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Essential Programming Books
This will be a list of books deemed fundamental to the art of programming and will include books for various languages.
Tags: programming

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
by Martin Fowler 6 people voted »
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The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set
The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Bo...
by Donald E. Knuth 5 people voted »
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The C++ Programming Language
The C++ Programming Language
by Bjarne Stroustrup 5 people voted »
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The UNIX Programming Environment
The UNIX Programming Environment
by Brian W. Kernighan 3 people voted »
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UNIX Network Programming
UNIX Network Programming
by W. Richard Stevens 3 people voted »
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Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours
by Michael Moncur 2 people voted »
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Learning Python, Second Edition
Learning Python, Second Edition
by Mark Lutz 2 people voted »
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Learning Ruby
Learning Ruby
by Michael Fitzgerald 2 people voted »
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Modern Operating Systems
Modern Operating Systems
by Andrew S. Tanenbaum 2 people voted »
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Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
by Andrew Koenig 2 people voted »
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Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself MySQL in 24 Hours
by Julie C. Meloni, Julie Meloni 1 person voted »
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JavaScript: The Good Parts
JavaScript: The Good Parts
by Douglas Crockford 1 person voted »
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Real World Haskell
Real World Haskell
by Bryan O'Sullivan (Goodreads author), John Goerzen (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
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Object-Oriented Software Construction
Object-Oriented Software Construction
by Bertrand Meyer 1 person voted »
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Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming
Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming
by Simon Thompson 1 person voted »
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PHP and MySQL Web Development
PHP and MySQL Web Development
by Luke Welling 1 person voted »
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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing
How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Prog...
by Matthias Felleisen 1 person voted »
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xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
by Gerard Meszaros 1 person voted »
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The Practice of Programming
The Practice of Programming
by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike 1 person voted »
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The Rails Way
The Rails Way
by Obie Fernandez 1 person voted »
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Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours
by Clinton Pierce 1 person voted »
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Learning Perl, Fourth Edition
Learning Perl, Fourth Edition
by Randal L. Schwartz 1 person voted »
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The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White 1 person voted »
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ANSI Common LISP
ANSI Common LISP
by Paul Graham 1 person voted »
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