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Good books on XSLT

I'm doing an evaluation tomorrow that might include XSLT. I know what it is, and ten years ago I built an HTML table from an XML list. I would please like some book recommendations for non-so-dummies that I can scan tonight and at least be able to answer questions on XSLT tomorrow. ...

I am looking for suggested reading on Computer Science

Possible Duplicate: What is the single most influential book every programmer should read? I would like to increase my knowledge on computer sciences I am currently looking at purchasing Introduction to Algorithms but I would be interested in recommendations from others for useful areas of study. ...

Advanced SQL books - tutorials

Hi My situation is i know the basics of SQL and am a little rusty on stuff to do with joins etc. Id like a book which covers relational databases(info about them etc), understanding normalisation, set theory and then more advanced concepts such as stored procedures, cursors and so on. Tutorials, books, anything is good! Obviously if t...

Book on "Internet Programming"

I'm about to begin a Software Engineering course and am in the process of gathering the reading lists for each class, however one class, "Internet Programming", doesn't specify a reading list on the grounds that it would be out of date before it was even published, and so I was wondering if anyone knew any good modern books on the subjec...

How to create API's book

Are there any good books that concentrate just on API's at the enterprise level. Preferably in JAVA but any other language will do as well. I looked on google but was not able to find books that just concentrate on API design. ...

Books about C(C++) with the idea of porting apps from C to Java

Could you recommend me some books on C and C++, that would be suitable for a Java developer? In JAVA most things look simple enough, and the Specification helps a lot but both C and C++ are full of features that make me dizzy. Not that I have absolutely no experience with C++, but it's far from enough. I am especially interested in C bo...

Book about c# for a beginner

Hi,yesterday I asked a question and I have an another question,what book about c# would you suggest for the beginner. ...

Good C++ for Java developer

Hi, I'm a Java developer primarily, dabbled in a little C# but mainly Java. So I have wanted to get into C++ development for some time now but have not found any on-line tutorials that I liked or are modern. Just so you know I've been developing in Java for about 3 years now and I would like a beginner level book to introduce me to every...

Good undergraduate-level introductory books on theoretical CS?

I'm about to start my second year of a bachelor's degree in pure math. I've taken upper-division linear algebra, complex analysis, and point-set topology, as well as the calculus sequence and ODEs. Next year I'm taking abstract algebra and real analysis (although I already know some group theory and a fair bit of what'll be taught in my ...

A Python 2.7, 3.0 Question for Pythonistas - Best Practices?

I am learning to program in Python and we have version 2.7 installed at work. Whenever I try to dive deep into Python, I never liked the dea of diving into a deprecated version (2.7). My work is not ready for 3.0 just yet. My question is : I want to write code in 2.7 which can easily be converted to 3.0 using 2to3. Honestly, I want to s...

is CLR (1st ed.) still relevant?

I just noticed that I have a very old copy of Intro to Algorithms (1st ed.) in my bookshelf that I haven't opened yet. Seeing that now, it's already in the 3rd edition, I would like to know if it's still relevant or would it be best if I get myself the latest 3rd edition instead for learning algorithms. I've been really wanting to beco...

Best advanced book on Actionscript?

Is there a "very best" book on Actionscript? Ideally an advanced book, one that teaches a good deal of movie clip manipulation, Flash's APIs and usual patterns. ...

Dynamic Programming Book Recommendation?

I've been trying to learn dynamic programming but it's been hard. The books and lecture videos I've come across so far usually talk about specific problems in dynamic programming but don't really enable me to grasp it. They're sort of like books that when introducing recursion, give examples of problems like towers of hanoi and printing ...

What's a good ASP.Net book to read?

I'm not a beginner programmer. What would be a good book that has be build a working application with ASP.Net Webforms? (I'm familiar with MVC2) Thanks. ...

what to study next?

I have been looking into c# for a while. and covered all the basics. What should i look into next? Linq to Objects/SQL ? Entity Framework ? WCF? What are your recommendations and resources (books?) ? i work on middle tier and systems development, neither web applications or desktop, i just use plain good old c# with nosql db Thanks....

which book to refer?

hi all of you, i am going to take mobile computing as one of my elective subject i want suggestion form you for book my university course for mobile computing is as follow UNIT – I Introduction to Personal Communications Services (PCS): PCS Architecture, Mobility management, Networks signalling. Global System for Mobile Communication (...

Penetration Testing/Ethical Hacking - Books

I have been interested in this for a while, Could anyone suggest any books on this topic? I have programming experience but nothing involving pentesting or web security. If the book required pre-requisite knowledge please say so! Thanks! ...

Buying a book targeted for intermediate to advance python

I currently have the budget to buy an intermediate to advanced python. The books price has to be below $50 (Canada), if possible, unless it's a really good book. Preferably there should be GUI programming in the book (not TK or QT, GTK or other toolsets preferred). Network programming (Socket) would be nice. The flavor of python that I...

Good (preferable free) learning resources / books for embedded C / C++ programmers.

Well, initial reason I ask this question is I need from time to time learning materials for struggling C / C++ developer who is in general competent but needs to improve some aspect directly related to embedded system software development (telecom mainly). And I found I have not so many useful things to recommend. Could community help w...

Java RMI and synchronized methods

(Please leave a comment if the point is not clear) I'm studying the book "Distributed Systems" (by Tanenbaum & Van Steen) and they say something that seems to conflict to what seems to be instead thought by many on Java RMI and synchronized methods. What I thought is that using a synchronized method on a Remote Object implementation (s...