Difference between revisions of "Learning Resource Recommendations"

Revision as of 07:00, 25 January 2013

This page contains recommendations for learning technical information on a variety of subjects.

Topic	Title	Author	Notes
Hacking	How To Become a Hacker	Eric Raymond	Introduction to hacking
Hacking	The Jargon File	Eric Raymond	Glossary of hacker jargon with historical background
Hacking	The Word "Hacker"	Paul Graham	Another introduction
Hacking	Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution	Steven Levy	Book on the history of hacking
LUGs	Linux Users Group HOWTO	Rick Moen	TLDP page on starting or running a LUG

Topic	Title	Author	Notes
Shell	Learning the Bash Shell
Shell	From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line
Version Control	Version Control with Git

Topic	Title	Author	Notes
ASM	PC Assembly Language *
C	The C Programming Language	Kerninghan & Ritchie
C	C: A Reference Manual
C	The Standard C Library
C	The Elements of C Programming Style
C	21st Century C
C	Mastering Algorithms with C
C++	The C++ Programming Language
C++	C++ The Core Language
C++	Practical C++ Programming
C++	Safe C++
C++	Effective STL
C++	C++: The Good Parts		Still being written as of Dec. 2012
Haskell	Learn You a Haskell for Great Good
Java	Thinking in Java *
Java	Effective Java
Perl	Learning Perl
R	R Language Definition *
R	An Introduction to R *
Ruby	Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails (2nd edition)

Topic	Title	Author
Algorithms	Intro to Algorithms	Corman, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein
Algorithms	The Art Of Computer Programming: Fundamental Algorithms	Knuth
Algorithms	The Art Of Computer Programming: Seminumerical Algorithms	Knuth
Algorithms	The Art Of Computer Programming: Sorting and Searching	Knuth
Algorithms	The Art Of Computer Programming: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1	Knuth
Compilers	The Art of Compiler Design
Computer Architecture	What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory *
Computer Vision	Learning OpenCV
Machine Learning	Machine Learning for Hackers
Networking	TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1
Operating Systems	Mac OS X Internals

* denotes digital-only format

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 |Hacking || [http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html How To Become a Hacker] || Eric Raymond || Introduction to hacking
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+|Hacking || [http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/index.html The Jargon File] || Eric Raymond || Glossary of hacker jargon with historical background
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 |Hacking || [http://paulgraham.com/gba.html The Word "Hacker"] || Paul Graham || Another introduction
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 |Hacking || [http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Heroes-Computer-Revolution-Anniversary/dp/1449388396 Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution] || Steven Levy || Book on the history of hacking
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+|LUGs || [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html Linux Users Group HOWTO] || Rick Moen || TLDP page on starting or running a LUG
 |}