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So what do you guys have on your bookself? And how do you rate the titles you have?

Most used of mine:

Mastering Algorithims with Perl [4/5]
Managing and using MySQL [2/5]
Understanding the Linux Kernel [3/5]
Perl in a Nutshell [3/5]
Learning Perl [4/5]
Programming Perl [4/5]
Essential Linux Device Drivers [3/5]
The C Programming Language [5/5]
Numerical Recipes in C [4/5]
 
I have:

Java Software Solutions (never really looked at it, but it seems alright)
C Programming Language [5/5]
Visual C# 2008 step by step [3/5] - its just too damn big
XNA Game Studio 3.0 [4/5] - Again its a big ass book but it doesn't pussy foot around the subject as some books do and gets stuck in.
UML2 And the Unified Process [2/5] i still don't get UML really...
Computer Networks [3/5] seems alright

Creative Photoshop [5/5] amazing book!!!

although i find it easier to google problems but its easier to learn something entirely new from books.
 
Well as i'm sat doing nothing in the office (i'm waiting for backups to run, i shouldn't even be in on a Saturday!) i've peered above my monitor at my bookshelf, soe lets see i have:

Asterisk: The Future Of Telephony [5/5]
The IPTables Pocket Guide [5/5]
IP Op-Amp Cookbook [?/5]
Postfix: The Definitive Guide [5/5]
Active Directory (O'Reilly) [?/5]
Network Security with OpenSSL [5/5]
Learning PHP & MySQL [?/5]
Link Firewalls [?/5]
Ajax: The Definitive Guide [?/5]
The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide [5/5]
LDAP System Administration [5/5]
CSS: The Definitive Guide [?/5]
Cisco Routers for the Desperate [2/5]
Fundamentals of Programming for the Windows Media Platform [2/5]
Cisco IOS Cookbook [5/5]

At home i've also got:

CCNA Course Guide [?/5]
The Cisco VPN Configuration Guide [5/5]
SNMP (O'Reilly) [?/5]

Where i've said '?' means i haven't had a chance to read them properly. Some books i've rated as poor as i had already passed the point where they would be helpful (ie they were too simplistic)

I prefer to read a book, and use one for reference, then search the internet if i have a problem, or a specific error message.
 
Windows Game Programming for Dummies by Andre LaMothe [4/5]

It's a good book, but in retrospect I think using DirectX to teach 2D game programming was a bit of a roundabout method.

... that's about it really.
 
Not loads, as I tend to prefer to read more online:


  • Get to the top on Google
  • Introduction to Java programming
  • Web Database Applivations with PHP and MySQL
  • PHP Cookbook
  • PHP and MySQL E-commerce
  • Mastering Systems Analysis and Design
  • PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice (on order :) )
  • MySQL Cookbook
 
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suarve said:
Not loads, as I tend to prefer to read more online:


  • Get to the top on Google
  • Introduction to Java programming
  • Web Database Applivations with PHP and MySQL
  • PHP Cookbook
  • PHP and MySQL E-commerce
  • Mastering Systems Analysis and Design
  • PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice (on order :) )
  • MySQL Cookbook
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"Get to the top on Google"

Has this book helped? I'm currently learning about [SEO] at the moment and i am amazed at how the search engine works behind the scene grabbing data from your page.
 
Far too many to list, probably about around 30 - 40.

But current reading list is:

Feathers - Working Effectively with Legacy code
Uncle Bob - Clean Code

And I have on order Edition 3 of CLR via C# (Richter is one clever guy) and Advanced .NET Debugging by Mario Hewardt
 
Oh yes i also forgot to add i have 1 book from ages ago:

1, "beggining HTML, XHTML, CSS and Javascript" (God that was a big book, 900 pages long!)

I'm getting into Php programming. would anyone know of any good begginers books i can order from ebay? which is easy readable.
 
Linux bible
Professional Assembly Language
Secrets of reverse engineering
HACKING
Windows via C/C++
Rootkits, subverting the windows kernel

in easy steps books...

c/c++/c#/php/vb.net
 
HumbleCoder said:
Feathers - Working Effectively with Legacy code
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I started a new contract last week and have placed that on my desk. no one's commented yet. The project is only a few months old, and they don't seem to realise that they're actively writing legacy code :rolleyes: Their definition of a unit test is my definition of an integration test.

And I have on order Edition 3 of CLR via C#
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I didn't realise that had been updated. Best .net book out there in my opinion.
 
i don't have a bookshelf. my geeky books are hidden under my bed.

only got a couple anyway, can't even remember the proper titles but there is a tcp/ip book. php/mysql for dummies and learn php in 24 hours

none of which i've actually looked through yet and iv'e had them a few years
 
I'm a bit of a bookworm, so I'll just list my top few programming books:

* Programming c# ( O'Reilly) - Learnt C# from this book for an interview years ago, I still have the job :)
* C# In Depth (Skeet) - all the fun stuff in C# explained in a literate and easy to follow way.
* Introduction to Algorithms (Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest & Stein) - Has been extremely useful when I was working on some graph algorithms.
* Enterprise integration patterns (Hohpe & Woolf)

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HumbleCoder said:
Feathers - Working Effectively with Legacy code
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One of my colleagues has been reading this recently and has recommended it, so I'm sure it will be on my reading list soon.

HumbleCoder said:
And I have on order Edition 3 of CLR via C# (Richter is one clever guy) and Advanced .NET Debugging by Mario Hewardt
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Along with this one as well, I have the 2nd edition so am eagerly waiting to see what the next version holds in store.

Other books I would highly recommend are:

Domain Driven Design - Eric Evans
Microsoft .NET Architeching Applications for the Enterprise - Dino Esposito & Andrea Saltarello
Code Complete 2- Steve McConnell

And one I've just got through recently and it provides a great introduction to the subject is Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed - Adam Nathan
 
International Unix Environments
Computer security criteria, DOD standards
The Pink Shirt Book, Guide to IBM PCs
Devil book, The Unix Bible
Dragon book, Compiler design
The Red Book, NSA Trusted Networks.


;)


Internet cookie to whoever gets this joke.
 
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Raist said:
International Unix Environments
Computer security criteria, DOD standards
The Pink Shirt Book, Guide to IBM PCs
Devil book, The Unix Bible
Dragon book, Compiler design
The Red Book, NSA Trusted Networks.


;)


Internet cookie to whoever gets this joke.
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hackers
 
In Rough order of purchase

teach yourself c++ in 21 days
Visual C# 2005 Step by Step
ADO.net 2.0 2005
Beginning asp.net 2.0 in c# 2005
Pro asp.net 2.0 in c# 2005
Analyzing Requirements and defining .net solution architectures
Building a data warehouse with examples in SQL Server
SQL Server 2005 integration Services step by step
SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services step by step
SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services step by step
oh and latest purchase pro WPF in c# 2008

probably got a few more than i need but was thrown in at the deep end having only been on 1 weeks c# course and spammed Amazon to learn as quickly as i can
 
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