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* [http://www.awprofessional.com/content/images/020163371x/supplements/Exception_Handling_Article.html Exception Handling: A False Sense of Security] - Tom Cargill - C++ Report
 
* [http://www.awprofessional.com/content/images/020163371x/supplements/Exception_Handling_Article.html Exception Handling: A False Sense of Security] - Tom Cargill - C++ Report
 
* [http://www.boost.org/more/generic_exception_safety.html Exception-Safety in Generic Components] - David Abrahams
 
* [http://www.boost.org/more/generic_exception_safety.html Exception-Safety in Generic Components] - David Abrahams
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A really complete resource for the essential stuff written about C++ is [http://accu.org/ ACCU's] (Association of C/C++ Users) collection of [http://accu.org/index.php/book_reviews?url=view.xqy book reviews]
 
A really complete resource for the essential stuff written about C++ is [http://accu.org/ ACCU's] (Association of C/C++ Users) collection of [http://accu.org/index.php/book_reviews?url=view.xqy book reviews]
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* Java Examples in a Nutshell - Flanagan, D - Publisher: O'Reilly
 
* Java Examples in a Nutshell - Flanagan, D - Publisher: O'Reilly
 
* Java in a Nutshell (deluxe Edition) - various authors - Publisher: O'Reilly
 
* Java in a Nutshell (deluxe Edition) - various authors - Publisher: O'Reilly
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Definitive:
 
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* [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/index.html The Java Language Specification, Third Edition] - Gosling, Joy, Steele, Bracha - Addison–Wesley, 2005 (sadly, the third edition is a typographic disaster).
 
* [http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/index.html The Java Language Specification, Third Edition] - Gosling, Joy, Steele, Bracha - Addison–Wesley, 2005 (sadly, the third edition is a typographic disaster).
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Tips and Tricks:
 
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* [http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=032133678X&rl=1 Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases] - Bloch, Gafter - Addison–Wesley, 2005.
 
* [http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=032133678X&rl=1 Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases] - Bloch, Gafter - Addison–Wesley, 2005.
 
* [http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0201310090&rl=1 Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns, Second Edition] - Lea - Addison–Wesley, 2000.
 
* [http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0201310090&rl=1 Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns, Second Edition] - Lea - Addison–Wesley, 2000.
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==Python Programming==
 
==Python Programming==

Revision as of 11:16, 7 September 2006

Recommended Reading

This page collects both bibliography as well as links to online literature. The scope is development for OOo, in various programming languages.


OOo-specific


Software engineering in general

  • Design Patterns - Erich Gamma et al. - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code - Martin Fowler et al. - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • The Pragmatic Programmer - Andrew Hunt, David Thomas - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Sustainable Software Development: An Agile Perspective - Kevin Tate - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Concurrent Programming in Java 2nd edition - Doug Lea - Publisher: Addison-Wesley.
    Yes, this is a Java book. But the concepts within are universally applicable.


C++ Programming

The basics:

  • C++ Primer 3rd edition - Stanley B Lippman, Josee Lajoie - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Accelerated C++ - Andrew Koenig, Barbara Moo - Publisher: Addison-Wesley


The reference:

  • The C++ Programming Language Special Edition - Bjarne Stroustrup - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • the ISO C++ standard
    • preliminary, but free draft
    • official c++ standard (2003er revision, huge price tag)


Simply indispensable:

  • Exceptional C++ - Herb Sutter - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • More Exceptional C++ - Herb Sutter - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Exceptional C++ Style - Herb Sutter - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Effective C++ 2nd edition - Scott Meyers - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • Effective STL - Scott Meyers - Publisher: Addison-Wesley
  • C++ Coding Standards - Herb Sutter, Andrei Alexandrescu - Publisher: Addison-Wesley


Advanced Topics:


A really complete resource for the essential stuff written about C++ is ACCU's (Association of C/C++ Users) collection of book reviews


Java Programming

Introductory:

  • Java Examples in a Nutshell - Flanagan, D - Publisher: O'Reilly
  • Java in a Nutshell (deluxe Edition) - various authors - Publisher: O'Reilly


Definitive:


Tips and Tricks:


Python Programming

OOo Basic Programming

Free Resources

From the above list, everything that's free (as in free beer):

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