Programming Online Texts

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Free, online SOFTWARE and PROGRAMMING BOOKS

• A Byte of Python by C.H.Swaroop. A nice introduction.
• ACM online Books & Courses. Free for ACM members.
• Algorithms and Complexity, an online book by Herbert S. Wilf. Buy 2nd Edition.
• Algorithms and Data Structures by N.Wirth (Oberon version of August 2004).
• Algorithms for Programmers by Jörg Arndt. Nice open project and a book (pdf, 970 pp).
• ARM Assembly Language Programming by Pete Cockerell.
• Autoregressive Modeling: Elementary Least-Squares Methods by H.Thornburg.
• C++: A Dialog, a nice text by Steve Heller.
• C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 by Jasmin Blanchette and Mark Summerfield.
  Superceded by C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4.
• Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes by Jason Brownlee.
  Available also as a paperback.
• Compiler Construction by N.Wirth.
• Computational Complexity: A Conceptual Perspective by Oded Goldreich
  (related and complementary postsript texts). Printed version>>.
• Computational Introduction to Number Theory and Algebra by Victor Shoup.
• Computer Architecture and Interfacing to Mechatronic Systems by Dario J.Toncich.
• Convex Optimization by Stephen Boyd and Lieven Vandenberghe.
• Cross-Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets by Julian Smart, Kevin Hock and Stefan Csomor. Find PDF here or buy the printed version.
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++
  by Bruno R.Preiss. Also available in Java, C#, Python, Ruby, Lua, Perl, and PHP.
• Dive into Python by Mark Pilgrim.
  Available also as paperback.
• Designing and Building Parallel Programs by Ian Foster.
• Dreistufig parallele Software zur Parameteroptimierung von Support-Vektor-Maschinen mit kostensensitiven Gütemaßen, NIC Volume 35, by Tatjana Eitrich. In German.
• Entropy and Information Theory by R.M.Gray.
  Could be available also in printed version.
• Eric's Book about Linux by Eric Forsberg.
• Erkennung von Nichtlinearitäten und wechselseitigen Abhängigkeiten in Zeitreihen, NIC Volume 6, by Andreas Schmitz in German.
• Essential Skills for Agile Development by Tong Ka Iok.
  Check availability of printed version.
• Extreme Programming in Perl by Robert Nagler.
  Check availability of printed version.
• FORTRAN 90 and Computational Science by Computational Science Education Project.
• Foundations of Cryptography by Oded Goldreich
  (related and complementary postsript texts). Also available in printed form
• FreeBSD Handbook.
• From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology (CBSB07), NIC Volume 36,
  Edited by U.H.E.Hansmann et al. Proceedings of CBSB07.
• Graph Algorithms by Shimon Evan (Chapters 1-6, .ps format). Also in printed form.
• Handbook of Applied Cryptography by Alfred J.Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot
  and Scott A.Vanstone. Also in printed form.
• Information Theory, Inference, and Learning Algorithms, by David MacKay.
  Available also in printed form.
• Intel ® 64 and IA-32 Manuals. A set of 9 PDF manuals covering all Intel microprocessors.
• Introduction to Statistical Data Processing by R.M.Gray and L.D.Davisson.
  Courtesy Cambridge University Press. You can also buy the printed version.
• Java by Definition (JBD) at MathCS.org, a textbook by Bert G.Wachsmuth.
• Lexical Analysis and Parsing using C++
  by Bruno R.Preiss. 390-page PDF.
• Logic for Computer Science: Foundations of Automatic Theorem Proving
  by Jean Gallier. Wiley 1986. Revised 2003.
• Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classification,
  edited by D.Michie, D.J.Spiegelhalter and C.C.Taylor.
• Mathematical Optimization by the Computational Science Education Project. Online HTML/PS book on unconstrained and global optimization. Very good!
• Mathematics for Algorithm and Systems Analysis
  by Edward A. Bender and Gill S. Williamson.
• Maximum Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network
  Sams 1997, by Mark Taber, pure HTML version.
• Modern Cryptography, Probabilistic Proofs and Pseudorandomness
  by Oded Goldreich (related and complementary postsript texts). more>>.
• Multiparadigm Programming with Object-Oriented Languages, NIC Volume 13,
  Edited by J.Striegnitz et al. Proceedings of MPOOL Workshop, 11 June 2002, Malaga.
• Multiparadigm Programming with Object-Oriented Languages, NIC Volume 7,
  Edited by C.Bischof et al. Proceedings of MPOOL Workshop, 18 May 2001, Budapest.
• NIC Symposium 2006, NIC Volume 32,
  Proceedings edited by Münster et al. High-end scientific computing.
• NIC Symposium 2001, NIC Volume 9,
  Proceedings edited by Horst Rollnik and Dietrich Wolf. High-end scientific computing.
• NIC Workshop: From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006,
  NIC Volume 34, edited by U.H.E.Hansmann et al. Proceedings of CBSB06.
• Numerical Methods and Analysis for Engineers by Douglas W.Harder.
• Numerical Methods for Limit and Shakedown Analysis, NIC Volume 15.
  Edited by Manfred Staat and Michael Heitzer.
• Numerical Recipes by Press W.H., Teukolsky S.A., Vetterling W.T., Flannery B.P.
  Subscribe to the newest C++ verion, or consult chapters of older versions. Excellent.
• Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns
  by Serge Demeyer, Stéphane Ducasse, and Oscar Nierstrasz.
• Object-Oriented Software Composition, edited by Oscar Nierstrasz and Dennis Tsichritzis.
• On LISP by Paul Graham.
• Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms and Applications, NIC Volume 38,
  Edited by C.Bischof et al. Proceedings of ParCo 2007 Conference, 4-7 Sep 2007.
• Parallel Computing: Current &anp; Future Issues of High-End Computing,
  NIC Volume 33, edited by G.R.Joubert et al. Proceedings of ParCo 2005 Conference.
• Parsing Techniques - A Practical Guide by Dick Grune and Ceriel J.H.Jacobs.
  1st Edition printed in 1990 by Ellis Horwood. 2nd Edition in printed form.
• Planning Algorithms by Steven M. LaValle (1023 pages, Cambridge Uni Press 2006).
• Practical Common Lisp by Peter Seibel. Also in printed form
• Practical PHP Programming by Paul Hudson (it even became a wiki)
• Programming in Oberon by M.Reiser and N.Wirth.
• Project Oberon - The Design of an Operating System and Compiler
  by N.Wirth and J.Gutknecht.
• Rethinking Public Key Infrastructures and Digital Certificates: Building in Privacy
  by Stefan Brands.
• Rough Set Data Analysis: A road to non-invasive knowledge discovery,
  a primer by Ivo Düntsch and Günther Gediga. Also in printed form
• Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems by Ross Anderson, Complete 1st Edition and selected Chapters of 2nd Edition. Also in Printed form.
• Sequential Simplex Optimization by Fred H.Walters, Lloyd R.Parker Jr., Stephen L.Morgan and Stanley Deming. Also in printed form>>.
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs a free course at MIT Open Courseware. Based on the printed book by H.Abelson and G.J. and Julie Sussman.
• Sorting and Searching Algorithms: A Cookbook by Thomas Niemann.
  Attention: Updated and expanded version of this free book is available from ePaperPress
  in 4 languages (English, Russian, Italian and French).
• Statistics: Methods and Applications by Thomas Hill and Paul Lewicki at StatSoft.
  Available also in print.
• System/360 Scientific Subroutine Package Programmer's Manual, Version III
  an online re-edition of the now historic 1968 IBM document.
• Tcl Wise a Tcl/Tk book with 10 free Chapters online; by Salvatore Sanfilippo.
• Tcl/Tk Tutorial by Binny V.A..
• Technical Reports of the Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge.
  This is much more than a book: over 700 freely accessible PDFs.
• The Matrix Cookbook, a free mathematical desktop reference on matrices
  by Kaare B.Petersen and Michael S.Pedersen.
• Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel. 2nd Edition, Volumes 1 & 2.
  Also available: Annotated Solutions Guide for Thinking in C++.
• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel. 3rd Edition.
  Also available: Annotated Solutions Guide for Thinking in Java.
• Thinking in Python by Bruce Eckel.
• Three books by Ian Parberry:
  - Problems on Algorithms,
  - Parallel Complexity Theory,
  - Lecture Notes on Algorithm Analysis and Computational Complexity.
• Ynot Logic Simulator: A literate C++ program by Bruno R.Preiss.
  Source code is also available.

Free, online books RELATED to PROGRAMMING

• A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram (first printed in 2002).
  Software, math and physics. Page-by-page access.
• Basics of Algebra and Analysis for Computer Science by Jean Gallier.

Free, online Courses, Lecture Notes and Textbooks about Programming

• BaBar C++ Course by Paul F.Kunz on ATLAS Computing (DocuShare).
• Foundations of Computer Science, lecture notes and exercizes by Lawrence C.Paulson.
• Introduction to Complexity Theory by Oded Goldreich. Two sets of lecture notes.
• Introduction to Modern Cryptography by Mihil Bellare and Phillip Rogaway. A Course.
• Introduction to Statistics with Excel at MathCS.org, a Course by Bert G.Wachsmuth.
• Lecture Notes on Cryptography by S.Goldwasser and Mihil Bellare. A Course.
• Lectures Notes on Optimization by Pravin Varaiya.
  Online PDF re-issue of a book out of print since 1975.
• Object-Oriented Software Engineering by J.McCormack.
  Course CSE2305 at Monash University.
• Randomized Methods in Computation, lecture notes by Oded Goldreich.
• Squeak by Example by Oscar Nierstrasz, Stéphane Ducasse, Stéphane Ducasse and Andrew P.Black. Available also in French.
• Teach Yourself ActiveX in 21 Days,
  HTML draft by Sanders Kaufman, Jeff Perkins, and Dina Fleet.
  Also available in printed form (Sams 1996).
• Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
  HTML version of 2nd Edition by Jesse Liberty and Bradley L.Jones.
  You can also buy 5th Edition or Kindle Edition.
• Teach Yourself Java in 21 Days,
  1996 HTML draft by Laura Lemay and Charles L. Perkins.
  You can also buy 5th Edition or Kindle Edition.

Free, online SOFTWARE THESES

• Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization, a Thesis by Andrew Tridgell.