Programming books are like people: They all have different styles, most of them suck, and there are about 9 billion of them. This page is (hopes to be) a list of the better ones.
C
Considered 'the' programming language by some, C is, among other things, what most of Linux was written in.
- A book on C - Kelly and Pohl's famous book about the C langauge. "Zero is the natural starting point in the C programming language..."
C++
The tried-and-true mack truck of programming languages.
- Thinking in C++ - Bruce Eckel's free offering. Both volumes of this book are up for downloading. If you need an introduction to object oriented programming, these will serve you well. If you're already a competant programmer, skip those chapters for an in-depth introduction to the language. Vol 1 and Vol 2 at Amazon.
PHP
Somewhat of a joke in SHSC, but if used correctly, a powerful web programming language.
- Beginning PHP5 and MySQL - Coming from PHP4, this book will be very helpful in introducing you to the new string handling and object oriented enhancements in PHP5. It will also teach you from the ground up how to integrate PHP and MySQL, one of the most common combinations in database-driven websites.
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