Good Programming Books to get

[digg_guy]

Hey guys, Well since it is summer and I'm out of school I won't to further my personal knowledge, sooooo I was wondering if anyone could recommend their favorite book any language to be honest I just want to learn and I don't want to waste time or money on crappy books thanks guys!!

[deathadder]

What level of programming experience do you have already? Is there any particular type of programming your looking at, GUI apps etc.

I found 'A Book on C: Programming in C' by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl very good as a introduction into C, or more of a reference if you already know the language. I also like 'The C Programming Language' by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, but that's a reference manual.

I've found books by Wrox, and O'reilly generally very good.

You can find so much information on the net, you may be better off just browsing a website, personally I like having a book though. If you are thinking about GUI stuff, GTK has a great tutorial on their site already, I'm not sure about QT.

I recommend looking into Python too, I've recently started using it at work, and really enjoy programming in it.

[digg_guy]

What level of programming experience do you have already? Is there any particular type of programming your looking at, GUI apps etc.

I found 'A Book on C: Programming in C' by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl very good as a introduction into C, or more of a reference if you already know the language. I also like 'The C Programming Language' by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, but that's a reference manual.

I've found books by Wrox, and O'reilly generally very good.

You can find so much information on the net, you may be better off just browsing a website, personally I like having a book though. If you are thinking about GUI stuff, GTK has a great tutorial on their site already, I'm not sure about QT.

I recommend looking into Python too, I've recently started using it at work, and really enjoy programming in it.

I'm pretty new to programming. I am majoring in computer science and I've just went through my second year of programming. I've been through two year of VB, but that allowed me to gain some more advance knowledge in programming, so now I want to take my foundation and use it in other languages. I might have to pick up the book on C cause I've been wanting to learn it!

[movEAX_444]

I also like 'The C Programming Language' by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, but that's a reference manual.

I highly recommend this book. It has a nickname, 'K&R' in the C world. It's very short and easy to read, but it will teach you a lot about C and about good programming practices. It might be on the expensive side, but check abebooks and other used book places. It's far from just being a reference manual.

However, for C++, the book by Stroustrup "The C++ Programming Language" is more of a reference manual, but it's something every C++ programmer should read. I really like this book, which is available to read free online (you can DL the HTML in one zip, too).

Thinking in C++
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html

[crow2icedearth]

i struggle with learning c++ and i love php way more........ php is really the cool web programming langauge......... c++ is way to fussy with syntax.

[bburton]

I also recommend 'The C Programming Language' by Brian W. Kernighan if you're serious about learning C.

I'm a big fan of the O'Reilly books, however some people do not like them. I think most of the Wrox books are mediocre at best.

Languages I recommend learning:

C - For its ubiquity and low-level genius that can be implemented with it.
Python - For a different perspective and high productivity that's not crappy.
Ruby - A truly beautiful object-oriented language.
Perl - For quick, ugly, and dirty, yet incredibly useful solutions to problems.

After you learn those, move on to Java, PHP, C#, etc.