Your Favorite Language Specific Text Books

Question

What are your favorite language specific text books/pdf's you've found to practice with?

In Python, I think my two all time favorites, which are available for free download, are:

Dive Into Python 3
http://www.diveintopython3.net/

How To Think Like A Computer Scientist: Learning With Python 3 Documentation
http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/

In C++ my favorite book so far was:

Introduction To Computer Science Using C++
-Todd Knowlton

Answer 1

I will list your favorite language specific programming text books(free, or not) here.

Please leave a link if you can.

Python:

Dive Into Python 3
http://www.diveintopython3.net/

How To Think Like A Computer Scientist: Learning With Python 3 Documentation
http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/

Beginning Python
- Magnus Lie Hetland

Ruby:

The Well-Grounded Rubyist (currently 2nd ed.)
-David Black

Beginning Ruby
- Peter Cooper

C++:

Introduction To Computer Science Using C++
- Todd Knowlton
https://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_Computer_Science_Using_C.html?id=4sZgAAAACAAJ

How To Think Like A Computer Scientist
- Allen B. Downey

Object Oriented Programming With C++
-E. Balagurusamy
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5402730-object-oriented-programming-with-c

Fundamentals Of C++ Programming
-Richard L. Halterman
http://freecomputerbooks.com/Fundamentals-of-Programming-Cpp.html

PHP:

Java:

Thinking In Java
- Bruce Eckel
http://mindview.net/Books/TIJ4

C#:

John Sharp - Microsoft Visual C# Step by Step (Developer Reference) - 2015
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2015/11/04/new-book-microsoft-visual-c-step-by-step-eighth-edition/

Jeffrey Richter - CLR via C# (4th Edition)
https://www.amazon.com/CLR-via-4th-Developer-Reference/dp/0735667454

HTML:

HTML & CSS
-Jon ducket

CSS:

HTML & CSS
-Jon ducket

Javascript:

Eloquent JavaScript
-Marijn Haverbeke
http://eloquentjavascript.net/

Javascript & JQuery
-Jon ducket

Swift:

SQL:

JQuery:

Javascript & JQuery
-Jon ducket

C:

Let Us C
- Yashavant P. Kanetkar
https://books.google.com/books/about/Let_Us_C.html?id=7HrjAAAACAAJ&hl=en

Answer 2

C++
How to think like a computer scientist
- Allen B. Downey

Java
Thinking in Java
- Bruce Eckel

Beginning Python
- Magnus Lie Hetland

Ruby
Beginning Ruby
- Peter Cooper

i have many book in other programming language but don't have time to read it.
i'll update my list i have read it.

Answer 3

for c Yashwant kanetar is the best

Answer 4

python - Byte of python
C- Let us c
c++ -Balaguru swamis book
java - Thinking in java

Answer 5

I wish I had a hard cover text book instead of all the pdfs :<

Answer 6

headfirst python

Answer 7

Java
awesome

Answer 8

Erlang...

Answer 9

php is best

Answer 10

Python:
Learn Python The Hard Way
A Byte of Python

Answer 11

headfirst series java best book

Answer 12

For C++, it's " Computer science with C++" -Sumita Arora....

Answer 13

I love HTML

Answer 14

PHP is fantastic

Answer 15

👉HTML & CSS by Jon ducket
👉Javascript & jquery by Jon ducket
👉Head first java
👉clean code
👉Let us C by Yashwant kantkar

Answer 16

For Ruby, I would say it's "The Well-Grounded Rubyist" (currently 2nd ed.) by David Black. Hands down the best language book I've ever read, because of the pacing, depth and completeness of the material. If you read and fully understand the book, you're way past novice state, something I don't normally say about any single book.

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