There are many Internet lists of best programming and software engineering books. Amazon also has their list of best selling computer programming books. I’ve also blogged on the topic in the past: ...

As an undergraduate, Rob Pike first read Brian Kernighan's book on the C programming language while home sick from classes at the University of Toronto. "I lay in bed and I read it cover to cover," ...

In a remarkable achievement, a 10th-grade student from Mumbai has written a bestselling book on Java programming. Hitarth Mahajan's book 'ICSE Computer Applications in Java Step-By-Step' has become a ...

There’s something about a book, whether physical or digital, that’s attractive to both programming newbies and seasoned experts. Maybe it’s how books function as snapshots of the truth, a fixed moment ...

Being the only girl, coupled with being the only Hispanic student, in many of the computer science classes and programs Athena Coco Hernandez was in, was a lot. Don’t misunderstand, though. It wasn’t ...

On the heals of my Learn how to program with MOOCs blog post, Hacker News this morning had a link to a fabulous resource for people who want to learn how to program but also don’t want to spend $$$ on ...

Well, all good computer programming books start with a "Hello World!" exercise (for examples see Hello World, Wikipedia, and codepad). These exercises typically ease the reader in to the use of a new ...

Here’s how VintageApple.org describes how the Vintage Macintosh Programming Book Library came to be: “Nick R. was generous enough to send me his entire vintage Mac programming library to be ...