Tech Book Recommendation & Review Thread - Fuck University, I'm Reading Instead

[Paul Ryan]

Post your recommendations for and reviews of tech books here, specifically those geared towards learning.

Also feel free to request books on a subject.

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I want to learn about the logistics of writing code, so I bought these three books to supplement the book on C programming I had lying around.

• Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, by Bryan O'Sullivan
• Mastering CMake, by Ken Martin & Bill Hoffman
• Dan Gookin's Guide to Ncurses Programming

 

[Cucurbita King]

 

[Flatline]

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann. One of the best modern programming books ever published.

 

[名無し]

Without having to delve into my larger library, here are a few shorter guides that I have found especially useful.

C++ Language Tutorial - This is what I used to learn C++ and afterward C.
website
pdf

Learn OpenGL - A good primer on OpenGL and 3D graphics in general
website
pdf

Beej's Guide to Network Programming - A very good introduction to networking and, in particular, the UNIX API, which is quite similar to the Win32 API anyway
website
pdf

 

[Relinquish]

 

[⚞⛇⚟]

Linux From Scratch
Haven't tried it, but heard good things about it.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

I don’t recommend the text book on routine active maintenance. Had zero pictures in it. No fun at all.

 

["Controlled Demolition"]

 

[555777555]

 

[Belisarius Cawl]

Mentioned this before but learning Neovim with the following:

https://lazyvim-ambitious-devs.phillips.codes

I'm a veteran Vim user but it's entirely suitable for those with no Vim experience of any kind. I've even already learned a few new commands I should have known earlier!