Programming in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

Open and Async

by Ben Balter ...

Working from home ≠ working remotely.Your company shipped everyone a laptop, bolted Zoom onto the same approval chains, and called it remote work. It wasn't. It was office work in sweatpants — same meetings, same status theater, same hallway politics, just piped through a webcam.Most "remote work" books are written for knowledge workers in the abstract. Open and Async is written for the teams that ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Working from home ≠ working remotely.Your company shipped everyone a laptop, bolted Zoom onto the same approval chains, and called it remote work. It wasn't. It was office work in sweatpants — same meetings, same status theater, same hallway politics, just piped through a webcam.Most "remote work" books are written for knowledge workers in the abstract. Open and Async is written for the teams that
... Read more
Fundamentals of Software Architecture

A Modern Engineering Approach

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford ...

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural
... Read more
Database Internals

A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

by Alex Petrov ...

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it’s often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals.Throughout the book, ... Read more

$41.99 USD

When it comes to choosing, using, and maintaining a database, understanding its internals is essential. But with so many distributed databases and tools available today, it’s often difficult to understand what each one offers and how they differ. With this practical guide, Alex Petrov guides developers through the concepts behind modern database and storage engine internals.Throughout the book,
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Godot 4 Best Practices

Practical techniques and strategies for efficient, scalable game development

by Robert Henning ...

Elevate your Godot 4 development skills with SOLID principles, game architecture patterns, and scalable workflows. Learn to create maintainable systems, organize projects, and build release-ready games that grow beyond prototypes Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesApply SOLID principles and proven design patterns in Godot 4Build scalable game ... Read more

$32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Elevate your Godot 4 development skills with SOLID principles, game architecture patterns, and scalable workflows. Learn to create maintainable systems, organize projects, and build release-ready games that grow beyond prototypes Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesApply SOLID principles and proven design patterns in Godot 4Build scalable game
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Blender 3D Printing Essentials

by Gordon Fisher ...

This book adopts a practical approach, with the use of step-by-step instructions to help guide readers. There are lots of screenshots covering each and every step needed to design a high-quality model in Blender for 3D printing.If you are a Blender user or someone who wants to use Blender to make 3D objects suitable for 3D printing, this book is ideal for you. You should already be comfortable ... Read more

$20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book adopts a practical approach, with the use of step-by-step instructions to help guide readers. There are lots of screenshots covering each and every step needed to design a high-quality model in Blender for 3D printing.If you are a Blender user or someone who wants to use Blender to make 3D objects suitable for 3D printing, this book is ideal for you. You should already be comfortable
... Read more
Code

The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold ...

The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics"For me, Code was a revelation. It was the first book about programming that spoke to me. It started with a story, and it built up, layer by layer, analogy by analogy, until I understood not just the Code, but the System. Code is a book that is as much about Systems Thinking and abstractions as it is about ... Read more

$27.39 USD

The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics"For me, Code was a revelation. It was the first book about programming that spoke to me. It started with a story, and it built up, layer by layer, analogy by analogy, until I understood not just the Code, but the System. Code is a book that is as much about Systems Thinking and abstractions as it is about
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The Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition: Essays On Software Engineering

Essays on Software Engineering

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. ...

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 ... Read more

$37.79 USD

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20
... Read more
Build a 2.5D RPG with Godot 4 and C#

Build a 2.5D World with Player Combat and Enemy AI

by Gregory Whitlock ...

godot 4 c# game development and 2.5d rpg tutorial. Learn to build a complete 2.5D RPG game with Godot 4 and C#. This hands-on guide covers tilemaps, dialogue systems, combat mechanics, inventory management, and save/load functionality. Step-by-step project for beginners to pros. Unlike C# 14 and .NET 10 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals by [placeholder] or C# 12 and .NET 8 – Modern ... Read more

$4.99 USD

godot 4 c# game development and 2.5d rpg tutorial. Learn to build a complete 2.5D RPG game with Godot 4 and C#. This hands-on guide covers tilemaps, dialogue systems, combat mechanics, inventory management, and save/load functionality. Step-by-step project for beginners to pros. Unlike C# 14 and .NET 10 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals by [placeholder] or C# 12 and .NET 8 – Modern
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The Delicate Art of Brute Force

How to Compute It When You Can't Solve It

by Paul J. Nahin ...

Using everyday computational power to tackle complex—and seemingly unsolvable—math problemsConfronted by a math problem of seemingly impenetrable difficulty, what can you do? In The Delicate Art of Brute Force, Paul Nahin shows how even if you can’t solve such a problem, you can still get an answer. The computational power of your own computer—the desktop in your home office, the laptop on your ... Read more

$20.19 USD

Using everyday computational power to tackle complex—and seemingly unsolvable—math problemsConfronted by a math problem of seemingly impenetrable difficulty, what can you do? In The Delicate Art of Brute Force, Paul Nahin shows how even if you can’t solve such a problem, you can still get an answer. The computational power of your own computer—the desktop in your home office, the laptop on your
... Read more
Web Application Security

Exploitation and Countermeasures for Modern Web Applications

by Andrew Hoffman ...

In the first edition of this critically acclaimed book, Andrew Hoffman defined the three pillars of application security: reconnaissance, offense, and defense. In this revised and updated second edition, he examines dozens of related topics, from the latest types of attacks and mitigations to threat modeling, the secure software development lifecycle (SSDL/SDLC), and more.Hoffman, senior staff ... Read more

$41.99 USD

In the first edition of this critically acclaimed book, Andrew Hoffman defined the three pillars of application security: reconnaissance, offense, and defense. In this revised and updated second edition, he examines dozens of related topics, from the latest types of attacks and mitigations to threat modeling, the secure software development lifecycle (SSDL/SDLC), and more.Hoffman, senior staff
... Read more
Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition

A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

by Eric Matthes ...

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as ... Read more

$29.99 USD

Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as
... Read more
Addiction by Design

Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll ...

An anthropologist traces the intimate connections between gambling addiction and casino industry design tacticsRecent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot machines, revamped by ever more compelling digital and video technology, have unseated traditional casino games as ... Read more

$17.99 USD

An anthropologist traces the intimate connections between gambling addiction and casino industry design tacticsRecent decades have seen a dramatic shift away from social forms of gambling played around roulette wheels and card tables to solitary gambling at electronic terminals. Slot machines, revamped by ever more compelling digital and video technology, have unseated traditional casino games as
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The Art of Game Design

A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

by Jesse Schell ...

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.Good game design happens when you view your game from as many ... Read more

$79.99 USD

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.Good game design happens when you view your game from as many
... Read more
Docs Like Code

Collaborate and Automate to Improve Technical Documentation

by Anne Gentle, Diane Skwish ...

Looking for ways to strengthen your technical writing team and increase efficiency by incorporating developers' workflows? When you treat docs as code, you align your efforts and streamline processes through collaboration, test automation, continuous integration, version control, reviews, and deployment. Understand the important shifts as early excitement may fade, but you will gain the expertise ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Looking for ways to strengthen your technical writing team and increase efficiency by incorporating developers' workflows? When you treat docs as code, you align your efforts and streamline processes through collaboration, test automation, continuous integration, version control, reviews, and deployment. Understand the important shifts as early excitement may fade, but you will gain the expertise
... Read more
The Psychology of Software Teams

by Cat Hicks ...

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful ... Read more

$27.99 USD

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful
... Read more
The Manager's Path

A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier ...

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager.From mentoring
... Read more
The Art of Readable Code

Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code

by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher ...

As programmers, we’ve all seen source code that’s so ugly and buggy it makes our brain ache. Over the past five years, authors Dustin Boswell and Trevor Foucher have analyzed hundreds of examples of "bad code" (much of it their own) to determine why they’re bad and how they could be improved. Their conclusion? You need to write code that minimizes the time it would take someone else to understand ... Read more

$28.99 USD

As programmers, we’ve all seen source code that’s so ugly and buggy it makes our brain ache. Over the past five years, authors Dustin Boswell and Trevor Foucher have analyzed hundreds of examples of "bad code" (much of it their own) to determine why they’re bad and how they could be improved. Their conclusion? You need to write code that minimizes the time it would take someone else to understand
... Read more
Building Applications with AI Agents

Designing and Implementing Multiagent Systems

by Michael Albada ...

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with advanced foundation models, we can now sequence multiple model inferences together to solve ambiguous and ... Read more

$48.99 USD

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with advanced foundation models, we can now sequence multiple model inferences together to solve ambiguous and
... Read more
Modern Compiler Implementation in C

by Andrew W. Appel ...

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and ... Read more

$85.99 USD

This new, expanded textbook describes all phases of a modern compiler: lexical analysis, parsing, abstract syntax, semantic actions, intermediate representations, instruction selection via tree matching, dataflow analysis, graph-coloring register allocation, and runtime systems. It includes good coverage of current techniques in code generation and register allocation, as well as functional and
... Read more
JavaScript Crash Course

A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

by Nick Morgan ...

**A fast-paced, thorough programming introduction that will have you writing your own software and web applications in no time.Like Python Crash Course, this hands-on guide is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn how to code from the ground up—this time using the popular JavaScript programming language.**Learn JavaScript—Fast!JavaScript Crash Course is a fun-filled, fast-paced introduction to ... Read more

$29.99 USD

**A fast-paced, thorough programming introduction that will have you writing your own software and web applications in no time.Like Python Crash Course, this hands-on guide is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn how to code from the ground up—this time using the popular JavaScript programming language.**Learn JavaScript—Fast!JavaScript Crash Course is a fun-filled, fast-paced introduction to
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Make: Action

Movement, Light, and Sound with Arduino and Raspberry Pi

by Simon Monk ...

Beginning with the basics and moving gradually to greater challenges, this book takes you step-by-step through experiments and projects that show you how to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi create and control movement, light, and sound. In other words: action!The Arduino is a simple microcontroller with an easy-to-learn programming environment, while the Raspberry Pi is a tiny Linux-based ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Beginning with the basics and moving gradually to greater challenges, this book takes you step-by-step through experiments and projects that show you how to make your Arduino or Raspberry Pi create and control movement, light, and sound. In other words: action!The Arduino is a simple microcontroller with an easy-to-learn programming environment, while the Raspberry Pi is a tiny Linux-based
... Read more
Lua Programming Essentials

Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

by Richard Johnson ...

"Lua Programming Essentials"Unlock the full power of Lua with "Lua Programming Essentials," a comprehensive guide tailored for both aspiring and experienced developers seeking mastery over this lightweight yet robust programming language. Beginning with the foundations of Lua, the book explores its origins, unique design philosophy, and operational mechanics, contrasting Lua’s elegant simplicity ... Read more

$9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Lua Programming Essentials"Unlock the full power of Lua with "Lua Programming Essentials," a comprehensive guide tailored for both aspiring and experienced developers seeking mastery over this lightweight yet robust programming language. Beginning with the foundations of Lua, the book explores its origins, unique design philosophy, and operational mechanics, contrasting Lua’s elegant simplicity
... Read more
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and PyTorch

Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems

by Aurélien Géron ...

The potential of machine learning today is extraordinary, yet many aspiring developers and tech professionals find themselves daunted by its complexity. Whether you're looking to enhance your skill set and apply machine learning to real-world projects or are simply curious about how AI systems function, this book is your jumping-off place.With an approachable yet deeply informative style, author ... Read more

$55.99 USD

The potential of machine learning today is extraordinary, yet many aspiring developers and tech professionals find themselves daunted by its complexity. Whether you're looking to enhance your skill set and apply machine learning to real-world projects or are simply curious about how AI systems function, this book is your jumping-off place.With an approachable yet deeply informative style, author
... Read more
Spring Cloud Data Flow

Native Cloud Orchestration Services for Microservice Applications on Modern Runtimes

by Felipe Gutierrez ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Work with big data applications by using Spring Cloud Data Flow as a unified, distributed, and extensible system for data ingestion and integration, real-time analytics and data processing pipelines, batch processing, and data export. With this book you will develop a foundation for creating applications that use real-time data streaming by combining different technologies and use the full power ... Read more

$71.99 USD

Work with big data applications by using Spring Cloud Data Flow as a unified, distributed, and extensible system for data ingestion and integration, real-time analytics and data processing pipelines, batch processing, and data export. With this book you will develop a foundation for creating applications that use real-time data streaming by combining different technologies and use the full power
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