[Canonsx130]

I'm tired of seeing all the threads asking for good books to learn a particular language. Here is all the books you'll ever need to actually learn. If you're dedicated, this thread is a goldmine. Please keep in mind that all the books, websites, links and tutorials linked-to in this guide are completely free and are licensed to be distributed for free. None of them are copyrighted and everyone is free to use this guide as you like it.

• GPU Gems
  
• Graphics Programming Black Book
  
• ShaderX Series
  
• DirectX Manual
  
• Learning Modern 3D Graphics Programming
  

• Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns
  
• Foundations of Programming
  
• Computer Musings
  
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar
  
• Patterns and Practices: Application Architecture Guide 2.0
  
• Security Engineering
  
• Digital Signal Processing For Engineers and Scientists
  
• NASA Software Measurement Handbook
  
• NASA Manager Handbook for Software Development
  
• Introduction to Functional Programming
  

• ProgrammingGroundUp
  
• Paul Carter's Tutorial on x86 Assembly
  
• Software optimization resources by Agner Fog
  

• Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
  
• Lhunath's Bash Guide
  

• The new C standard - an annotated reference
  
• Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code, by Jorg Arndt
  
• The C book
  
• Thinking in C++, Second Edition
  
• C++ Annotations
  
• Software optimization resources by Agner Fog
  
• Introduction to Design Patterns in C++ with Qt 4
  
• Object Oriented Programming in C
  
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming
  
• Learn C the hard way
  
• The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List
  

• C# School
  
• Threading in C#
  
• C# Yellow Book
  
• C# Programming - Wikibook
  
• C# Essentials
  
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C#
  

• Clojure Programming
  
• CFML In 100 Minutes
  

• Getting started with IBM Data Studio for DB2
  
• Getting started with IBM DB2 development
  
• Getting started with DB2 Express-C
  

• Essential Pascal Version 1 and 2
  
• The Tomes of Delphi
  

• Dive Into HTML5
  
• HTML Dog Tutorials
  
• CSS Tutorial
  

• Sun's Java Tutorials
  
• Thinking in Java
  
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
  
• Java Thin-Client Programming
  
• OSGi in Practice
  
• Java 6 Tutorial
  

• Eloquent JavaScript
  
• Crockford's JavaScript
  
• jQuery Fundamentals
  
• Mozilla Developer Network's JavaScript Guide
  
• Essential Javascript & jQuery Design Patterns for Beginners
  

• COMMON LISP: An Interactive Approach
  
• A Short Course in Common Lisp
  
• Structure And Interpretation of Computer Programs
  
• A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation
  
• Practical Common Lisp
  
• On Lisp
  
• ANSI Common Lisp
  
• Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition
  
• Successful Lisp
  
• Let Over Lambda - 50 Years of Lisp
  
• Natural Language Processing in Lisp
  

• Programming In Lua
  
• Lua Programming Gems
  

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• Better Builds with Maven
  
• Maven by Example
  
• Maven: The Complete Reference
  
• Repository Management with Nexus
  
• Developing with Eclipse and Maven
  

• C# School
  
• Visual Studio Tips and Tricks
  
• Entity Framework
  
• Charles Petzold's .NET Book 0
  
• Threading in C#
  
• C# Yellow Book
  
• C# Programming - Wikibook
  
• C# Essentials
  
• Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C#
  
• Nemerle
  

• PL/SQL Language Reference
  
• PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference
  
• Steven Feuerstein's PL/SQL Obsession - Videos and Presentations
  

• Using Perl 6
  
• Higher-Order Perl
  
• Perl The Hard Way
  
• Extreme Perl
  
• Perl Free Online EBooks
  
• The Mason Book
  
• Practical mod_perl
  
• Beginning Perl
  
• Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
  
• Perl & LWP
  
• Perl for the Web
  
• Web Client Programming with Perl
  
• Modern Perl 5
  

• Symfony2
  
• Practical PHP Programming
  
• Zend Framework: Survive the Deep End
  

• Building Expert Systems in Prolog
  
• Adventure in Prolog
  
• Prolog Programming A First Course
  
• Introduction to Prolog for Mathematicians
  
• Natural Language Processing in Prolog
  
• Applications of Prolog
  

• Byte of Python
  
• Building Skills in Python Version 2.5
  
• Python Bibliotheca
  
• Think Python
  
• Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
  
• Dive into Python
  
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
  
• Python for Fun
  
• Thinking in Python
  
• Snake Wrangling For Kids
  
• Natural Language Processing with Python
  

• Programming Ruby
  
• Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
  
• Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book
  
• Ruby Best Practices
  
• MacRuby: The Definitive Guide
  
• Learn Ruby the hard way
  

• Programming in Scala, First Edition
  
• A Scala Tutorial for Java programmers
  
• Scala By Example
  
• Programming Scala
  
• Xtrace
  
• Pro Scala: Monadic Design Patterns for the Web
  
• Exploring Lift
  

• Developing Time-Oriented Database Applications in SQL
  
• Use The Index, Luke!
  
• Learn SQL The Hard Way
  

• Oberon - Programming in Oberon
  
• PowerShell - Mastering PowerShell
  
• Forth - Starting Forth
  
• Forth - Thinking Forth
  
• Mercurial - Mercurial: The Definitive Guide
  
• Mercurial - HGInit - Mercurial Tutorial by Joel Spolsky
  
• Nemerle - Nemerle
  
• F# - The F# Survival Guide
  
• F# - F Sharp Programming
  
• F# - Real World Functional Programming
  
• ASP.NET - ASP.Net Ebook Tutorial
  
• Django - DjangoBook
  
• Node.JS - Up and Running with Node
  
• Node.JS - The Node Beginner Book
  
• Node.JS - Mastering Node.js
  
• Latex - The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX
  
• Linux - Advanced Linux Programming
  
• NoSQL - CouchDB: The Definitive Guide
  
• NoSQL - The Little MongoDB Book
  

[Effexion]

Very nicely laid out thread and fantastic content. +3

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I will rep you as soon as I can for this.

[Canonsx130]

Thank you Effexion for dropping a comment. I hope this will be off help to some people out there :)

[n3bul0n]

Great, just great. Thanks for the collection.

[Canonsx130]

You're welcome buddy. Hopefully it will be off use to you :)

[jazzycool]

Nice share sir. I really liked it and helped me a lot with learning javascript and java too and also how can I forget the great C++. Great share.

[Canonsx130]

Thanks for the comment buddy. Happy that it was of use to you :)

[HFexC]

AAnd pawn's not there. Sadly, no one remembers it.

[Canonsx130]

I guess not. I was not able to find enough sources for it to be posted. Thanks anyways.

[shan]

very very very nice tutorials . thank your very much ....

[Canonsx130]

You're welcome shan. Glad you liked my compilation!

[tux1]

Nice collection, thanks a lot I have bookmarked this!

[Canonsx130]

You're welcome tux1. Glad you liked this one!

[ιnѕιdιoυѕ]

More members should see this thread. I think that many will find it useful.

[Canonsx130]

Thank you insidious. I put lot of work into it so yeah, it would've been good if more people saw this one.