[svlug] Book recommendations

[Mark Weisler]

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Peter van der Linden wrote:
> A lot of people speak highly of "JavaScript: The Good Parts" by Dougie Crockford
> 
> If you only have room for one book on C, I like "C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition"  by K. N. King  - It's pricey, but worth it.
> (If you search for this wrong, Amazon will also offer you "Burger King Deluxe Latex Mask by Rubies", so be sure you're one-clicking on the right product).
> 
I found the K. N. King book on Amazon and it has very favorable reviews.
 The price is about $97 to $40 depending on new or used.
My C and C++ books are old, maybe it's time for a upgrade/retread...
Product Details

    * Paperback: 832 pages
    * Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition (April 19, 2008)
    * Language: English
    * ISBN-10: 0393979504
    * ISBN-13: 978-0393979503

> For a Java book, there is so much to cover, and so many alternatives, pick an author who writes in a style you like, and covers the optional material you want.  You can get that by reviewing the table of contents, and extracts from the book, at Amazon.
> 
>     Regards
> 
>     Peter
> 
> 
> On May 15, 2010, at 6:33 AM, Tony Hartzell wrote:
> 
>>   I recently moved from Hollister to San Jose...from ~2750 to ~220 Sq
>> Ft. I packed up my computer related stuff into several boxes 2 of
>> which have never been seen again. They had my 3 Java tutorials, 3 perl
>> manuals, python manual, HTML/XHTML reference, ruby on rails,
>> JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, C++, C (Kernighan & Ritchie), Apache and
>> various & sundry other manuals.
>>   I'd like to replace most of them eventually, but right now I'd like
>> some recommendations on a good HTML reference, JavaScript, perl &
>> python manuals.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony Hartzell
>>
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