Programming

Head First Programming, First Edition

By David Griffiths, Paul Barry

If you have little or no programming experience, this book will get you started with the core concepts of writing computer programs -- variables, decisions, loops, functions, and objects -- which apply regardless of the programming language. Learn th...

[Publish Date: November 2009]

Head First C#, First Edition

By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene

Head First C# is a complete learning experience for object-oriented programming, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE. Built for your brain, this book covers C# 3.0 and Visual Studio 2008, and teaches everything from language fundamentals to advanced topics...

[Publish Date: November 2007]

Programming Interactivity, First Edition

By Joshua Noble, Joshua Noble

Make cool stuff. If you're a designer or artist without a lot of programming experience, this book will teach you to work with 2D and 3D graphics, sound, physical interaction, and electronic circuitry to create all sorts of interesting and compelling...

[Publish Date: July 2009]

JavaScript: The Good Parts, First Edition

By Douglas Crockford

Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a su...

[Publish Date: May 2008]

The Ruby Programming Language, First Edition

By David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto

Bestselling author David Flanagan teams up with Ruby creator Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto and writer/cartoonist/programmer why the lucky stiff to bring you the authoritative guide to Ruby. Covering versions 1.9 and 1.8, this book helps you learn Ruby's le...

[Publish Date: January 2008]

Android Application Development, First Edition

By Rick Rogers, John Lombardo, Zigurd Mednieks, Blake Meike

This practical book provides the concepts and code you need to develop software with Android, the open-source platform for cell phones and mobile devices that's generating enthusiasm across the industry. Android Application Development introduces thi...

[Publish Date: May 2009]

Head First JavaScript, First Edition

By Michael Morrison

Want to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages and create dynamic web applications? Want to take your web skills to the next level? It sounds like you're ready to learn the Web's hottest programming language: JavaScript. Head First JavaScr...

[Publish Date: December 2007]

Microsoft® XNA® Game Studio 3.0: Learn Programming Now!, Second Edition

By Rob Miles

Your hands-on introduction to computer programming with Microsoft Visual C#® 2005 and XNA Game Studio 3.0, the Xbox 360® development tool. Get entertaining, easy-to-follow instructions for customizing Xbox 360 games—and creating games of your own....

[Publish Date: June 2009]

Real World Haskell, First Edition

By Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart

This easy-to-use, fast-moving tutorial introduces you to functional programming with Haskell. You'll learn how to use Haskell in a variety of practical ways, from short scripts to large and demanding applications. Real World Haskell takes you through...

[Publish Date: November 2008]

Erlang Programming, First Edition

By Francesco Cesarini, Simon Thompson

This book offers you an in-depth explanation of Erlang, a programming language ideal for any situation where concurrency, fault-tolerance, and fast response is essential. You'll learn how to write complex concurrent programs in this language, regardl...

[Publish Date: June 2009]

JavaScript: The Missing Manual, First Edition

By David Sawyer McFarland

This book from bestselling author David McFarland teaches you how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- even if you have little or no programming experience. Once you the master the language's structure and terminology, you'll learn how to use a...

[Publish Date: July 2008]

Regular Expressions Cookbook, First Edition

By Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan

This cookbook provides more than 100 recipes to help you crunch data and manipulate text with regular expressions. With recipes for popular programming languages such as C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET, Regular Expressions C...

[Publish Date: May 2009]