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Textbooks?

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-19 21:57

Would someone in the business list the essential textbooks that every hopeful software developer should have read. I'm not coming from such a high ranking school so I want to be sure I can compete.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-19 22:01

what are you trying to accomplish with programming, many books, many languages

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-19 22:05

I'm looking for a list of books that mirror the classes that an undergrad CS major would have to take. I've seen them for math so I'm interested in the CS version.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-19 22:07

Design Patterns. Read that shit and get ready to be the #1 code monkey in da hood.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-19 22:31

>>>/stackoverflow/

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-19 23:30

>>3
There is a lot of variety, and a lot of different things to get into. And it is common for people to be good at one niche and have pretty much no clue about the rest. but:

assembly
c
seeples
java
scripting languages
data bases
graphics
artificial intelligence
stats
simulations
games
operating systems
computer engineering
electrical engineering
web development
functional programming
algorithms
proof of correctness
proof running time
computational theory
compilers
linguistics
probability theory and statistics
socket programming
networks and routers an shit
distributed computing
computer vision
robotics

and feel free to add to the list

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 1:38

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1711/what-is-the-single-most-influential-book-every-programmer-should-read

Code Complete

Most important books are available on a lesser chan /prague/ board.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 5:33

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 7:38

SICP.  It came from MIT which means it is the best.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 7:54

>>8
This one. It's very broad but it always tries to discuss its subjects in depth. Even though it uses a Lisp dialect, you'll want an actual Lisp book to learn of all its charms, though, as this book only uses the most elementary constructs (i.e. no macros, no continuations, only lists until the end, etcetera).

Although the book contains some discussion on these topics, you may want to go deeper on algorithms, and read on automata theory. I read the old Ullman book (on automata), but the newest edition lacks some of the contents of the old one, such as the Chomsky hierarchy, so your mileage may vary.

Also, this is more engineering-ish and thus low-priority, but you may want to read a bit on queuing theory, as it'll provide insights on server architecture and some industrial processes.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 8:06

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Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 8:25

Andrew S. Tanenbaum - Modern Operating Systems

Great book to read even for those who write high-level software.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 11:17

>>12
Tanenbaum's books all have code listings in a proportional font. Fuck that shit.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 13:42

>>13
You bought a shit book.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 13:53

>>14
I skimmed it in the university library a few years ago. No book is worth $80.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 14:34

>>12
The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System  is superior if you want to know more about something other than a toy OS.

The Lions book is another good one for that.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 21:05

>>16
People need to start somewhere. Modern Operating Systems is an excellent introduction in this topic.

Name: Anonymous 2012-04-20 21:21

>>16
Good thing operating systems textbooks are just supposed to describe a single implementation, and not discuss general concepts and principles.
Oh wait.

Name: bampu pantsu 2012-05-29 4:32

bampu pantsu

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 16:15

Where can I download textbooks now that library.nu is dead?

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 16:42

>>20
search for it on filestube, then torrentz, then usenet binary newsgroups if you have it, then #bookz on undernet

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 17:08

top of the line CS books are:
SICP
K&R
Corman's Algorithms
Dragon book

just these 4 will make you a professional

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 17:22

>>22
such boring books

you may need some chemical stimulation to get through them

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 17:51

Concrete Mathematics
TAOCP
SICP
CLRS
EOPL
and the rest...

Buy paper books, they are nice objects, quality paper, pleasant typography... They will still be useful when your PC become worthless. You can read them in bed, screen contrast is optimal, lifetime battery, won't burn your sheets or testicles. Also they're EMP-proof.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 18:06

K&R is pig disgusting. Read it only if you're a pig.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 20:51

TAOCP
CLRS

Nobody has ever read those books. EVER. They are crap anyway.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 22:05

>>26
Why would I waste my time learning invented abstract bullshite when I could be learning something useful instead?

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 22:11

>>27

I agree with you.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 22:14

All recommended books on ,,Computer Science'' are crap.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 22:20

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman."
The Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 22:22

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Name: Anonymous 2012-09-24 23:01

poignant guide to ruby

Name: >>23 2012-09-24 23:30

Addendum: The dragon book is very useful. The rest are crap.

Name: Anonymous 2012-09-25 2:14

#1 find a reputable school's website
#2 find their computer science department
#3 find classes that are offered, noting their course number (something like CS 101).
#4 search on google for the (inurl:school.edu)  + #3's result + "syllabus"
#5 read all material that is required reading.  download the powerpoints if they're available, change up the url if you get 404'd, find links.  You can find old homework solutions, student projects, etc.
#6 find books online for free
#7 read said books & enrich yourself
#8 drop out and get a job so you're not ~$10-40k in debt after your college majorly fails to help you educate yourself

OR

Just get a simple book on PHP, handle that shit, get employed, and fuck bitches with your stacks of LAMP stack cash.

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Name: Anonymous 2012-10-06 4:02

>peter norvigs reading list
http://books.google.com/books?uid=8640673873589796416
>alan kay's reading list
http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books/readingList.jsp
>rich hickey's reading list
http://www.amazon.com/Clojure-Bookshelf/lm/R3LG3ZBZS4GCTH

these are probably most useful if you like programming language/compiler design. Anyone have more to add? I think brett victor had one if you are into UI stuff.

Name: Anonymous 2012-10-06 4:05

>>36
norvig
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kay
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hickey
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Name: Anonymous 2012-10-31 22:46

>>37
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