Here is a big list of downloadable, programming related, books in PDF format for your everyday reference and advice. We tried to cover as many as we could think of but some things might be missing. We hope this list to be a good reference for all of you who need a place to find and download books about a specific aspect of programming.
Actionscript 3.0
APIs
- How to design a Good API and why it Matters
- WolfRam Alpha API
- The little manual of API design
- Live Search API
- JavaScript for Acrobat API
- Google Maps API
- Twitgoo Developer API
- Newsgator REST API
- The Linux Kernel API
- JDBC 2.0 Standard Extension API
- The Facebook Platform
- BOSS API
- YQL API
ASP/.NET
- ASP security standards
- Introducing ASP
- ASP.NET page lifecycle
- ASP Cheat Sheet
- Authentication and Security Mechanisms in ASP.NET Web Applications
- ASP.NET using VB.NET
C/C++
- C++ Essentials
- A Design Rationale for C++/CLI
- More C++
- Optimizing software in C++
- Thinking in C++
- Functional Programming in C++
- Static Interfaces in C++
- Memory model for multithreaded C++
- C Only Books Not in PDF Format (Thanks to wgj)
- The C Book
- C Elements of Style (Available as PDF but separate chapters)
- Numerical Recipes in C (Also separate chapters available in PDF)
CSS3
CMS/CMS’s API
F#
Groovy
- Programming with Groovy
- Real Life Groovy
- Agile Web Development with Groovy and Grails
- Groovy Metaprogramming
Java
- Java Generics
- Java Quick Reference
- Java Stack Inspection
- Java Coding Style
- Multithreaded Java
- Bytecode verification
- Java Primer
JavaScript
- JavaScript Cheat Sheet
- Reference Booklet
- JavaScript as a real programming language
- RDFa with JS
- jQuery
- mootools
- PrototypeJS
Lisp
- Basic Lisp
- Lisp 1.5 Manual
- The Complete idiot’s guide to Lisp packages
- Using Lisp as a markup language
MySQL
Objective-C
Objective-J
Oracle SQL
PHP
- The Manual
- Secure File Uploading
- PHP PCRE Cheat Sheet
- Oracle & PHP
- PHP & AJAX
- Developer Best Practices with PHP
- PHP Security Guide
- PHP Extensions Writing
- Frameworks
REST
- RESTful Web Services
- oAuth and REST
- RESTful services with JavaFX
- Using Amazon WS with REST
- REST for Web Services
- Describe RESTful Services with WSDL 2.0
- How to define REST Web Services
Ruby
- Ruby Language Expressions
- Programming Ruby Secong Edition
- Ruby Programming
- Intro to Ruby on Rails
- Ruby on Rails Cheat Sheet
- Guide to Ruby (poignat)
Scala
SQLite
Tcl/Tk
YAML
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Thanks for posting the C links. One more suggestion…. Why’s (poignant) Guide to Ruby belongs on any good list of Ruby books, and it *is* available in PDF. :)
http://www.ember.co.nz/resources/whys-poignant-guide-to-ruby/
And some background for the heck of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why’s_(poignant)_Guide_to_Ruby
Thanks for putting together a nice list.
Good listing, very useful, thanks.
Missing under Ruby: Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide/
Added the guide to Ruby
Thanks. Gr8 Resources.
Free Books on Smalltalk (incl. Design Patterns)
http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html
Nice List! Bookmarked!
Oddly enough, I just started getting into flex so the actionscript links are awesome. Thanks!
Great list! I tweeted it…but nothing for F# and no programming practice books along the lines of Code Complete or Prag Prog…so I wouldn’t say “All I ever Wanted”, but pretty close!
Thanks for the tweet!!!
I will try to add as many books as possible in the list. I added more than 6 books since yesterday that users pointed out to me. The list will be constantly updated. Come back later and you might find the book you wanted.
Ummmm…heard of Python? Yeah, it’s used for little projects like Google’s App Engine (see http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/). Here’s a few more links…
Dive into Python:
http://www.diveintopython.org/
A Byte of Python:
http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist:
http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/
The Django Book:
http://www.djangobook.com/en/1.0/
The Pylons Book:
http://pylonsbook.com/
I knew i missed something… Gonna add it today! Thanks!!!
Good list, quite comprehensive. Of course, the title is a bit overstated, but well, that’s the kind of provocative title bringing attention… :-)
One thing you missed: VCS (or SCM if you prefer). For example, for latest version of Bazaar: http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/latest/downloads/pdf-en/ For Mercurial, their PDF book is quite prominently advertised in their home page. I am sure there are good Subversion books, and perhaps for Git too. And so on.
(D)VCS are critical tools for developers, you should cover this topic too.
Thanks for sharing
someone know any page where i can found books like that but in spanish…sorry if you can´t read this
lol? On the PHP section there isn’t the PHP Zend Certification study guide?? This is by far one of the best books I ever read for PHP both the ZCE PHP 4 and ZCE PHP 5!
Are you getting paid from Zend? :P
Nice list! Here are a few other possibilities–some PDF, some in HTML:
On Lisp by Paul Graham
(http://www.paulgraham.com/onlisp.html)
Version Control with Subversion
(http://svnbook.red-bean.com/)
Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing by Philip Greenspun
(http://philip.greenspun.com/panda/)
Getting Real by 37signals
(http://gettingreal.37signals.com/)