Tag Archives: C++
Objective-C for IPhone
Objective-C for IPhone Developers – A Beginner’s Guide, James A. Brannan, James A., McGraw-Hill, 2010 New programmers will want to read this book. As the title says, it is for beginners. The book does not mention the Apple Mac and … Continue reading
Learning Android
Learning Android, Marko Gargenta, O’Reilly, 2010 This slim book will get you programming Java apps quickly. Also, for C++ code, there is a valuable chapter showing how to use JNI (for compute intensive graphics or math). 200 pages.
Objective-C
Objective-C / Steven Holzner, Peachpit, 2010 Programmers will find this flavour of C quite different from C++. You can use it on Linux or Windows, but it is mostly used for the Mac or iPhone. This very readable book will … Continue reading
Elements of Programming
Elements of Programming / Alexander Stepanov, Addison-Wesley, 2009 An advanced book on software design, with examples in C++. It is highly recommended by Bjarne Stroustrup. 250 pages, hardcover.
The algorithm design manual
The algorithm design manual / Steven S. Skiena, Springer, 2008 “This is the most approachable book on algorithms that I have” — Megan Squire. Examples in C, 700 pages, hardcover
The art of multiprocessor programming
The art of multiprocessor programming / Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit, Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, 2008 This book is destined to become a classic, and is required reading for all Java and C++ programmers. It covers the principles and practice of programming `multicore` … Continue reading
Code quality
Code quality : the open source perspective / Diomidis Spinellis, Addison-Wesley, 2006 Here is an excellent book for Java and C++ programmers. It is the sequel to ‘Code Reading’. 500 pages. “It’s a very dense book, with something to think … Continue reading
Expert MySQL
Expert MySQL / Charles A. Bell, APress, 2007 Here is a book on the internals of MySQL, which will be useful when you want to improve or extend it. The book should also be interesting to you if you are … Continue reading
The art of debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse
The art of debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse / by Norman Matloff, No Starch Press, 2008 This book is important reading for anyone programming on Linux in C++, Java, Perl, or Python. It is very readable with 250 pages.
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