List of Free available programming Books

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Meta-Lists  

• 25 Free Computer Science Ebooks 
• Book Training - On Video
• Cheat Sheets (Free)
• CodePlex List of Free E-Books
• Free Tech Books 
• Galileo Computing (German) 
• How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Computing and Programming 
• Microsoft Press: Free E-Books 
• MindView Inc 
• O'Reilly's Open Books Project 
• Sofware Program Managers Network 
• TechBooksForFree.com 
• Theassayer.org 
• Wikibooks: Programming 

Graphics Programming 

• DirectX manual (draft) 
• Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming (draft) 
• GPU Gems 
• GPU Gems 2 - ch 8,14,18,29,30 as pdf 
• GPU Gems 3 
• Graphics Programming Black Book 
• ShaderX series 

Language Agnostic 

• 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know 
• Algorithms and Data-Structures (PDF) 
• Algorithms (draft) 
• The Architecture of Open Source Applications 
• The Art of Unix Programming 
• Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review 
• Binary Trees 
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar 
• Clever Algorithms 
• Communicating Sequential Processes (PDF) - Tony Hoare 
• Compiler Construction (PDF) 
• Computer Musings (lectures by Donald Knuth) 
• Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective 
• Data Structures and Algorithms: Annotated Reference with Examples 
• Database Fundamentals (PDF) 
• Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce (PDF) 
• The Definitive Guide to Building Code Quality 
• Designing Interfaces by Jennifer Tidwell 
• Digital Signal Processing For Engineers and Scientists 
• Domain Driven Design Quickly 
• Don't Just Roll the Dice 
• Essentials of Metaheuristics by Sean Luke 
• Essential Skills for Agile Development 
• A Field Guide To Genetic Programming 
• Flow based Programming 
• Foundations of Computer Science - Al Aho and Jeff Ullman 
• Foundations of Programming 
• Getting Real 
• Getting started with Open source development (PDF) 
• The Great Tree List Recursion Problem 
• Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge 
• How Computers Work 
• How to Design Programs 
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist 
• How to Write Parallel Programs 
• How to write Unmaintainable Code 
• I Am a Bug 
• An Introduction to the Theory of Computation 
• Introduction to Functional Programming (class lectures and slides) 
• Introduction to Information Retrieval 
• Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It? 
• Learn to Program 
• Let's Build a Compiler 
• Linkers and loaders 
• Linked List Basics 
• Linked List Problems 
• Mathematical Logic - an Introduction (PDF) 
• Matters Computational 
• Mining of Massive Datasets 
• NASA Manager Handbook for Software Development (PDF) 
• NASA Software Measurement Handbook 
• Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns 
• Online Course Materials 
• OO Design 
• Operating Systems and Middleware (PDF and LaTeX) 
• Patterns and Practices: Application Architecture Guide 2.0 
• Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community (PDF) 
• Planning Algorithms 
• PNG: The Definitive Guide 
• Pointers And Memory 
• Producing Open Source Software 
• Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation 
• Programming Methodology 
• Programming Pearls 
• Project Oberon (PDF) 
• Seamless Object-Oriented Software Architecture 
• Security Engineering 
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs 
• Summary of the GoF Design Patterns 
• The Little Book of Semaphores 
• The TCP/IP Guide 
• Think Stats: Probability and Statistics for Programmers (PDF, code written in Python) 
• Type Theory and Functional Programming 
• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything you ever wanted to know (PDF) 

Android 

• Building Android Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript 
• Learning Android 

ASP.NET MVC 

• NerdDinner Walkthrough 

Assembly Language 

• Programming from the Ground Up (PDF) 
• Paul Carter's Tutorial on x86 Assembly 
• Software optimization resources by Agner Fog 

Bash 

• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide 
• Bash Guide for Beginners by Machtelt Garrels 
• Lhunath's Bash Guide 
• The Command Line Crash Course (also a Powershell reference) 

C / C++ 

• Beej's Guide to Network Programming 
• The C book 
• C++ Annotations 
• C++ GUI Programming With Qt 3 
• CS106X Programming Abstractions in C++ 
• Essential C 
• Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4 (PDF) 
• Learn C the hard way 
• Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code, by Jorg Arndt 
• The new C standard - an annotated reference 
• Object Oriented Programming in C (PDF) 
• Software optimization resources by Agner Fog 
• Thinking in C++, Second Edition 
• Also see: The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List 

C# 

• See .NET below 

Clojure 

• Clojure Programming 
• Clojure - Functional Programming for the JVM 

CoffeeScript 

• Smooth CoffeeScript 
• The Little Book on CoffeeScript 

ColdFusion 

• CFML In 100 Minutes 

DB2 

• Getting started with DB2 Express-C (PDF) 
• Getting started with IBM Data Studio for DB2 (PDF) 
• Getting started with IBM DB2 development (PDF) 

Delphi / Pascal 

• Essential Pascal Version 1 and 2 
• The Tomes of Delphi 

Django 

• Djangobook.com 

Emacs 

• GNU Emacs Manual, 16th Edition, v. 22 
• An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp, 3rd Edition 

Erlang 

• Learn You Some Erlang For Great Good 

Flex 

• Getting started with Adobe Flex (PDF) 

F# 

• The F# Survival Guide 
• F Sharp Programming in Wikibooks 
• Real World Functional Programming (MSDN Chapters) 

Forth 

• Starting Forth 
• Thinking Forth 

Git 

• Pro Git 
• The Git Community Book 
• Git From The Bottom Up (PDF) 

Go 

• The Go Tutorial 

Grails 

• Getting Start with Grails 

Haskell 

• Learn You a Haskell 
• Real World Haskell 

HTML / CSS 

• Dive Into HTML5 
• HTML Dog Tutorials 

Java 

• Java Application Development on Linux by Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz(PDF) 
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist 
• The Java EE6 Tutorial (PDF) 
• Java Thin-Client Programming 
• Sun's Java Tutorials 
• Thinking in Java 
• OSGi in Practice (PDF) 

JavaScript 

• Crockford's JavaScript 
• Eloquent JavaScript 
• Essential Javascript & jQuery Design Patterns for Beginners 
• JavaScript Essentials 
• JavaScript: The Good Parts 
• jQuery Fundamentals (starts with JavaScript basics) 
• Mozilla Developer Network's JavaScript Guide 

JavaScript (Node.js specific) 

• Up and Running with Node 
• The Node Beginner Book 
• Mastering Node.js 

Latex 

• The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX 

Linux 

• Advanced Linux Programming 
• GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool 
• GTK+/Gnome Application Development 
• The Linux Development Platform (PDF) 
• Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman 
• The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide 
• Secure Programming for Linux and Unix 

Lisp 

• ANSI Common Lisp 
• Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition 
• Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation - David S. Touretzky 
• Common Lisp Quick Reference 
• Let Over Lambda - 50 Years of Lisp 
• Natural Language Processing in Lisp 
• On Lisp 
• Practical Common Lisp 
• Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp - David Lamkins 
• Sketchy LISP - Nils Holm 

Lua 

• Programming In Lua (for version 5) 

Mathematica 

• Mathematica® programming: an advanced introduction by Leonid Shifrin 

Maven 

• Better Builds with Maven 
• Maven by Example 
• Maven: The Complete Reference 
• Repository Management with Nexus 
• Developing with Eclipse and Maven 

Mercurial 

• Mercurial: The Definitive Guide 
• HGInit - Mercurial Tutorial by Joel Spolsky 

Nemerle 

• See .NET below 

.NET (C# / VB / Nemerle / Visual Studio) 

• C# Essentials 
• C# Programming - Wikibook 
• C# Yellow Book (intro to programming) 
• Charles Petzold's .NET Book Zero 
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C# 
• Entity Framework 
• Moving to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 
• Nemerle 
• Programmer's Heaven C# School Book (covers C# 1.0 and 2.0) 
• Threading in C# 
• Visual Basic Essentials 
• Visual Studio Tips and Tricks (VS 2003-2005 only) 

NoSQL 

• CouchDB: The Definitive Guide 
• The Little MongoDB Book 

Oberon 

• Programming in Oberon (PDF) 

Objective-C 

• The Objective-C Programming Language 
• Object-Oriented Programming with Objective-C 

OCaml 

• Introduction to Objective Caml (PDF) 
• Objective Caml for Scientists 
• Unix System Programming in OCaml 

Oracle Server 

• Oracle's Guides and Manuals 

Oracle PL/SQL 

• PL/SQL Language Reference 
• PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference 
• Steven Feuerstein's PL/SQL Obsession - Videos and Presentations 

Parrot / Perl 6 

• Using Perl 6 (work in progress) 

Perl 

• Beginning Perl 
• Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason 
• Essential Perl 
• Extreme Perl 
• Higher-Order Perl 
• The Mason Book 
• Modern Perl 5 
• Perl & LWP 
• Perl for the Web 
• Perl Free Online EBooks (meta-list) 
• Perl The Hard Way 
• Practical mod_perl 
• Web Client Programming with Perl 

PHP 

• PHP Essentials 
• Practical PHP Programming (wiki containing O'Reilly's PHP In a Nutshell) 
• Symfony2 
• Zend Framework: Survive the Deep End 

PowerShell 

• Mastering PowerShell 

Prolog 

• Adventure in Prolog 
• Applications of Prolog 
• Building Expert Systems in Prolog 
• Introduction to Prolog for Mathematicians 
• Learn Prolog Now! 
• Logic, Programming and Prolog (2ed) 
• Natural Language Processing in Prolog 
• Natural Language Processing Techniques in Prolog 
• Prolog Programming A First Course 
• Prolog Techniques 
• Simply Logical 
• Visual Prolog 7.2 for Tyros 

PostgreSQL 

• Practical PostgreSQL 

Python 

• Building Skills in Python Version 2.5 
• Byte of Python 
• Data Structures and Algorithms in Python 
• Dive into Python 
• Dive into Python 3 
• The Django Book 
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python 
• Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python 
• Learn Python The Hard Way 
• Natural Language Processing with Python 
• Python Bibliotheca 
• Python for Fun 
• Snake Wrangling For Kids 
• Think Python (PDF) 
• Thinking in Python 

R 

• The R Manuals 
• The R Language 
• R by example 
• Computational Statistics, Jeremy Penzer 

Ruby 

• Learn Ruby the hard way 
• MacRuby: The Definitive Guide 
• Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book 
• Programming Ruby 
• Ruby Best Practices 
• Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (mirror) 

Ruby on Rails 

• Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails By Example 

Scala 

• Exploring Lift (published earlier as "The Definitive Guide to Lift",PDF) 
• Lift 
• Pro Scala: Monadic Design Patterns for the Web 
• Programming in Scala, First Edition 
• Programming Scala 
• Scala By Example (PDF) 
• A Scala Tutorial for Java programmers (PDF) 
• Xtrace 

Scheme 

• Concrete Abstractions: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Scheme 
• The Scheme Programming Language Edition 3, Edition 4 
• Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science 

Sed 

• Sed - An Introduction and Tutorial 

Smalltalk 

• Dynamic Web Development with Seaside 
• Free Online Smalltalk Books (meta-list) 
• Squeak By Example (Smalltalk IDE) 

Subversion 

• Subversion Version Control (PDF) 
• Version Control with Subversion 

SQL (implementation agnostic) 

• Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL 
• Use The Index, Luke!: A Guide To SQL Database Performance 
• Learn SQL The Hard Way 

Teradata 

• Teradata Books 

Vim  

• A Byte of Vim 
• Vim Recipes 
• Vi Improved -- Vim by Steve Oualline 

Websphere 

• Getting started with WebSphere (PDF) 

Windows Phone  

• Programming Windows Phone 7

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