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

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Post by playing_colours » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 7:39 PM UTC

Functional Programming in Scala

https://www.manning.com/books/functional-programming-in-scal...

Not for Scala beginners, more for people who want to learn functional programming paradigm and how to apply its ideas in Scala. Very clear explanations of immutability, laziness, monads, etc. There are also a lot of interesting programming problems in the book to train yourself.

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

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Post by lolive » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 7:54 PM UTC

lalwanivikas wrote: post #15

JavaScript - "JavaScript: The Good Parts" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do Can anyone please suggest more good books for JavaScript? - for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels? Thanks in advance :)

"Javascript Enlightenment" is the book that made me understand the pitfalls you might encounter when you come from another language and you are learning Javascript. I liked it very much. http://www.javascriptenlightenment.com/

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

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Post by organsnyder » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 8:01 PM UTC

jbuss wrote: post #3

Effective Java http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-2nd-Joshua-Bloch/dp/032...

I found Effective Java to be very enlightening—not just for Java, but for any language. It's especially at providing patterns for writing APIs with a guide toward future maintainability.

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

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Post by shadeless » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 8:28 PM UTC

Elixir in Action: https://www.manning.com/books/elixir-in-action

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

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Post by dominotw » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 8:52 PM UTC

Any recommendation for Standard ML ?

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

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Post by TimJRobinson » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 9:33 PM UTC

lalwanivikas wrote: post #15

JavaScript - "JavaScript: The Good Parts" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do Can anyone please suggest more good books for JavaScript? - for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels? Thanks in advance :)

Secrets of the Javascript Ninja (by John Resig, creator of jQuery) is amazing for Advanced level Javascript explanations and tips.

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

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Post by SSilver2k2 » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 9:56 PM UTC

Python for Kids

https://www.nostarch.com/pythonforkids

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

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Post by SSilver2k2 » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 9:58 PM UTC

FireBeyond wrote: post #20

I'd love to see some Python or Go references.

Python for Kids

https://www.nostarch.com/pythonforkids

It's one of my favorites.

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

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Post by brudgers » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 10:47 PM UTC

diego wrote: post #14

Clojure: The Joy of Clojure. Not for beginners, but it's excellent. http://www.amazon.com/Joy-Clojure-Michael-Fogus/dp/161729141... I've heard good thing about Clojure for the Brave and True, free online: http://www.braveclojure.com/

Halloway's Programming Clojure isn't exactly recent, but it's available used, has a lot of depth like Joy of Clojure, but is targeted at beginners. Clojure from the Ground Up is free and online, it's awesome and so is Aphyr.

https://aphyr.com/tags/Clojure-from-the-ground-up

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

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Post by brudgers » Mon, Sep 07, 2015, 10:50 PM UTC

dominotw wrote: post #25

Any recommendation for Standard ML ?

I think Ullman's Elements of Standard ML Programming is pretty good. I found a used dead tree copy for about $5 at thriftbooks.com.