Programming Language
JavaScript: The Good Parts, 1st Edition
By Douglas Crockford
Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a su...
[Publish Date: May 2008]
By Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
Head First C# is a complete learning experience for object-oriented programming, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE. Built for your brain, this book covers C# 3.0 and Visual Studio 2008, and teaches everything from language fundamentals to advanced topics...
[Publish Date: November 2007]
Regular Expressions Cookbook, 1st Edition
By Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan
This cookbook provides more than 100 recipes to help you crunch data and manipulate text with regular expressions. With recipes for popular programming languages such as C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET, Regular Expressions C...
[Publish Date: May 2009]
JavaScript: The Missing Manual, 1st Edition
By David Sawyer McFarland
This book from bestselling author David McFarland teaches you how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- even if you have little or no programming experience. Once you the master the language's structure and terminology, you'll learn how to use a...
[Publish Date: July 2008]
The Ruby Programming Language, 1st Edition
By David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto
Bestselling author David Flanagan teams up with Ruby creator Yukihiro Matz Matsumoto and writer/cartoonist/programmer why the lucky stiff to bring you the authoritative guide to Ruby. Covering versions 1.9 and 1.8, this book helps you learn Ruby's le...
[Publish Date: January 2008]
Essential ActionScript 3.0, 1st Edition
By Colin Moock
More than two years in the making, ActionScript 3.0 presents perhaps the most substantial upgrade to Flash's programming language ever. The enhancements to ActionScript's performance, feature set, ease of use, cleanliness, and sophistication are simp...
[Publish Date: June 2007]
Head First JavaScript, 1st Edition
By Michael Morrison
Want to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages and create dynamic web applications? Want to take your web skills to the next level? It sounds like you're ready to learn the Web's hottest programming language: JavaScript. Head First JavaScr...
[Publish Date: December 2007]
Erlang Programming, 1st Edition
By Francesco Cesarini, Simon Thompson
This book offers you an in-depth explanation of Erlang, a programming language ideal for any situation where concurrency, fault-tolerance, and fast response is essential. You'll learn how to write complex concurrent programs in this language, regardl...
[Publish Date: June 2009]
By Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant
Programming Perl is not just a book about Perl; it is also a unique introduction to the language and its culture, as one might expect only from its authors. This third edition has been expanded to cover Version 5.6 of Perl. New topics include threadi...
[Publish Date: July 2000]
Other Editions: perl Edition, 2nd Edition
Masterminds of Programming, 1st Edition
By Federico Biancuzzi, Chromatic
Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. Think along with Adin D. Falkoff (APL), James Gosling (Java), Bjarne Stroustrup (C++), and others whose visio...
[Publish Date: March 2009]
Programming Scala, 1st Edition
By Dean Wampler, Alex Payne
Learn how to be more productive with Scala, a new multi-paradigm language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that integrates features of both object-oriented and functional programming. With this book, you'll discover why Scala is ideal for highly sc...
[Publish Date: September 2009]
By Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe, Peter MacIntyre
As the industry standard book on PHP, all of the essentials are covered in a clear and concise manner. Language syntax and programming techniques are coupled with numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. With style tips...
[Publish Date: April 2006]
Other Editions: 1st Edition
