Free Programming eBooks & Resources

Free eBooks & References

C

• The C Book / Banahan
• C Programming Quick Reference
• Programming in C / Marshall

  UNIX system calls and subroutines using C.

• C Traps and Pitfalls / Koenig
• Numerical Recipes in C

  Numerical analysis and calculations in C

C++

• Thinking in C++ / Eckel

  Comprehensive C++ ebook!

• C++ FAQ Lite / Cline

  Many frequently asked questions and answers about C++.

• STL Programmer's Guide / SGI

  C++ Standard Template Library introduction and reference.

• Standard C++ Library User's Guide

  STL guide.

• The Boost C++ Libraries BoostBook

  C++ libraries documentation.

Java

• The Java Tutorial / Sun
• Java JDK 6 Documentation / Sun
• Thinking in Java / Eckel

Unix / Linux

• Linux Online Books

  Advanced Linux Programming, Linux Device Drivers, ...

• UNIX / LINUX Man Pages

  Contains many UNIX versions (FreeBSD, SunOS, Linux,...).

• Writing Device Drivers in Linux: A Brief Tutorial / Calbet
• Linux Device Drivers / Corbet (pdf)
• GNU make

  make utility manual

Microsoft Windows / Visual Studio

• Windows API Reference / Microsoft
• Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Library

  Microsoft products developer's resources.

• Visual Studio Learning Center / Microsoft

  C#, Visual Basic, Web Developer online & video guides.

Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns

• Design Principles and Design Patterns / Martin

  Great introduction for design and patterns.

• Object Mentor

  Articles about software methodology, analysis, design, test...

• Design Patterns

  C++ and Java implementations.

• Data & Object Factory

  C# design patterns.

Algorithms and Data Structures

• Sorting and Searching Algorithms / Niemann
• Operator Precedence Parsing / Niemann
• A Compact Guide to Lex & Yacc / Niemann
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography / Menezes

MATLAB

• Getting Started with MATLAB / MathWorks

  Video tutorial.

• MATLAB Getting Started Guide / MathWorks (pdf)
• MATLAB Programming Fundamentals / MathWorks (pdf)
• MATLAB Graphics / MathWorks (pdf/6.2M)

  Plots figures and graphs.

VxWorks

• VxWorks 5.5 Programmer's Guide / WindRiver

Miscellaneous

• The Mythical Man-Month and other Human Factors / Bonomo
• Why's Guide to Ruby

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Source Code Repository

• The Code Project

  Visual Studio and .NET resources - many articles and code snippets.

• C# Corner

  Visual Studio and .NET resources - many articles and code snippets.

• SourceForge

  Open source code repository.

• Free Software Directory

  Open source code repository.

• Boost

  C++ libraries.

• The Stony Brook Algorithm Repository / Skiena

  Online links to many algorithms implementations.

Free Development Tools

• Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition / Microsoft

  Free limited edition of Visual C++/C#/Basic/Web.

• WinDiff / Microsoft

  Free file compare tool.