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The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey to Mastery
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The Pragmatic Programmer

By David Thomas , Andrew Hunt ,

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
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Code

By Charles Petzold ,

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Emmy in the Key of Code
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Emmy in the Key of Code

By Aimee Lucido ,

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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns
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Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

By Kent Beck ,

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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Refactoring

By Martin Fowler ,

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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
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Hackers

By Steven Levy ,

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Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly Cool Father-Daughter DIY Projects
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Maker Dad

By Mark Frauenfelder ,

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ADA Lovelace: The Making of a Computer Scientist
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ADA Lovelace

By Christopher Hollings , Ursula Martin , Adrian Rice

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How to Code a Sandcastle
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How to Code a Sandcastle

By Josh Funk , Sara Palacios (illustrator) ,

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The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching
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The Art of Computer Programming

By Donald Knuth ,

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Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos
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Programming the Universe

By Seth Lloyd ,

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Programming Pearls
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Programming Pearls

By Jon Bentley ,

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Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python: Best Practices for Writing Clean Code
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Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python

By Al Sweigart ,

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Practices of the Python Pro
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Practices of the Python Pro

By Dane Hillard ,

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Hello World! A Complete Python-Based Computer Programming Tutorial with Fun Illustrations, Examples, and Hand-On Exercises.
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Hello World! A Complete Python-Based Computer Programming Tutorial with Fun Illustrations, Examples, and Hand-On Exercises.

By Warren Sande , Carter Sande ,

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Get Programming: Learn to Code with Python
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Get Programming

By Ana Bell ,

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Python for Everyone
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Python for Everyone

By Cay S. Horstmann , Rance D. Necaise ,

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Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
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Effective C++

By Scott Meyers ,

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JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts
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JavaScript

By Douglas Crockford ,

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Practical Object-Oriented Design: An Agile Primer Using Ruby
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Practical Object-Oriented Design

By Sandi Metz ,

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
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The Clean Coder

By Robert C. Martin ,

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Software Tools in Pascal
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Software Tools in Pascal

By Brian Kernighan , P.J. Plauger ,

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Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation
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Game Feel

By Steve Swink ,

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Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists
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Processing

By Casey Reas , Ben Fry ,

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The Nature of Code
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The Nature of Code

By Daniel Shiffman ,

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Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
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Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation

By Keith Peters ,

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Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon
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Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loon

By Donna Andrews ,

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97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts
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97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know

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Practical Design Patterns for Java Developers: Hone your software design skills by implementing popular design patterns in Java
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Practical Design Patterns for Java Developers

By Miroslav Wengner ,

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Land Of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
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Land Of Lisp

By Conrad Barski ,

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 1, The: Bitwise Tricks & Techniques; Binary Decision Diagrams
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The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 1, The

By Donald Knuth ,

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Living Clojure: An Introduction and Training Plan for Developers
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Living Clojure

By Carin Meier ,

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Programming C# 10: Build Cloud, Web, and Desktop Applications
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Programming C# 10

By Ian Griffiths ,

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Becoming a Better Programmer: A Handbook for People Who Care About Code
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Becoming a Better Programmer

By Pete Goodliffe ,

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The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 4B: Combinatorial Algorithms Part 2
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The Art of Computer Programming

By Donald E. Knuth ,

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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
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Masters of Doom

By David Kushner ,

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The Art of Computer Programming
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The Art of Computer Programming

By Donald Knuth ,

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A Discipline of Programming
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A Discipline of Programming

By Edsger W. Dijkstra ,

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The Science of Programming
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The Science of Programming

By David Gries ,

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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Design Patterns

By Erich Gamma , Richard Helm , Ralph Johnson , John Vlissides

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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

By Al Sweigart ,

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The Psychology of Computer Programming
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The Psychology of Computer Programming

By Gerald M. Weinberg ,

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Mastering API Architecture: Design, Operate, and Evolve API-Based Systems
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Mastering API Architecture

By James Gough , Daniel Bryant , Matthew Auburn

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Python Polars
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Python Polars

By Jeroen Janssens , Thijs Nieuwdorp ,

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