18 books like Programming

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Fluent Python

Fluent Python Luciano Ramalho · 2015 · ★ 4.6 · 821p · ≈ 27h · Moderate Shares Computer programming, Programming Languages with this book.

Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies

Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies Steve Seguis · 2009 · ★ 3.7 Prepare for the future of Microsoft automation with this no-nonsense guideWindows PowerShell 2 is the scripting language that enables automation within the Windows operating system. Packed with powerful new features, this latest version is complex, and Windows PowerShell 2 For Dummies is the perfect guide to help system administrators get up to speed.Written by a Microsoft MVP with direct access… Shares Programming Languages

C++ Without Fear

C++ Without Fear Brian Overland · 2004 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Shares C plus plus with this book.

Domain-Specific Languages

Domain-Specific Languages Martin Fowler · 2010 · ★ 2.0 · 640p · ≈ 21h · Moderate When carefully selected and used, Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) may simplify complex code, promote effective communication with customers, improve productivity, and unclog development bottlenecks. In ***Domain-Specific Languages***, noted software development expert Martin Fowler first provides the information software professionals need to decide if and when to utilize DSLs. Then, where DSLs… Shares Programming Languages

Think Like a Programmer

Think Like a Programmer V. Anton Spraul · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "The real challenge of programming isn't learning a language's syntax--it's learning to creatively solve problems so you can build something great. In this one-of-a-kind text, author V. Anton Spraul breaks down the ways that programmers solve problems and teaches you what other introductory books often ignore: how to Think Like a Programmer. Each chapter tackles a single programming concept, like… Shares Computer programming, Programming Languages

Effective Modern C++

Effective Modern C++ Scott Meyers · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Coming to grips with C++11 and C++14 is more than a matter of familiarizing yourself with the features they introduce (e.g., auto type declarations, move semantics, lambda expressions, and concurrency support). The challenge is learning to use those features effectively—so that your software is correct, efficient, maintainable, and portable. That’s where this practical book comes in. It describes… Shares C plus plus, Programming Languages

Introduction to artificial intelligence Wolfgang Ertel · 2008 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Manuel with this book.

Le barbier de Séville Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · 1776 · ★ 3.7 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Shares Manuel with this book.

Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy Gerald Corey · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 554p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Incorporating the thinking, feeling, and behaving dimensions of human experience, the tenth edition of Corey's best-selling book helps students compare and contrast the therapeutic models expressed in counseling theories. Corey introduces students to the major theories (psychoanalytic, Adlerian, existential, person-centered, Gestalt, reality, behavior, cognitive-behavior, family systems,… Shares Open_syllabus_project

Code

Code Charles Petzold · 1999 · ★ 4.4 · 393p · ≈ 13h · Moderate What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity and our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the past two centuries. Using everyday objects… Shares Computer programming

Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand · 1936 · ★ 3.7 · 1182p · ≈ 39h · Challenging The year 2005 marks Ayn Rand's Centennial Year.The astounding story of a man that said that he would stop the motor of the world-and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read.“A writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly.”-The New York Times Shares Open_syllabus_project

Mythology Edith Hamilton · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 497p · ≈ 16h · Moderate There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature. Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books… Shares Manuel

Python for Finance

Python for Finance Yves Hilpisch · 2014 · 606p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Shares Programming Languages with this book.

Ariel Sylvia Plath · 1965 · ★ 4.2 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate "A restored edition of Sylvia Plath's collection of poems that were published after her death that restores the selection and arrangement of the poems as Plath left them at the point of her death." Upon the publication of her posthumous volume of poetry, Ariel, in the mid-1960s, Sylvia Plath became a household name. Readers may be surprised to learn that the draft of Ariel left behind by… Shares Open_syllabus_project

Getting Started with Arduino

Getting Started with Arduino Massimo Banzi · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Light The Arduino Hardware The Arduino board is a small microcontroller board, which is a small circuit (the board) that contains a whole computer on a small chip (the microcontroller). This computer is at least a thousand times less powerful than the MacBook I’m using to write this, but it’s a lot cheaper and very useful to build interesting devices. Look at the Arduino board: you’ll see a black chip… Shares Computer programming

Marge Piercy Marge Piercy · 1976 · ★ 4.2 · 381p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Onetime college girl, loving mother, pickpocket, and unmarried mourning wife Consuelo Ramos, imprisoned in a New York mental hospital for assaulting a pimp, hovers between a future of life dominant and an endless present of neuroelectric experimentation Shares Open_syllabus_project

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon · 2002 · ★ 3.9 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7507. When Christohper decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery… Shares Open_syllabus_project

Biology Neil Alexander Campbell · 1987 · ★ 3.9 · 1393p · ≈ 46h · Challenging A comprehensive text for undergraduate-level biology courses that covers cells, genetics, mechanisms and evolution, biological diversity, plant and animal forms and functions, and ecology; and includes review questions, activities, figures, chapter summaries, and a CD-ROM which provides access to online materials. Shares Manuel

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