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Questions on books related to programming, software development, computer science, etc. Do not ask for book recommendations, they are off-topic for this site! Review the existing questions, as many popular books already have questions about them.

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"Dedication of the Harvard Mark I computer, 1944 August 7"- Which text is Brooks referring t...

J.A.N. Lee, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech. writes: Preparing for the Monday, August 7, 1944, dedication, the Harvard News Office prepared a news release titled "World's Greatest Ma …
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Is there a canonical book on design patterns?

I've always noticed a tendency to apply the label on the solutions described in one of the notable books I've listed above, and more specifically the Gang of Four and Fowler books. … But if you compare the online catalogs for both books with the contents of language specific books you'll notice that they are often used as templates. …
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Is "PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th ed." an outdated book to learn from?

Two beginner oriented books that focus on PHP 5.3 are: Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional Beginning PHP 5.3 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) As for online resources: The PHP manual …
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What is a good way to familiarize myself with PHP, coming from an ASP.NET background?

As for books, a great non beginner book is PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice. Sitepoint's PHP books are always a delight to read. …
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