If you want to upgrade your programming skills, the most important thing you need is a solid understanding of fundamental data structures. The proper choice of data structures distinguishes excellent programmers from merely competent ones.As an experienced programmer, you use data structures—at least arrays—all the time. However, you may not be familiar with hash tables, trees and binary trees, priority queues, directed and undirected graphs, and other data structures at your dispo...

Are you a programmer who wants to get started quickly in a new language? This book is for you.Are you a novice who wants to learn to program? This book is not for you.Are you a Python programmer who needs encyclopaedic information? This book is not for you.Like any mainstream language, Python has loops, if statements, assignment statements, functions, etc. I’ll show you what these look like in Python. I won’t waste your time telling you what they’r...

Why learn functional programming? Isn’t that some complicated ivory-tower technique used only in obscure languages like Haskell?In fact, functional programming is actually very simple. It’s also very powerful, as Haskell demonstrates by throwing away all the conventional programming tools and using only functional programming features. But it doesn’t have to be done that way.Functional programming is a power tool that you can use in addition to all your usu...

Are you an experienced programmer who wants to get started quickly in JavaScript and the HTML DOM? This is your book.Do you need encyclopedic knowledge of JavaScript and/or the HTML DOM? This book is not for you.Are you a novice who wants to learn to program? This book is not for you. In fact, this language is not for you. Get a good Python book.This book will get you programming in JavaScript as quickly as possible. In addition, it will provide you with a basic und...

"We’ll be doing this next project in Java."Unfortunately, you’re a C++ programmer, or maybe a Python programmer. How are you going to get up to speed in a hurry? There are lots of Java books for beginners, telling you all about what a computer is and how it represents everything in bits. You don’t need that. At the other extreme, there are thousand-page tomes that you aren’t going to get through in a few days, if ever. You need something in-between.This book is intended to ...

Recursion is the best tool for working with trees and graphs. But perhaps you’ve studied recursion and decided it’s too complicated. You just can’t think that way. That limits the kind of programming you can do.Good news! Recursion is actually easy. It’s just badly taught.See, many instructors talk about how the computer does it. They go on and on about what happens at each level of the recursion and how each level relates to other levels. The problem is that you can’t thin...

The Definitive Java Programming GuideSupplement for key JDK 10 new features available from book's Downloads & Resources page at OraclePressBooks.com.Fully updated for Java SE 9, Java: The Complete Reference, Tenth Edition explains how to develop, compile, debug, and run Java programs. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt covers the entire Java language, including its syntax, keywords, and fundamental programming principles. You'll a...

Essential Java Programming Skills--Made Easy!Fully updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8), Java: A Beginner's Guide, Sixth Edition gets you started programming in Java right away. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt begins with the basics, such as how to create, compile, and run a Java program. He then moves on to the keywords, syntax, and constructs that form the core of the Java language. This Oracle Press resource also covers some of Java's ...

To-the-point, authoritative, no-nonsense solutions have always been a trademark of O'Reilly books. The In a Nutshell books have earned a solid reputation in the field as the well-thumbed references that sit beside the knowledgeable developer's keyboard. C++ in a Nutshell lives up to the In a Nutshell promise. C++ in a Nutshell is a lean, focused reference that offers practical examples for the most important, most often used, aspects of C++.C++ in a Nutshell

This complete guide to the Perl programming language ranges widely through the Perl programmer's universe, gathering together in a convenient form a wealth of information about Perl itself and its application to CGI scripts, XML processing, network programming, database interaction, and graphical user interfaces. The book is an ideal reference for experienced Perl programmers and beginners alike.With more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl is proving to be the best language for the...

Objective-C is an exciting and dynamic approach to C-based object-oriented programming; it's the approach adopted by Apple as the foundation for programming under Mac OS X, a Unix-based operating system gaining wide acceptance among programmers and other technologists. Objective-C is easy to learn and has a simple elegance that is a welcome breath of fresh air after the abstruse and confusing C++. To help you master the fundamentals of this language, you'll want to keep the Objective-C...

This is the e-book version of my online Java 8 Programmer II Study Guide.The exam for the Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 8 Programmer certification is hard. New APIs, lambdas, and streams, it covers a lot. But this book can help you.This book has complete coverage of the Java 8 SE Programmer II (1Z0-809) exam objectives. Each chapter presents the content in a simple and conversational style to facilitate the comprehension of the topics. You'll also find key points a...