Programming Books
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Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers
Published 11 years ago
by justin seitz, No Starch Press
Python is fast becoming the programming language of choice for hackers, reverse engineers, and software testers because it's easy to write quickly, and it has the low-level support and libraries that make hackers happy. But until now, there has been no real manual on how to use Python for a variety of hacking tasks. You had to dig through forum posts and man pages, endlessly tweaking your own code to get everything working. Not anymore.
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Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners
Published 11 years ago
by warren sande, carter sande, Manning Publications
"Computer programming is a powerful tool for children to 'learn learning,' that is, to learn the skills of thinking and problem-solving...Children who engage in programming transfer that kind of learning to other things."--Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the One Laptop Per Child project that hopes to put a computer in the hands of every child on earth, January 2008 Your computer won't respond when you yell at it. Why not learn to talk to your computer in its own language?
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WPF in Action with Visual Studio 2008
Published 12 years ago
by arlen feldman, maxx daymon, Manning Publications
Now more than ever, Windows applications have to work well and look good. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft's new user interface framework, gives you the ability to create stunning graphics, rich interactions, and highly-usable Windows applications. WPF is the API beneath Windows Vista interfaces, and it's also available for older versions of Windows.
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Dive Into PYTHON
Published 11 years ago
by mark pilgrim, CreateSpace
Dive Into Python is a Python book for experienced programmers. Whether you're an experienced programmer looking to get into Python or grizzled Python veteran who remembers the days when you had to import the string module, Dive Into Python is your 'desert island' Python book. If you've never programmed before, Python is an excellent language to learn modern programming techniques. But this book should not be your starting point.
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Python Scripting for Computational Science (Texts in Computational Science and Engineering)
Published 12 years ago
by hans petter langtangen, Springer
The goal of this book is to teach computational scientists how to develop tailored, flexible, and human-efficient working environments built from small programs (scripts) written in the easy-to-learn, high-level language Python. The focus is on examples and applications of relevance to computational scientists: gluing existing applications and tools, e.g.
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Programming in Python 3: A Complete Introduction to the Python Language (Developer's Library)
Published 12 years ago
by mark summerfield, Addison-Wesley Professional
Python 3 is the best version of the language yet: It is more powerful, convenient, consistent, and expressive than ever before. Now, leading Python programmer Mark Summerfield demonstrates how to write code that takes full advantage of Python 3’s features and idioms.
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Team Foundation Server 2008 in Action
Published 12 years ago
by jamil azher, Manning Publications
In complex software projects, managing the development process can be as critical to success as writing the code itself. A project may involve dozens of developers, managers, architects, testers, and customers, hundreds of builds, and thousands of opportunities to get off-track. To keep tabs on the people, tasks, and components of a medium- to large-scale project, most teams use a development system that allows for easy monitoring, follow-up, and accountability.
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Coding4Fun: 10 .NET Programming Projects for Wiimote, YouTube, World of Warcraft, and More
Published 12 years ago
by dan fernandez, brian peek, O'Reilly Media
How would you like to build an Xbox game, use your Nintendo Wiimote to create an electronic whiteboard, or build your own peer-to-peer application? Coding4Fun helps you tackle some cool software and hardware projects using a range of free Microsoft software. Now you can code for fun with C#, VB, Lua, ASP.NET, WPF, XNA Game Studio, and Popfly.
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Flex 3 in Action
Published 12 years ago
by tariq ahmed, jon hirschi, faisal abid, Manning Publications
New Web applications require engaging user-friendly interfaces-and the cooler, the better. With Flex 3, Web developers at any skill level can create high-quality, effective, and interactive Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) quickly and easily. Flex removes the complexity barrier from RIA development by offering sophisticated tools and a straightforward programming language so you can focus on what you want to do instead of how to do it.
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Head First Rails: A learner's companion to Ruby on Rails
Published 12 years ago
by david griffiths, O'Reilly Media
Ready to transport your web applications into the Web 2.0 era? Head First Rails takes your programming -- and productivity -- to the max. You'll learn everything from the fundamentals of Rails scaffolding to building customized interactive web apps using Rails' rich set of tools and the MVC framework. By the time you're finished, you'll have learned more than just another web framework.