupal book(s) for lifelong C/C++ developer

I fairly expereinced C/C++ developer (in my mind), but have never done any PHP and certainly no CMS/Web app stuff (I have done a few static sites). I am looking for some resources that won't try to teach me what a for loop or if statement is, but get me going on php and drupal dev (for drupal, I need to get a grasp on whether I will ha...

Real Time Strategy Game Programming Books or Tutorials

I'm coding a simple RTS game as a hobbie, and to learn about pathfinding algorithms, a*, strategies, flocking, etc. I think I'm doing fine so far, but now that I have completed about 50% of the goals I wanted to achieve, I was looking for some tutorials/books to compare what I've been doing so far with the common techniques used in RTS ...

C++ Book for a Beginner

Possible Duplicate: The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List Hi everyone, I am a high school student looking for a good book on C++. I already know Java, and I have C++ for dummies, but that book doesn't really do a great job at explaining important things (such as pointers, Memory Managment, etc...). I wouldn't really call mysel...

What is the best book for learning Scala for an experienced programmer?

I've become very interested in Scala and see that there are several books out there at this point. Can anyone with experience with some subset of them recommend a book for a reasonably experienced OO programmer? The list I see is: Programming in Scala - Odersky, Spoon, Venners Beginning Scala - Pollak Programming Scala - Subramaniam Pr...

The Dragon Book

Is the Dragon book a good introductory textbook for a compiler class? It seems to be famous, and our professor likes it, but it's not one of the textbooks that we use. ...

Best books for web site security best practice?

I'm looking for a good overview of security best practices for web sites. In particular handling storing customer payment details for credit/debit cards. What are the best books/blogs? Specifically I'm looking to store payment details for users' so that when they make their next purchase they don't need to enter them again. ...

Web application book for dummies / managers?

Is there a good book available for orienting a non-technical person to the architecture of the Internet and a "web application"? I'd like a book that describes what goes on at the server and the sort of programs that support those activities, how the server and client communicate over the network, and what happens in the client (inclu...

Good book to start Java Desktop (GUI) development

Hi, i am wondering which book is best for starting Java development for a desktop app. I have extensive experience in AS3, PHP and also now OOP from Java (back in the University time). But now I need to develop a desktop based app which was previously written in Delphi. Now a little Swing, but want to have a good book to show me the wa...

LaTeX: Group chapters into book sections

I'm writing a book using LaTeX. I have a bunch of chapters that are going to be sectioned into three main parts of the book. How can I markup this kinda thing with LaTeX? Specifically: I'd like to make a table of contents which looks kinda like PART I Chapter 1 - Some heading - Some heading 2 Chapter 2 - ... Chapter 3 Part...

How can I modify the Book Copy module in Drupal 6 to change the name of the copy to a different name?

By default, the Book Copy module will create a new book with the same exact name as the book it is copying. This can become confusing and actually caused one of the site developers to accidentally delete the original book, which was reference in menus and such and left the site in a weird state. Had the name of the copy been something o...

How can I modify the Book Copy module in Drupal 6 to forward the user to a different starting tab once a copy is made?

Example call to copy a book using the Book Copy module in Drupal 6 (assuming a node exists with book id of 142): www.examplesite.com/book_copy/copy/142 When the above site is called and node 142 is copied it then notifies the user that the book was copied, but starts the user out on the Outline tab for the book copy. I think it would b...

C# .Net Concurrency Books?

I have many C# books that all have one small section on Threads and maybe another on Delegates and Lamdas, however, I can't seem to find a book where the primary focus is Concurrency. Can anyone recommend a book on using Concurrency when writing C#.net apps? I have found several books on Concurrency principles, but I need actual code s...

Anyone has a good PowerBuilder Enterprise 10.x book to recommend?

I have been trying to find a good reference book with good hands on example projects to learn from but I can't seem to find any PB10 books out there- On amazon, it looks like it goes up to 9x whilst the newest sybase version is 11 with .NET I'm trying to pick up Powerbuilder as fast as possible and would like to find a good book to lea...

Good IronPython Book?

Hello guys, Does anyone know a good IronPython book? ...

Are there any programming textbooks directly based on David Parnas' concepts?

Some great books (like Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications) cite Parnas' papers, some (like Implementation Patterns) mention them in the bibliography. I know modern OO-ness was much inspired by Parnas' works, but are there books that essentially teach Parnas' concepts(*) as a method using modern notation, programming l...

Best resources for a PHP Beginner?

What are the best resources I can use to quickly learn PHP? ...

Encryption algorithms...

Would someone recommend a good book on data encryption algorithms? I would like one that has the math theory as well as some code examples. ...

Recommended books about PHP MVC

Can you recommend books to learn about PHP MVC please? Thanks everyone. ...

Good PHP & MySQL book that shows how to build a rating system?

Looking for a good PHP & MySQL book that will show me how to build a rating system the correct way. ...

Good realworld (open source) examples of F# (to read and learn)

Possible Duplicates: F# open source projects F# real world apps? Open source F# programs as examples for learning I'm reading the new F# book, and it's all neat and nice to be able to process a list and sum up some values, it's not typical stuff I do in programs all the time. I was wondering if there is some website or book...