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Learning Resource Recommendations

Revision as of 07:08, 25 January 2013 by imported>Mjh (Misc)

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

Contents

Reference Cards

External Lists

Non-technical

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

Productivity

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

Software Engineering

  • Beautiful Code
  • The Art Of Readable Code
  • Code Simplicity
  • Design Patterns
  • The Practice of Programming

Programming

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)

Computer Science

Topic Title Author Notes
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

Unix

  • The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System
  • Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide
  • Unix Made Easy
  • The Unix Programming Environment
  • Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment (2nd Edition)
  • The Art of Unix Programming
  • Unix Systems for Modern Architectures
  • UNIX Power Tools
  • Using C on the UNIX System

Security

  • The Art of Software Security Assessment
  • The Book of PF (2nd edition)
  • Applied Cryptography
  • Handbook of Applied Cryptography *
  • Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C

Misc

  • Checking C Programs with lint
  • Mastering Regular Expressions
  • Eloquent JavaScript *
  • JavaScript: The Good Parts
  • WebGL: Up and Running
  • Node: Up and Running
  • HTML & CSS: The Good Parts
  • PDF Explained
  • PostScript Language *
  • File Formats Wiki - Archive Team

* denotes digital-only format