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RE: The best Programming books? - Truman - Mar-09-2019
Machine Learning is written by whom?
Also, if anyone has any source/book on algorithms to recommend I'm open.
RE: The best Programming books? - ichabod801 - Mar-10-2019
(Mar-09-2019, 11:30 PM)Truman Wrote: Also, if anyone has any source/book on algorithms to recommend I'm open.
I just took the classic Introduction to Algoritms (Cormen and others). It's all in pseudocode, I just converted it all to Python.
RE: The best Programming books? - Truman - Mar-10-2019
Good idea with converting it...
I see that Cormen published a 3rd edition.
RE: The best Programming books? - wavic - Aug-06-2019
I had a friend who learned to write websites and PHP just looking at the code and trying it to see which part what is doing. Back in the days, there was no book about web development or programming in my country. A book? Yes but just to start with the concepts. Practising is everything.
RE: The best Programming books? - Truman - Aug-06-2019
You friend must had been a very smart guy. Not everyone can do it.
RE: The best Programming books? - wavic - Aug-07-2019
(Aug-06-2019, 09:53 PM)Truman Wrote: You friend must had been a very smart guy. Not everyone can do it.
It is, indeed.
RE: The best Programming books? - ndc85430 - Aug-09-2019
The two classic books on test-driven development: Beck's "Test Driven Development: By Example" and Pryce and Freeman's "Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests" are my favourites.
I need to read Fowler's "Refactoring", though sadly I'd bought the first edition before the second came out!
RE: The best Programming books? - RMJFlack - Aug-17-2019
And then there is Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Very good on debugging.
RE: The best Programming books? - Bartolomeo - Aug-19-2019
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman - I read this book, it's very good!
RE: The best Programming books? - anisha002 - Oct-29-2025
(Jan-08-2019, 05:34 AM)bennylava Wrote: Hi all. I'm looking for the best books out there on the subject of programming. I'm looking for those rare books that are pure greatness. The book that every programmer should've read. There may only be 1 or 2 such books for the subject of programming. For instance, when it comes to self help books, the only one you'll ever need was written in the 1930's, called "Think and Grow Rich". Any other self help book worth its salt will be based on this book, even if the author never mentions it.
The one for the stock market and investing in general, is called "Where are all the customer's Yachts". That one was written in 1940. Taught me all I'll ever need to know, and Warren Buffet said that the book is what is responsible for getting him into investing. Its excellent, and quite funny. I'm looking for the book on programming. The one everyone knows and loves. Generally these types of books are written so that someone fairly new to the subject would be able to follow along and understand.
So which books would you recommend? There have to be some great ones out there for computing and programming.