Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017 • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

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Post by fellellor » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 3:06 AM UTC

thdn wrote: post #18

Mastering Linux Kernel Development https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1785883054/ref=ox_sc_act_t...

I'm interested in this. Can you list the prerequisites for working through this? I know a bit of C programming. What else do I need besides this?

Re: Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

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Post by boffinism » Mon, Dec 11, 2017, 10:51 AM UTC

fenier wrote: post #69

boffinism wrote: post #6

If you'll forgive the self-promotion, 'Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie' came out over the summer and is designed for project/product managers and others who have to deal with programming on a daily basis but don't actually code: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Coders-Development-Perplexed-...

I actually bought this because of this comment, enjoying it so far!

Boom! My December sales just doubled.

Re: Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

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Post by Arkaad » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 2:54 AM UTC

rozhok wrote: post #70

andrzejsz wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any ebook on the way?

Nope, the author described why he won't made e-books here: http://www.yegor256.com/2016/11/09/why-no-ebooks.html

tl;dr because of piracy

Re: Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

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Post by jeremy_k » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 4:51 AM UTC

boffinism wrote: post #72

fenier wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually bought this because of this comment, enjoying it so far!

Boom! My December sales just doubled.

Just grabbed one! With tons of non technical product people floating around, I figured this would be nice a fun gift for the office.

Re: Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

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Post by boffinism » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 1:01 PM UTC

jeremy_k wrote: post #74

boffinism wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Boom! My December sales just doubled.

Just grabbed one! With tons of non technical product people floating around, I figured this would be nice a fun gift for the office.

Tripled!

Re: Ask HN: CS and programming books of 2017

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Post by patricklouys » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 11:16 AM UTC

Another shameless plug: I also released my first programming book this year.

Professional PHP: Building maintainable and secure applications

http://patricklouys.com/professional-php/