Test Driven Development with Python ( http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/ ) teaches you to use Django and TDD practices to create a basic list web app.
I worked my way through this book about a year ago. I really enjoyed it!
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#82Two decent ones for game development: https://howtomakeanrpg.com/ Walks through building a JRPG-style game with Lua. Pretty impressive for the price, especially with all the royalty-free assets that are included. https://books.google.com/books/about/Programming_an_RTS_Game... A little dated now, (although DirectX 9 isn't quite dead yet), but this one has some pretty interesting topics. Good chapter on procedural terr…
Lua and RPGs? Bookmarked!
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#83"Physically Based Rendering" walks you through the theory behind, and the implementation of, a photo-realistic rendering system (not real-time).
An extremely thorough guide to ray tracing.
https://www.amazon.com/Physically-Based-Rendering-Third-Impl...
Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?
#84I remember liking http://www.tangowithdjango.com/ .
It goes over building a link aggregating service using Django.
However, I also remember it being free. Doesn't seem to be an option with the most recent release.
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#85I dunno why, but I was kind of hoping there would be non-CS answers for this too, like how to woodwork, or like tying flies.
I think there was a wood or metal working one above.
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#86TECS: "The Elements Of Computing Systems"
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/elements-computing-systems
In this book you build a (virtualized) computer. It is one of the best books I ever read.
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#87Eloquent Javascript - http://eloquentjavascript.net/ You build 5 projects through the book - a programming language, paint program, a dom game and a skill sharing website using node js.
Added bonus: beautiful typography.
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#88One of my favourites: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/little-schemer
The whole series is great! I especially enjoyed _The Reasoned Schemer_ [0] which serves as an introduction to the *kanren languages [1].
[0] https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/reasoned-schemer [1] http://minikanren.org/
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#89Any such book for distributed systems?
During my bachelor's we used this all-encompassing book by two of the teachers called Distributed Systems for System Architects (DSSA for friends). It followed a case study of a fictional company that wanted to implement a distributed system, but the level of detail and technical complexity it covers is just mind boggling ( http://www.springer.com/us/book/9780792372660 )
To this day it's probably the best CS book I have ever read.
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#90Implementing Lisp in Python - http://fogus.me/fun/lithp/