Web Style Guide, 2nd edition

Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton

This books will teach you basic design principles as well as tricks of the trade, ranging from interaction design to typography, so that you can develop your own Web site or better understand and communicate with the people who are doing that work for you. More important, it will give you a broad framework that will help you understand the Big Picture of Web design. Even if you don't agree with all of the given advice, you'll have a starting point from which to develop your ideas and practices.

Compilers and Compiler Generators, an introduction with C++

P.D Terry

This book has been written to support a practically oriented course in programming language translation for senior undergraduates in Computer Science. More specifically, it is aimed at students who are probably quite competent in the art of imperative programming (for example, in C++, Pascal, or Modula-2), but whose mathematics may be a little weak; students who require only a solid introduction to the subject, so as to provide them with insight into areas of language design and implementation, rather than a deluge of theory which they will probably never use again; students who will enjoy fairly extensive case studies of translators for the sorts of languages with which they are most familiar; students who need to be made aware of compiler writing tools, and to come to appreciate and know how to use them.

Parsing Techniques, A Practical Guide

Dick Grune and Ceriel J.H. Jacobs

This 320-page book treats parsing in its own right, in greater depth than is found in most computer science and linguistics books. It offers a clear, accessible, and thorough discussion of many different parsing techniques with their interrelations and applicabilities, including error recovery techniques. Unlike most books, it treats (almost) all parsing methods, not just the popular ones.

The Little Book of Semaphores

Allen B. Downey

In most computer science curricula, synchronization is a module in an Operating Systems class. OS textbooks present a standard set of problems with a standard set of solutions, but most students don't get a good understanding of the material or the ability to solve similar problems. The approach of this book is to identify patterns that are useful for a variety of synchronization problems and then show how they can be assembled into solutions. After each problem, the book offers a hint before showing a solution, giving students a better chance of discovering solutions on their own. The book covers the classical problems, including "Readers-writers," "Producer-consumer", and "Dining Philosophers." In addition, it collects a number of not-so-classical problems, some written by the author and some by other teachers and textbook writers.

Bash Guide for Beginners

Machtelt Garrels

The Bash Guide for Beginners gets you started with Bash scripting and bridges the gap between the Bash HOWTO and the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. Everybody who wants to make life easier on themselves, power users and sysadmins alike, can benefit from reading this practical course. The guide contains lots of examples and exercises at the end of each chapter, demonstrating the theory and helping you practice. Bash is available on a wide variety of UNIX, Linux, MS Windows and other systems.

How to be a Programmer

 Robert L. Read

This long essay attempts to summarize the non-technical things that the author wishes that he knew at the beginning of his career as a professional programmer. It is primarily concerned with social situations and team relationships that occur in typical software development. The author tries to cover what he considers the essential, often non-techncial, skills of the beginner, intermediate and advanced programmer. The essay gives the author's opinions only; its value lies in that the material is so subjective that it is generally not taught in school directly or emphasized enough in publications. It begins with a table of contents that will allow the reader to judge their interest in the material. To the beginner, it may be a peek into the culture of the software engineer; to the advanced programmer, it is an opinionated review that is hoped to provoke thought due to its comprehensiveness.

How to Become a Hacker

Eric Steven Raymond

A humorous exposition by the author of the Jargon File. It introduces the reader to the hacker culture and gives a glimpse into the vivid world of hackers. As the author puts it, it is specifcally aimed at the enthusiastic network newbie wondering how to become a wizardly hacker. The article also points out other relevant resources and winds up with a list of frequently asked questions. (You shouldn't trust all that Raymond has to say, while he knows a lot about computers, he's mainly talking here about culture, and when it comes to that anyone's judegement is as good as his (or better), consider that he supports bush and the war on iraq.)

The Jargon File

A comprehensive compendium of hacker slang illuminating many aspects of hackish tradition, folklore, and humor.

Introduction to UNIX

Frank G. Fiamingo, Linda DeBula, and Linda Condron

An introductory UNIX course covering the basics relying on a practical approach.

Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

Machtelt Garrels

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. We hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

 Advanced Linux Programming

Mark Mitchell, Jeffrey Oldham, and Alex Samuel of CodeSourcery LLC

Advanced Linux Programming is intended for the programmer already familiar with the C programming language. Authors Alex Samuel, Jeffrey Oldham, and Mark Mitchell of CodeSourcery, LLC take a tutorial approach and teach the most important concepts and power features of the GNU/Linux system in application programs. If you're a developer already experienced with programming for the GNU/Linux system, are experienced with another UNIX-like system and are interested in developing GNU/Linux software, or want to make the transition for a non-UNIX environment and are already familiar with the general principles of writing good software, this book is for you. In addition, you will find that this book is equally applicable to C and C++ programming. Even those progamming in other languages will find this book useful since the C language APIs and conventions are the lingua franca of GNU/Linux.