From 6100b03a385ac9700558f6100414fa5d2178d09e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Felder Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:04:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Split readme and list --- README.md | 565 +------------------------------------- free-programming-books.md | 564 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 569 insertions(+), 560 deletions(-) create mode 100644 free-programming-books.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c43cc86ae..ab887ac42 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,563 +4,8 @@ This list initially was a clone of [stackoverflow - List of freely available programming books](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books/392926#392926) by George Stocker. Moved to GitHub for collaborative updating and for the purpose of reSRC.io : [List of free programming books](http://resrc.io/list/10/list-of-free-programming-books/). -###Meta-Lists - -* [25 Free Computer Science Ebooks](http://www.coderholic.com/25-free-computer-science-books/) -* [Book Training - On Video](http://www.booktraining.net/) -* [Cheat Sheets (Free)](http://refcardz.dzone.com/) -* [CodePlex List of Free E-Books](http://blogs.msdn.com/wriju/archive/2009/01/07/free-ebooks-at-codeplex.aspx) -* [Free Tech Books](http://www.freetechbooks.com/) -* [Galileo Computing](http://www.galileocomputing.de/katalog/openbook) (German) -* [How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Computing and Programming](http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/) -* [Microsoft Press: Free E-Books](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2011/03/03/ebooks-list-of-our-free-books.aspx) -* [MindView Inc](http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/) -* [O'Reilly's Open Books Project](http://oreilly.com/openbook/) -* [Sofware Program Managers Network](http://www.spmn.com/products_guidebooks.html) -* [TechBooksForFree.com](http://www.techbooksforfree.com/) -* [Theassayer.org](http://theassayer.org/) -* [Wikibooks: Programming](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category%3aComputer_programming) - - -###Graphics Programming - -* [DirectX manual](http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html) (draft) -* [Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming](http://www.arcsynthesis.org/gltut/) (draft) -* [GPU Gems](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_part01.html) -* [GPU Gems 2](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems2/gpugems2_part01.html) - [ch 8,14,18,29,30 as pdf](ftp://download.nvidia.com/developer/GPU_Gems_2/) -* [GPU Gems 3](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_part01.html) -* [Graphics Programming Black Book](http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1698.asp) -* [ShaderX series](http://tog.acm.org/resources/shaderx/) - - -###Language Agnostic - -* [97 Things Every Programmer Should Know](http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/) -* [Algorithms and Data-Structures](http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/AD.pdf) (PDF) -* [Algorithms](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html) (draft) -* [The Architecture of Open Source Applications](http://www.aosabook.org/en/index.html) -* [The Art of Unix Programming](http://catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/) -* [Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review](http://smartbear.com/codecollab-code-review-book.php) -* [Binary Trees](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/110/BinaryTrees.pdf) -* [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/) -* [Clever Algorithms](http://www.cleveralgorithms.com/nature-inspired/index.html) -* [Communicating Sequential Processes (PDF)](http://www.usingcsp.com/cspbook.pdf) - Tony Hoare -* [Compiler Construction](http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf) (PDF) -* [Computer Musings](http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/index.jsp) (lectures by Donald Knuth) -* [Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples](http://dotnetslackers.com/projects/Data-Structures-And-Algorithms/) -* [Database Fundamentals](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Database_fundamentals.pdf) (PDF) -* [Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce](http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~jimmylin/MapReduce-book-final.pdf) (PDF) -* [The Definitive Guide to Building Code Quality](http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/dgbcq.php) -* [Designing Interfaces](http://designinginterfaces.com) by Jennifer Tidwell -* [Digital Signal Processing For Engineers and Scientists](http://www.dspguide.com/) -* [Domain Driven Design Quickly](http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly) -* [Don't Just Roll the Dice](http://www.neildavidson.com/dontjustrollthedice.html) -* [Essentials of Metaheuristics](http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/book/metaheuristics/) by Sean Luke -* [Essential Skills for Agile Development](http://elliottback.com/wp/essential-skills-for-agile-development/) -* [A Field Guide To Genetic Programming](http://dces.essex.ac.uk/staff/rpoli/gp-field-guide/toc.html) -* [Flow based Programming](http://jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/#book) -* [Foundations of Computer Science](http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/focs.html) - Al Aho and Jeff Ullman -* [Foundations of Programming](http://codebetter.com/files/folders/codebetter_downloads/entry179694.aspx) -* [Getting Real](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/) -* [Getting started with Open source development](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_started_with_open_source_development_p2.pdf) (PDF) -* [The Great Tree List Recursion Problem](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/109/TreeListRecursion.pdf) -* [Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge](http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok) -* [How Computers Work](http://www.fastchip.net/howcomputerswork/p1.html) -* [How to Design Programs](http://www.htdp.org/) -* [How to Think Like a Computer Scientist](http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/) -* [How to Write Parallel Programs](http://www.lindaspaces.com/book/) -* [How to write Unmaintainable Code](http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmain.html) -* [I Am a Bug](http://www.amibug.com/iamabug/p01.html) -* [An Introduction to the Theory of Computation](http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/theory-bk/theory-bk.html) -* [Introduction to Functional Programming](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/Lectures/funprog-jrh-1996/) (class lectures and slides) -* [Introduction to Information Retrieval](http://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/information-retrieval-book.html) -* [Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?](http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/perfbook/perfbook.html) -* [Learn to Program](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/) -* [Let's Build a Compiler](http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/compiler.pdf) -* [Linkers and loaders](http://www.iecc.com/linker/) -* [Linked List Basics](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/103/LinkedListBasics.pdf) -* [Linked List Problems](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/105/LinkedListProblems.pdf) -* [Mathematical Logic - an Introduction](http://www.ii.uib.no/~michal/und/i227/book/book.pdf) (PDF) -* [Matters Computational](http://www.jjj.de/fxt/#fxtbook) -* [Mining of Massive Datasets](http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html) -* [NASA Manager Handbook for Software Development](http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/dts/pm/Papers/nasa-manage.pdf) (PDF) -* [NASA Software Measurement Handbook](http://www.scribd.com/doc/7181362/NASA-Software-Measurement-Guidebook) -* [Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns](http://scg.unibe.ch/download/oorp/) -* [Online Course Materials](http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm) -* [OO Design](http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/oodesign.html) -* [Operating Systems and Middleware](https://gustavus.edu/mcs/max/os-book/) (PDF and LaTeX) -* [Patterns and Practices: Application Architecture Guide 2.0](http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide) -* [Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community](http://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf) (PDF) -* [Planning Algorithms](http://planning.cs.uiuc.edu/) -* [PNG: The Definitive Guide](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/) -* [Pointers And Memory](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/102/PointersAndMemory.pdf) -* [Producing Open Source Software](http://producingoss.com/) -* [Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation](http://www.cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/) -* [Programming Methodology](http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs106a/cgi-bin/handouts/) -* [Programming Pearls](http://cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/) -* [Project Oberon](http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/ProjectOberon.pdf) (PDF) -* [Seamless Object-Oriented Software Architecture](http://www.bon-method.com/book_print_a4.pdf) -* [Security Engineering](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html) -* [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/) -* [Summary of the GoF Design Patterns](http://domaindrivendesign.org/sites/default/files/discussion/PatternSummariesUnderCreativeCommons.doc) -* [The Little Book of Semaphores](http://greenteapress.com/semaphores/) -* [The TCP/IP Guide](http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_toc.htm) -* [Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/) (PDF, code written in Python) -* [Type Theory and Functional Programming](https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/sjt/TTFP/) -* [Understanding IP Addressing: Everything you ever wanted to know](http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/8147/501302.pdf) (PDF) - - -###Android - -* [Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript](http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449383268/) -* [Learning Android](http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449390501/) - - -###Autotools - -* [GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool](http://sourceware.org/autobook/) - - -###ASP.NET MVC - -* [NerdDinner Walkthrough](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/03/10/free-asp-net-mvc-ebook-tutorial.aspx) - - -###Assembly Language - -* [Programming from the Ground Up](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ProgrammingGroundUp-1-0-booksize.pdf) (PDF) -* [Paul Carter's Tutorial on x86 Assembly](http://drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/) -* [Software optimization resources by Agner Fog](http://www.agner.org/optimize/) - - -###Bash - -* [Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide](http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/) -* [Bash Guide for Beginners](http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/) by Machtelt Garrels -* [Lhunath's Bash Guide](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide) -* [The Command Line Crash Course](http://learncodethehardway.org/cli/book/) (also a Powershell reference) - - -###C / C++ - -* [Beej's Guide to Network Programming](http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/) -* [Beej's Guide to C Programming](http://beej.us/guide/bgc/) -* [The C book](http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/) -* [C++ Annotations](http://cppannotations.sourceforge.net/) -* [C++ GUI Programming With Qt 3](http://www.computer-books.us/cpp_0010.php) -* [CS106X Programming Abstractions in C++](http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs106x/) -* [Essential C](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/101/EssentialC.pdf) -* [Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4](http://cartan.cas.suffolk.edu/oopdocbook/opensource/index.html) ([PDF](http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131879057)) -* [Learn C the hard way](http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/) -* [Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code, by Jorg Arndt](http://www.jjj.de/fxt/fxtbook.pdf) -* [The new C standard - an annotated reference](http://www.knosof.co.uk/cbook/cbook.html) -* [Object Oriented Programming in C](http://www.planetpdf.com/codecuts/pdfs/ooc.pdf) (PDF) -* [Software optimization resources by Agner Fog](http://www.agner.org/optimize/) -* [Thinking in C++, Second Edition](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html) -* Also see: [The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List](http://stackoverflow.com/q/388242/511601) - - -###C# - -* See .NET below - - -###Clojure - -* [Clojure Programming](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming) -* [Clojure - Functional Programming for the JVM](http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html) - - -###CoffeeScript - -* [Smooth CoffeeScript](http://autotelicum.github.com/Smooth-CoffeeScript/SmoothCoffeeScript.html) -* [The Little Book on CoffeeScript](http://arcturo.github.com/library/coffeescript/) - - -###ColdFusion - -* [CFML In 100 Minutes](https://github.com/mhenke/CFML-in-100-minutes/blob/master/cfml100mins.markdown) - - -###DB2 - -* [Getting started with DB2 Express-C](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_DB2_Express_v9.7_p4.pdf) (PDF) -* [Getting started with IBM Data Studio for DB2](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_IBM_Data_Studio_for_DB2_p3.pdf) (PDF) -* [Getting started with IBM DB2 development](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_DB2_App_Dev_p2.pdf) (PDF) - - -###Delphi / Pascal - -* [Essential Pascal Version 1 and 2](http://www.marcocantu.com/epascal/) -* [The Tomes of Delphi](http://www.lulu.com/content/435417) - - -###Django - -* [Djangobook.com](http://djangobook.com/) - - -###Emacs - -* [GNU Emacs Manual, 16th Edition, v. 22](http://shop.fsf.org/product/gnu-emacs-manual-16th-edition/) -* [An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, 3rd Edition](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/) - - -###Erlang - -* [Learn You Some Erlang For Great Good](http://learnyousomeerlang.com/) - - -###Flex - -* [Getting started with Adobe Flex](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Adobe_Flex_p2.pdf) (PDF) - - -###F# - -* [The F# Survival Guide](http://www.ctocorner.com/fsharp/book/ch0.aspx) -* [F Sharp Programming](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming) in Wikibooks -* [Real World Functional Programming](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh314518.aspx) (MSDN Chapters) - - -###Forth - -* [Starting Forth](http://home.iae.nl/users/mhx/sf.html) -* [Thinking Forth](http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/) - - -###Git - -* [Pro Git](http://progit.org/book/) -* [The Git Community Book](http://book.git-scm.com/index.html) -* [Git From The Bottom Up](http://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/git.from.bottom.up.pdf) (PDF) - - -###Go - -* [The Go Tutorial](http://golang.org/doc/go_tutorial.html) - - -###Grails - -* [Getting Start with Grails](http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/grails-getting-started) - - -###Haskell - -* [Learn You a Haskell](http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters) -* [Real World Haskell](http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/) - - -###HTML / CSS - -* [Dive Into HTML5](http://fortuito.us/diveintohtml5/) -* [HTML Dog Tutorials](http://www.htmldog.com/) - - -###Java - -* [Java Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz(PDF)](http://www.phptr.com/content/images/013143697X/downloads/013143697X_book.pdf) -* [How to Think Like a Computer Scientist](http://greenteapress.com/thinkapjava/) -* [The Java EE6 Tutorial](http://download.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/javaeetutorial6.pdf) (PDF) -* [Java Thin-Client Programming](http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG245118.html) -* [Sun's Java Tutorials](http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/) -* [Thinking in Java](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/) -* [OSGi in Practice](http://njbartlett.name/files/osgibook_preview_20091217.pdf) (PDF) -* [Category wise tutorials - J2EE](http://www.mkyong.com/) -* [Introduction to Programming Using Java - David J. Eck](http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/index.html) - - -###JavaScript - -* [Crockford's JavaScript](http://www.crockford.com/javascript/) -* [Eloquent JavaScript](http://eloquentjavascript.net/) -* [Essential Javascript & jQuery Design Patterns for Beginners](http://www.addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/) -* [JavaScript Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/JavaScript_Essentials) -* [jQuery Fundamentals](http://jqfundamentals.com/book/) (starts with JavaScript basics) -* [Mozilla Developer Network's JavaScript Guide](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Guide) - - -###JavaScript (Node.js specific) - -* [Up and Running with Node](http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449398583/) -* [The Node Beginner Book](http://nodebeginner.org/) -* [Mastering Node.js](http://visionmedia.github.com/masteringnode/) -* [Mixu's Node Book](http://book.mixu.net/) - - -###LaTeX - -* [The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX](http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf) - - -###Linux - -* [Advanced Linux Programming](http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/) -* [GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool](http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/download.html) -* [GTK+/Gnome Application Development](http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/gui_toolkit_guides/gtk+_gnome_application_development/index.html) -* [The Linux Development Platform (PDF)](http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/perens/0130091154.pdf) -* [Linux Device Drivers](http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/) by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman -* [The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide](http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/) -* [Secure Programming for Linux and Unix](http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO.html) - - -###Lisp - -* [Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/mirrors.html) -* [Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/) - David S. Touretzky -* [Common Lisp Quick Reference](http://clqr.boundp.org/) -* [Let Over Lambda - 50 Years of Lisp](http://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/toc) -* [Natural Language Processing in Lisp](http://www.informatics.susx.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/gazdar/nlp-in-lisp/index.html) -* [On Lisp](http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html) -* [Practical Common Lisp](http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/) -* [Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp](http://psg.com/~dlamkins/sl/) - David Lamkins -* [Sketchy LISP](http://www.bcl.hamilton.ie/~nmh/t3x.org/zzz/) - Nils Holm - - -###Lua - -* [Programming In Lua](http://www.lua.org/pil/) (for version 5) - - -###Mathematica - -* [Mathematica® programming: an advanced introduction by Leonid Shifrin](http://www.mathprogramming-intro.org/) - - -###Maven - -* [Better Builds with Maven](http://www.maestrodev.com/better-build-maven) -* [Maven by Example](http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnex-book/reference/public-book.html) -* [Maven: The Complete Reference](http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/public-book.html) -* [Repository Management with Nexus](http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/) -* [Developing with Eclipse and Maven](http://www.sonatype.com/books/m2eclipse-book/reference/) - - -###Mercurial - -* [Mercurial: The Definitive Guide](http://hgbook.red-bean.com/) -* [HGInit - Mercurial Tutorial by Joel Spolsky](http://hginit.com/) - - -###Nemerle - -* See .NET below - - -###.NET (C# / VB / Nemerle / Visual Studio) - -* [C# Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/C_Sharp_Essentials) -* [C# Programming - Wikibook](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Sharp_Programming) -* [C# Yellow Book](http://www.csharpcourse.com/) (intro to programming) -* [Charles Petzold's .NET Book Zero](http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html) -* [Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C#](http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus6/) -* [Entity Framework](http://weblogs.asp.net/zeeshanhirani/archive/2008/12/05/my-christmas-present-to-the-entity-framework-community.aspx) -* [Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/09/13/free-ebook-moving-to-microsoft-visual-studio-2010.aspx) -* [Nemerle](http://asaha.com/ebook/AMTQ2NjA-/Nemerle.pdf) -* [Programmer's Heaven C# School Book](http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/CSharpBook) (covers C# 1.0 and 2.0) -* [Threading in C#](http://www.albahari.com/threading/) -* [Visual Basic Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Visual_Basic_Essentials) -* [Visual Studio Tips and Tricks](http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/vsnettt) (VS 2003-2005 only) - - -###NoSQL - -* [CouchDB: The Definitive Guide](http://books.couchdb.org/relax/) -* [The Little MongoDB Book](http://openmymind.net/2011/3/28/The-Little-MongoDB-Book) -* [The Little Redis Book](http://openmymind.net/2012/1/23/The-Little-Redis-Book/) - - -###Oberon - -* [Programming in Oberon](http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/ProgInOberon.pdf) (PDF) - - -###Objective-C - -* [The Objective-C Programming Language](http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/) -* [Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/OOP_ObjC/OOP_ObjC.pdf) - - -###OCaml - -* [Introduction to Objective Caml](http://courses.cms.caltech.edu/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf) (PDF) -* [Objective Caml for Scientists (first chapter only)](http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/chapter1.html) -* [Unix System Programming in OCaml](http://ocamlunix.forge.ocamlcore.org/) -* [Developing Applications With Objective Caml](http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/) - - -###Oracle Server - -* Oracle's [Guides and Manuals](http://tahiti.oracle.com/) - - -###Oracle PL/SQL - -* [PL/SQL Language Reference](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e17126/toc.htm) -* [PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e16760/toc.htm) -* [Steven Feuerstein's PL/SQL Obsession - Videos and Presentations](http://www.toadworld.com/Knowledge/DatabaseKnowledge/StevenFeuersteinsPLSQLObsession/tabid/153/Default.aspx) - - -###Parrot / Perl 6 - -* [Using Perl 6](http://github.com/perl6/book/) (work in progress) - - -###Perl - -* [Beginning Perl](http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/) -* [Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason](http://www.masonbook.com/book/) -* [Essential Perl](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/108/EssentialPerl.pdf) -* [Extreme Perl](http://www.extremeperl.org/bk/home) -* [Higher-Order Perl](http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/) -* [The Mason Book](http://www.masonbook.com/book/) -* [Modern Perl 5](http://www.onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html) -* [Perl & LWP](http://lwp.interglacial.com/index.html) -* [Perl for the Web](http://www.globalspin.com/thebook/) -* [Perl Free Online EBooks](http://linkmingle.com/list/13-plus-List-of-Free-Great-Perl-Books-available-Online-freebooksandarticles) (meta-list) -* [Perl The Hard Way](http://www.greenteapress.com/perl/) -* [Practical mod_perl](http://modperlbook.org/) -* [Web Client Programming with Perl](http://oreilly.com/openbook/webclient/) - - -###PHP - -* [PHP Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials) -* [Practical PHP Programming](http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp) (wiki containing O'Reilly's PHP In a Nutshell) -* [Symfony2](http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/index.html) -* [Zend Framework: Survive the Deep End](http://www.survivethedeepend.com/) - - -###PowerShell - -* [Mastering PowerShell](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/) - - -###Prolog - -* [Adventure in Prolog](http://www.amzi.com/AdventureInProlog/advfrtop.htm) -* [Applications of Prolog](http://bookboon.com/int/student/it/applications-of-prolog) -* [Building Expert Systems in Prolog](http://www.amzi.com/ExpertSystemsInProlog/) -* [Introduction to Prolog for Mathematicians](http://www.j-paine.org/prolog/mathnotes/files/pms/pms.html) -* [Learn Prolog Now!](http://www.learnprolognow.org/) -* [Logic, Programming and Prolog (2ed)](http://www.ida.liu.se/~ulfni/lpp/) -* [Natural Language Processing in Prolog](http://www.informatics.susx.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/gazdar/nlp-in-prolog/index.html) -* [Natural Language Processing Techniques in Prolog](http://cs.union.edu/~striegnk/courses/nlp-with-prolog/html/) -* [Prolog Programming A First Course](http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/cgpb4/prologbook/) -* [Prolog Techniques](http://bookboon.com/int/student/it/prolog-techniques-applications-of-prolog) -* [Simply Logical](http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~flach/SimplyLogical.html) -* [Visual Prolog 7.2 for Tyros](http://download.pdc.dk/vip/72/books/tyros/tyros72.pdf) - - -###PostgreSQL - -* [Practical PostgreSQL](http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/) - - -###Python - -* [Building Skills in Python Version 2.5](http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python.html) -* [Byte of Python](http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python) -* [Data Structures and Algorithms in Python](http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus7/html/book.html) -* [Dive into Python](http://www.diveintopython.net/) -* [Dive into Python 3](http://diveintopython3.ep.io/) -* [The Django Book](http://djangobook.com/) -* [How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python](http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/) -* [Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python](http://inventwithpython.com/) -* [Learn Python The Hard Way](http://learnpythonthehardway.org) -* [Natural Language Processing with Python](http://www.nltk.org/book) -* [Python Bibliotheca](http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/) -* [Python for Fun](http://www.openbookproject.net/py4fun/) -* Snake Wrangling For Kids -* [Think Python](http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf) (PDF) -* [Thinking in Python](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython/) - - -###R - -* [The R Manuals](http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html) -* [The R Language](http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/doc/html/) -* [R by example](http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.html) -* [Computational Statistics, Jeremy Penzer](http://stats.lse.ac.uk/penzer/ST419materials/) - - -###Ruby - -* [Learn Ruby the hard way](http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/book/) -* [MacRuby: The Definitive Guide](http://macruby.labs.oreilly.com/) -* [Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/) -* [Programming Ruby](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/) -* [Ruby Best Practices](http://rubybestpractices.com/) -* [Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby](http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/) ([mirror](http://www.scribd.com/doc/2236084/Whys-Poignant-Guide-to-Ruby)) - - -###Ruby on Rails - -* [Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example](http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book) - - -###Scala - -* [Exploring Lift](http://exploring.liftweb.net/) (published earlier as "The Definitive Guide to Lift", [PDF](http://groups.google.com/group/the-lift-book)) -* [Lift](http://github.com/tjweir/liftbook) -* [Pro Scala: Monadic Design Patterns for the Web](http://github.com/leithaus/XTrace/tree/monadic/src/main/book/content/) -* [Programming in Scala, First Edition](http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/) -* [Programming Scala](http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/index.html) -* [Scala By Example](http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf) (PDF) -* [A Scala Tutorial for Java programmers](http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaTutorial.pdf) (PDF) -* [Xtrace](http://github.com/leithaus/XTrace/tree/monadic/src/main/book/content/) - - -###Scheme - -* [Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme](https://gustavus.edu/+max/concrete-abstractions.html) -* The Scheme Programming Language [Edition 3](http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/), [Edition 4](http://www.scheme.com/tspl4/) -* [Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ss-toc2.html) - - -###Sed - -* [Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial](http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html) - - -###Smalltalk - -* [Dynamic Web Development with Seaside](http://book.seaside.st/book/table-of-contents) -* [Free Online Smalltalk Books](http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html) (meta-list) -* [Squeak By Example](http://www.squeakbyexample.org/) (Smalltalk IDE) - - -###Subversion - -* [Subversion Version Control](http://www.phptr.com/content/images/0131855182/downloads/Nagel_book.pdf) (PDF) -* [Version Control with Subversion](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/) - - -###SQL (implementation agnostic) - -* [Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL](http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/rts/publications.html) -* [Use The Index, Luke!: A Guide To SQL Database Performance](http://use-the-index-luke.com/) -* [Learn SQL The Hard Way](http://sql.learncodethehardway.org/) - - -###Teradata - -* [Teradata Books](http://www.info.teradata.com/) - - -###Vim - -* [A Byte of Vim](http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Vim) -* [Vim Recipes](http://vim.runpaint.org/toc/) -* [Vi Improved -- Vim](http://www.truth.sk/vim/vimbook-OPL.pdf) by Steve Oualline - - -###Websphere - -* [Getting started with WebSphere](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_WASCE_p2.pdf) (PDF) - - -###Windows Phone - -* [Programming Windows Phone 7](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/10/28/free-ebook-programming-windows-phone-7-by-charles-petzold.aspx) +###Contributing +- Fork +- Edit +- Send a PR +- Who might have guessed? ;) diff --git a/free-programming-books.md b/free-programming-books.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f1fbeb16b --- /dev/null +++ b/free-programming-books.md @@ -0,0 +1,564 @@ +This list initially was a clone of [stackoverflow - List of freely available programming books](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books/392926#392926) by George Stocker. + +#####[Contribute to this list on GitHub!](https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books) + +###Meta-Lists + +* [25 Free Computer Science Ebooks](http://www.coderholic.com/25-free-computer-science-books/) +* [Book Training - On Video](http://www.booktraining.net/) +* [Cheat Sheets (Free)](http://refcardz.dzone.com/) +* [CodePlex List of Free E-Books](http://blogs.msdn.com/wriju/archive/2009/01/07/free-ebooks-at-codeplex.aspx) +* [Free Tech Books](http://www.freetechbooks.com/) +* [Galileo Computing](http://www.galileocomputing.de/katalog/openbook) (German) +* [How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Computing and Programming](http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/) +* [Microsoft Press: Free E-Books](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2011/03/03/ebooks-list-of-our-free-books.aspx) +* [MindView Inc](http://www.mindviewinc.com/Books/) +* [O'Reilly's Open Books Project](http://oreilly.com/openbook/) +* [Sofware Program Managers Network](http://www.spmn.com/products_guidebooks.html) +* [TechBooksForFree.com](http://www.techbooksforfree.com/) +* [Theassayer.org](http://theassayer.org/) +* [Wikibooks: Programming](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Category%3aComputer_programming) + + +###Graphics Programming + +* [DirectX manual](http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html) (draft) +* [Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming](http://www.arcsynthesis.org/gltut/) (draft) +* [GPU Gems](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems/gpugems_part01.html) +* [GPU Gems 2](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems2/gpugems2_part01.html) - [ch 8,14,18,29,30 as pdf](ftp://download.nvidia.com/developer/GPU_Gems_2/) +* [GPU Gems 3](http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_part01.html) +* [Graphics Programming Black Book](http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1698.asp) +* [ShaderX series](http://tog.acm.org/resources/shaderx/) + + +###Language Agnostic + +* [97 Things Every Programmer Should Know](http://programmer.97things.oreilly.com/) +* [Algorithms and Data-Structures](http://www.ethoberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/AD.pdf) (PDF) +* [Algorithms](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/algorithms.html) (draft) +* [The Architecture of Open Source Applications](http://www.aosabook.org/en/index.html) +* [The Art of Unix Programming](http://catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/) +* [Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review](http://smartbear.com/codecollab-code-review-book.php) +* [Binary Trees](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/110/BinaryTrees.pdf) +* [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/) +* [Clever Algorithms](http://www.cleveralgorithms.com/nature-inspired/index.html) +* [Communicating Sequential Processes (PDF)](http://www.usingcsp.com/cspbook.pdf) - Tony Hoare +* [Compiler Construction](http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/CBEAll.pdf) (PDF) +* [Computer Musings](http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/index.jsp) (lectures by Donald Knuth) +* [Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples](http://dotnetslackers.com/projects/Data-Structures-And-Algorithms/) +* [Database Fundamentals](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Database_fundamentals.pdf) (PDF) +* [Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce](http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~jimmylin/MapReduce-book-final.pdf) (PDF) +* [The Definitive Guide to Building Code Quality](http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/dgbcq.php) +* [Designing Interfaces](http://designinginterfaces.com) by Jennifer Tidwell +* [Digital Signal Processing For Engineers and Scientists](http://www.dspguide.com/) +* [Domain Driven Design Quickly](http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly) +* [Don't Just Roll the Dice](http://www.neildavidson.com/dontjustrollthedice.html) +* [Essentials of Metaheuristics](http://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/book/metaheuristics/) by Sean Luke +* [Essential Skills for Agile Development](http://elliottback.com/wp/essential-skills-for-agile-development/) +* [A Field Guide To Genetic Programming](http://dces.essex.ac.uk/staff/rpoli/gp-field-guide/toc.html) +* [Flow based Programming](http://jpaulmorrison.com/fbp/#book) +* [Foundations of Computer Science](http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/focs.html) - Al Aho and Jeff Ullman +* [Foundations of Programming](http://codebetter.com/files/folders/codebetter_downloads/entry179694.aspx) +* [Getting Real](http://gettingreal.37signals.com/) +* [Getting started with Open source development](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_started_with_open_source_development_p2.pdf) (PDF) +* [The Great Tree List Recursion Problem](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/109/TreeListRecursion.pdf) +* [Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge](http://www.computer.org/portal/web/swebok) +* [How Computers Work](http://www.fastchip.net/howcomputerswork/p1.html) +* [How to Design Programs](http://www.htdp.org/) +* [How to Think Like a Computer Scientist](http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/) +* [How to Write Parallel Programs](http://www.lindaspaces.com/book/) +* [How to write Unmaintainable Code](http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmain.html) +* [I Am a Bug](http://www.amibug.com/iamabug/p01.html) +* [An Introduction to the Theory of Computation](http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/theory-bk/theory-bk.html) +* [Introduction to Functional Programming](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/teaching/Lectures/funprog-jrh-1996/) (class lectures and slides) +* [Introduction to Information Retrieval](http://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/information-retrieval-book.html) +* [Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?](http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/paulmck/perfbook/perfbook.html) +* [Learn to Program](http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/) +* [Let's Build a Compiler](http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/compiler.pdf) +* [Linkers and loaders](http://www.iecc.com/linker/) +* [Linked List Basics](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/103/LinkedListBasics.pdf) +* [Linked List Problems](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/105/LinkedListProblems.pdf) +* [Mathematical Logic - an Introduction](http://www.ii.uib.no/~michal/und/i227/book/book.pdf) (PDF) +* [Matters Computational](http://www.jjj.de/fxt/#fxtbook) +* [Mining of Massive Datasets](http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/mmds.html) +* [NASA Manager Handbook for Software Development](http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/dts/pm/Papers/nasa-manage.pdf) (PDF) +* [NASA Software Measurement Handbook](http://www.scribd.com/doc/7181362/NASA-Software-Measurement-Guidebook) +* [Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns](http://scg.unibe.ch/download/oorp/) +* [Online Course Materials](http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm) +* [OO Design](http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/oodesign.html) +* [Operating Systems and Middleware](https://gustavus.edu/mcs/max/os-book/) (PDF and LaTeX) +* [Patterns and Practices: Application Architecture Guide 2.0](http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide) +* [Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community](http://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf) (PDF) +* [Planning Algorithms](http://planning.cs.uiuc.edu/) +* [PNG: The Definitive Guide](http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/book/) +* [Pointers And Memory](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/102/PointersAndMemory.pdf) +* [Producing Open Source Software](http://producingoss.com/) +* [Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation](http://www.cs.brown.edu/~sk/Publications/Books/ProgLangs/) +* [Programming Methodology](http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs106a/cgi-bin/handouts/) +* [Programming Pearls](http://cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/pearls/) +* [Project Oberon](http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/ProjectOberon.pdf) (PDF) +* [Seamless Object-Oriented Software Architecture](http://www.bon-method.com/book_print_a4.pdf) +* [Security Engineering](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html) +* [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/) +* [Summary of the GoF Design Patterns](http://domaindrivendesign.org/sites/default/files/discussion/PatternSummariesUnderCreativeCommons.doc) +* [The Little Book of Semaphores](http://greenteapress.com/semaphores/) +* [The TCP/IP Guide](http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_toc.htm) +* [Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/) (PDF, code written in Python) +* [Type Theory and Functional Programming](https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/sjt/TTFP/) +* [Understanding IP Addressing: Everything you ever wanted to know](http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/8147/501302.pdf) (PDF) + + +###Android + +* [Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript](http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449383268/) +* [Learning Android](http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449390501/) + + +###Autotools + +* [GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool](http://sourceware.org/autobook/) + + +###ASP.NET MVC + +* [NerdDinner Walkthrough](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/03/10/free-asp-net-mvc-ebook-tutorial.aspx) + + +###Assembly Language + +* [Programming from the Ground Up](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/pgubook/ProgrammingGroundUp-1-0-booksize.pdf) (PDF) +* [Paul Carter's Tutorial on x86 Assembly](http://drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/) +* [Software optimization resources by Agner Fog](http://www.agner.org/optimize/) + + +###Bash + +* [Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide](http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/) +* [Bash Guide for Beginners](http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/) by Machtelt Garrels +* [Lhunath's Bash Guide](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide) +* [The Command Line Crash Course](http://learncodethehardway.org/cli/book/) (also a Powershell reference) + + +###C / C++ + +* [Beej's Guide to Network Programming](http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/) +* [Beej's Guide to C Programming](http://beej.us/guide/bgc/) +* [The C book](http://publications.gbdirect.co.uk/c_book/) +* [C++ Annotations](http://cppannotations.sourceforge.net/) +* [C++ GUI Programming With Qt 3](http://www.computer-books.us/cpp_0010.php) +* [CS106X Programming Abstractions in C++](http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs106x/) +* [Essential C](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/101/EssentialC.pdf) +* [Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4](http://cartan.cas.suffolk.edu/oopdocbook/opensource/index.html) ([PDF](http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0131879057)) +* [Learn C the hard way](http://c.learncodethehardway.org/book/) +* [Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code, by Jorg Arndt](http://www.jjj.de/fxt/fxtbook.pdf) +* [The new C standard - an annotated reference](http://www.knosof.co.uk/cbook/cbook.html) +* [Object Oriented Programming in C](http://www.planetpdf.com/codecuts/pdfs/ooc.pdf) (PDF) +* [Software optimization resources by Agner Fog](http://www.agner.org/optimize/) +* [Thinking in C++, Second Edition](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html) +* Also see: [The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List](http://stackoverflow.com/q/388242/511601) + + +###C# + +* See .NET below + + +###Clojure + +* [Clojure Programming](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Clojure_Programming) +* [Clojure - Functional Programming for the JVM](http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html) + + +###CoffeeScript + +* [Smooth CoffeeScript](http://autotelicum.github.com/Smooth-CoffeeScript/SmoothCoffeeScript.html) +* [The Little Book on CoffeeScript](http://arcturo.github.com/library/coffeescript/) + + +###ColdFusion + +* [CFML In 100 Minutes](https://github.com/mhenke/CFML-in-100-minutes/blob/master/cfml100mins.markdown) + + +###DB2 + +* [Getting started with DB2 Express-C](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_DB2_Express_v9.7_p4.pdf) (PDF) +* [Getting started with IBM Data Studio for DB2](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_IBM_Data_Studio_for_DB2_p3.pdf) (PDF) +* [Getting started with IBM DB2 development](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_DB2_App_Dev_p2.pdf) (PDF) + + +###Delphi / Pascal + +* [Essential Pascal Version 1 and 2](http://www.marcocantu.com/epascal/) +* [The Tomes of Delphi](http://www.lulu.com/content/435417) + + +###Django + +* [Djangobook.com](http://djangobook.com/) + + +###Emacs + +* [GNU Emacs Manual, 16th Edition, v. 22](http://shop.fsf.org/product/gnu-emacs-manual-16th-edition/) +* [An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, 3rd Edition](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs-lisp-intro/) + + +###Erlang + +* [Learn You Some Erlang For Great Good](http://learnyousomeerlang.com/) + + +###Flex + +* [Getting started with Adobe Flex](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_Adobe_Flex_p2.pdf) (PDF) + + +###F# + +* [The F# Survival Guide](http://www.ctocorner.com/fsharp/book/ch0.aspx) +* [F Sharp Programming](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming) in Wikibooks +* [Real World Functional Programming](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh314518.aspx) (MSDN Chapters) + + +###Forth + +* [Starting Forth](http://home.iae.nl/users/mhx/sf.html) +* [Thinking Forth](http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/) + + +###Git + +* [Pro Git](http://progit.org/book/) +* [The Git Community Book](http://book.git-scm.com/index.html) +* [Git From The Bottom Up](http://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/git.from.bottom.up.pdf) (PDF) + + +###Go + +* [The Go Tutorial](http://golang.org/doc/go_tutorial.html) + + +###Grails + +* [Getting Start with Grails](http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/grails-getting-started) + + +###Haskell + +* [Learn You a Haskell](http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters) +* [Real World Haskell](http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/) + + +###HTML / CSS + +* [Dive Into HTML5](http://fortuito.us/diveintohtml5/) +* [HTML Dog Tutorials](http://www.htmldog.com/) + + +###Java + +* [Java Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz(PDF)](http://www.phptr.com/content/images/013143697X/downloads/013143697X_book.pdf) +* [How to Think Like a Computer Scientist](http://greenteapress.com/thinkapjava/) +* [The Java EE6 Tutorial](http://download.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/javaeetutorial6.pdf) (PDF) +* [Java Thin-Client Programming](http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/SG245118.html) +* [Sun's Java Tutorials](http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/) +* [Thinking in Java](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/) +* [OSGi in Practice](http://njbartlett.name/files/osgibook_preview_20091217.pdf) (PDF) +* [Category wise tutorials - J2EE](http://www.mkyong.com/) +* [Introduction to Programming Using Java - David J. Eck](http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/index.html) + + +###JavaScript + +* [Crockford's JavaScript](http://www.crockford.com/javascript/) +* [Eloquent JavaScript](http://eloquentjavascript.net/) +* [Essential Javascript & jQuery Design Patterns for Beginners](http://www.addyosmani.com/resources/essentialjsdesignpatterns/book/) +* [JavaScript Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/JavaScript_Essentials) +* [jQuery Fundamentals](http://jqfundamentals.com/book/) (starts with JavaScript basics) +* [Mozilla Developer Network's JavaScript Guide](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Guide) + + +###JavaScript (Node.js specific) + +* [Up and Running with Node](http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449398583/) +* [The Node Beginner Book](http://nodebeginner.org/) +* [Mastering Node.js](http://visionmedia.github.com/masteringnode/) +* [Mixu's Node Book](http://book.mixu.net/) + + +###LaTeX + +* [The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX](http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf) + + +###Linux + +* [Advanced Linux Programming](http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/) +* [GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool](http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/download.html) +* [GTK+/Gnome Application Development](http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/gui_toolkit_guides/gtk+_gnome_application_development/index.html) +* [The Linux Development Platform (PDF)](http://www.informit.com/content/downloads/perens/0130091154.pdf) +* [Linux Device Drivers](http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/) by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman +* [The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide](http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/) +* [Secure Programming for Linux and Unix](http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO.html) + + +###Lisp + +* [Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/AI/html/cltl/mirrors.html) +* [Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/LispBook/) - David S. Touretzky +* [Common Lisp Quick Reference](http://clqr.boundp.org/) +* [Let Over Lambda - 50 Years of Lisp](http://letoverlambda.com/index.cl/toc) +* [Natural Language Processing in Lisp](http://www.informatics.susx.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/gazdar/nlp-in-lisp/index.html) +* [On Lisp](http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html) +* [Practical Common Lisp](http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/) +* [Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp](http://psg.com/~dlamkins/sl/) - David Lamkins +* [Sketchy LISP](http://www.bcl.hamilton.ie/~nmh/t3x.org/zzz/) - Nils Holm + + +###Lua + +* [Programming In Lua](http://www.lua.org/pil/) (for version 5) + + +###Mathematica + +* [Mathematica® programming: an advanced introduction by Leonid Shifrin](http://www.mathprogramming-intro.org/) + + +###Maven + +* [Better Builds with Maven](http://www.maestrodev.com/better-build-maven) +* [Maven by Example](http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnex-book/reference/public-book.html) +* [Maven: The Complete Reference](http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/public-book.html) +* [Repository Management with Nexus](http://www.sonatype.com/books/nexus-book/reference/) +* [Developing with Eclipse and Maven](http://www.sonatype.com/books/m2eclipse-book/reference/) + + +###Mercurial + +* [Mercurial: The Definitive Guide](http://hgbook.red-bean.com/) +* [HGInit - Mercurial Tutorial by Joel Spolsky](http://hginit.com/) + + +###Nemerle + +* See .NET below + + +###.NET (C# / VB / Nemerle / Visual Studio) + +* [C# Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/C_Sharp_Essentials) +* [C# Programming - Wikibook](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Sharp_Programming) +* [C# Yellow Book](http://www.csharpcourse.com/) (intro to programming) +* [Charles Petzold's .NET Book Zero](http://www.charlespetzold.com/dotnet/index.html) +* [Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C#](http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus6/) +* [Entity Framework](http://weblogs.asp.net/zeeshanhirani/archive/2008/12/05/my-christmas-present-to-the-entity-framework-community.aspx) +* [Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/09/13/free-ebook-moving-to-microsoft-visual-studio-2010.aspx) +* [Nemerle](http://asaha.com/ebook/AMTQ2NjA-/Nemerle.pdf) +* [Programmer's Heaven C# School Book](http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/CSharpBook) (covers C# 1.0 and 2.0) +* [Threading in C#](http://www.albahari.com/threading/) +* [Visual Basic Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Visual_Basic_Essentials) +* [Visual Studio Tips and Tricks](http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/vsnettt) (VS 2003-2005 only) + + +###NoSQL + +* [CouchDB: The Definitive Guide](http://books.couchdb.org/relax/) +* [The Little MongoDB Book](http://openmymind.net/2011/3/28/The-Little-MongoDB-Book) +* [The Little Redis Book](http://openmymind.net/2012/1/23/The-Little-Redis-Book/) + + +###Oberon + +* [Programming in Oberon](http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/ProgInOberon.pdf) (PDF) + + +###Objective-C + +* [The Objective-C Programming Language](http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/) +* [Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/OOP_ObjC/OOP_ObjC.pdf) + + +###OCaml + +* [Introduction to Objective Caml](http://courses.cms.caltech.edu/cs134/cs134b/book.pdf) (PDF) +* [Objective Caml for Scientists (first chapter only)](http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists/chapter1.html) +* [Unix System Programming in OCaml](http://ocamlunix.forge.ocamlcore.org/) +* [Developing Applications With Objective Caml](http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/) + + +###Oracle Server + +* Oracle's [Guides and Manuals](http://tahiti.oracle.com/) + + +###Oracle PL/SQL + +* [PL/SQL Language Reference](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e17126/toc.htm) +* [PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference](http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e16760/toc.htm) +* [Steven Feuerstein's PL/SQL Obsession - Videos and Presentations](http://www.toadworld.com/Knowledge/DatabaseKnowledge/StevenFeuersteinsPLSQLObsession/tabid/153/Default.aspx) + + +###Parrot / Perl 6 + +* [Using Perl 6](http://github.com/perl6/book/) (work in progress) + + +###Perl + +* [Beginning Perl](http://www.perl.org/books/beginning-perl/) +* [Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason](http://www.masonbook.com/book/) +* [Essential Perl](http://cslibrary.stanford.edu/108/EssentialPerl.pdf) +* [Extreme Perl](http://www.extremeperl.org/bk/home) +* [Higher-Order Perl](http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/) +* [The Mason Book](http://www.masonbook.com/book/) +* [Modern Perl 5](http://www.onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html) +* [Perl & LWP](http://lwp.interglacial.com/index.html) +* [Perl for the Web](http://www.globalspin.com/thebook/) +* [Perl Free Online EBooks](http://linkmingle.com/list/13-plus-List-of-Free-Great-Perl-Books-available-Online-freebooksandarticles) (meta-list) +* [Perl The Hard Way](http://www.greenteapress.com/perl/) +* [Practical mod_perl](http://modperlbook.org/) +* [Web Client Programming with Perl](http://oreilly.com/openbook/webclient/) + + +###PHP + +* [PHP Essentials](http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/PHP_Essentials) +* [Practical PHP Programming](http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp) (wiki containing O'Reilly's PHP In a Nutshell) +* [Symfony2](http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/index.html) +* [Zend Framework: Survive the Deep End](http://www.survivethedeepend.com/) + + +###PowerShell + +* [Mastering PowerShell](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/ebook/) + + +###Prolog + +* [Adventure in Prolog](http://www.amzi.com/AdventureInProlog/advfrtop.htm) +* [Applications of Prolog](http://bookboon.com/int/student/it/applications-of-prolog) +* [Building Expert Systems in Prolog](http://www.amzi.com/ExpertSystemsInProlog/) +* [Introduction to Prolog for Mathematicians](http://www.j-paine.org/prolog/mathnotes/files/pms/pms.html) +* [Learn Prolog Now!](http://www.learnprolognow.org/) +* [Logic, Programming and Prolog (2ed)](http://www.ida.liu.se/~ulfni/lpp/) +* [Natural Language Processing in Prolog](http://www.informatics.susx.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/gazdar/nlp-in-prolog/index.html) +* [Natural Language Processing Techniques in Prolog](http://cs.union.edu/~striegnk/courses/nlp-with-prolog/html/) +* [Prolog Programming A First Course](http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/cgpb4/prologbook/) +* [Prolog Techniques](http://bookboon.com/int/student/it/prolog-techniques-applications-of-prolog) +* [Simply Logical](http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~flach/SimplyLogical.html) +* [Visual Prolog 7.2 for Tyros](http://download.pdc.dk/vip/72/books/tyros/tyros72.pdf) + + +###PostgreSQL + +* [Practical PostgreSQL](http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/) + + +###Python + +* [Building Skills in Python Version 2.5](http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python.html) +* [Byte of Python](http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python) +* [Data Structures and Algorithms in Python](http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus7/html/book.html) +* [Dive into Python](http://www.diveintopython.net/) +* [Dive into Python 3](http://diveintopython3.ep.io/) +* [The Django Book](http://djangobook.com/) +* [How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python](http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/) +* [Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python](http://inventwithpython.com/) +* [Learn Python The Hard Way](http://learnpythonthehardway.org) +* [Natural Language Processing with Python](http://www.nltk.org/book) +* [Python Bibliotheca](http://openbookproject.net/pybiblio/) +* [Python for Fun](http://www.openbookproject.net/py4fun/) +* Snake Wrangling For Kids +* [Think Python](http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf) (PDF) +* [Thinking in Python](http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython/) + + +###R + +* [The R Manuals](http://cran.r-project.org/manuals.html) +* [The R Language](http://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/doc/html/) +* [R by example](http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah/KB/R/index.html) +* [Computational Statistics, Jeremy Penzer](http://stats.lse.ac.uk/penzer/ST419materials/) + + +###Ruby + +* [Learn Ruby the hard way](http://ruby.learncodethehardway.org/book/) +* [MacRuby: The Definitive Guide](http://macruby.labs.oreilly.com/) +* [Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book](http://www.humblelittlerubybook.com/) +* [Programming Ruby](http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/) +* [Ruby Best Practices](http://rubybestpractices.com/) +* [Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby](http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/) ([mirror](http://www.scribd.com/doc/2236084/Whys-Poignant-Guide-to-Ruby)) + + +###Ruby on Rails + +* [Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example](http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ruby-on-rails-tutorial-book) + + +###Scala + +* [Exploring Lift](http://exploring.liftweb.net/) (published earlier as "The Definitive Guide to Lift", [PDF](http://groups.google.com/group/the-lift-book)) +* [Lift](http://github.com/tjweir/liftbook) +* [Pro Scala: Monadic Design Patterns for the Web](http://github.com/leithaus/XTrace/tree/monadic/src/main/book/content/) +* [Programming in Scala, First Edition](http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/) +* [Programming Scala](http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/index.html) +* [Scala By Example](http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaByExample.pdf) (PDF) +* [A Scala Tutorial for Java programmers](http://www.scala-lang.org/docu/files/ScalaTutorial.pdf) (PDF) +* [Xtrace](http://github.com/leithaus/XTrace/tree/monadic/src/main/book/content/) + + +###Scheme + +* [Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme](https://gustavus.edu/+max/concrete-abstractions.html) +* The Scheme Programming Language [Edition 3](http://www.scheme.com/tspl3/), [Edition 4](http://www.scheme.com/tspl4/) +* [Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science](http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ss-toc2.html) + + +###Sed + +* [Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial](http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html) + + +###Smalltalk + +* [Dynamic Web Development with Seaside](http://book.seaside.st/book/table-of-contents) +* [Free Online Smalltalk Books](http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html) (meta-list) +* [Squeak By Example](http://www.squeakbyexample.org/) (Smalltalk IDE) + + +###Subversion + +* [Subversion Version Control](http://www.phptr.com/content/images/0131855182/downloads/Nagel_book.pdf) (PDF) +* [Version Control with Subversion](http://svnbook.red-bean.com/) + + +###SQL (implementation agnostic) + +* [Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL](http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/rts/publications.html) +* [Use The Index, Luke!: A Guide To SQL Database Performance](http://use-the-index-luke.com/) +* [Learn SQL The Hard Way](http://sql.learncodethehardway.org/) + + +###Teradata + +* [Teradata Books](http://www.info.teradata.com/) + + +###Vim + +* [A Byte of Vim](http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Vim) +* [Vim Recipes](http://vim.runpaint.org/toc/) +* [Vi Improved -- Vim](http://www.truth.sk/vim/vimbook-OPL.pdf) by Steve Oualline + + +###Websphere + +* [Getting started with WebSphere](http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/db2/express-c/wiki/Getting_Started_with_WASCE_p2.pdf) (PDF) + + +###Windows Phone + +* [Programming Windows Phone 7](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/10/28/free-ebook-programming-windows-phone-7-by-charles-petzold.aspx)