Ask HN: What are the latest and greatest books on your favorite language?

21st Century C - O'Reilly

http://www.amazon.com/21st-Century-Tips-New-School/dp/149190...

For C#, the book I always find myself going back to is C# In Depth by Jon Skeet. It's one of the most accessible books I've read, and it's one I always recommend to other devs that are interested in the language.

http://csharpindepth.com/

I'm going through that right now, and finding it incredibly good, but still fairly outdated. It was written for Java 6, while Java 7 and (especially) 8 have more or less re-written the language. All of the advice is still really great, but some of the items are workarounds for weaknesses in the language that have since been strengthened. I'm working through Java 8 in Action[0] in parallel, and it's been a good experience.

I've also been enjoying this Modern Java blog series, which is book-ish[1].

In a similar vein, I really enjoyed Effective Modern C++[2].

I think The Ruby Way[3] is still the best ruby book, and a new edition just came out earlier this year.

I'm looking for a good book about modern javascript if anyone has any suggestions.

[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20534354-java-8-in-actio...

[1]: http://blog.paralleluniverse.co/2014/05/01/modern-java/

[2]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22800553-effective-moder...

[3]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4514.The_Ruby_Way

Stanley B. Lippman - C++ Primer - http://www.amazon.com/Primer-5th-Stanley-B-Lippman/dp/032171...

I haven't been using C++ for a few years now and I needed a quick refresher. While I wouldn't call C++ Primer quick it covers all the basics really well. Great resource for people new to the language.

The C++ Programming Language, 4th Ed.

https://isocpp.org/tour has PDFs of the first four chapters, which offer something of a breadth-first overview of C++11.