Open Source Institute. Recommended Reading for Developers. Code Complete 2 Steve McConnell's Code Complete 2 is the Joy of Cooking for software developers.
Reading it means that you enjoy your work, you're serious about what you do, and you want to keep improving. In Code Complete, Steve notes that the average programmer reads less than one technical book per year. The very act of reading this book already sets you apart from probably ninety percent of your fellow developers.
In a good way. I like this book so much that the title of this very website is derived from it – the examples of what not to do are tagged with the "Coding Horror" icon. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) Arguably the only classic book in our field. I challenge any developer to pick up a copy of The Mythical Man Month and not find this tale of a long-defunct OS, and the long-defunct team that developed it, startlingly relevant. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability Er… yeah. Rapid Development Why?
6.00SC Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, Spring 2011. Designing a blog with html5. This article is an edited version of two articles published by Opera Web Evangelist, Bruce Lawson, reproduced with permission.
All rights reserved. Much of HTML 5′s feature set involves JavaScript APIs that make it easier to develop interactive web pages but there are a slew of new elements that allow you extra semantics in your conventional Web 1.0 pages. In order to investigate these, let’s look at marking up a blog. Firstly what we’ll do is use the header, footer, and nav elements to mark up the broad structure of the page. We’ll make the blog comments form much smarter by using the new data types and built-in validation available in HTML 5-aware browsers. Then we’ll do some work on the guts of the page, using HTML 5’s article elements to better mark up blog posts and comments and show how to use the section elements to better structure accessible hierarchical headings on sites that are CMS-driven. So take the phone of the hook, and make a cup of tea and we’ll get started. with this: Article Archive. 7 Useful Resources to Help You Learn HTML5. When can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc.
Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture. Productivity - (Why) Should I learn a new programming language. Programming languages - Becoming a polyglot programmer - Programmers - Stack Exchange. Free Open Source eBooks and Online Books. "The Best of edw519" is now free. Reverse Happy Birthday! - edw519. The Best of edw519 A Hacker News Top Contributor by Ed Weissman Copyright 2011 by Ed Weissman. All rights reserved. Foreword Who am I? Chapter 1 - Advice to Young Programmers 1. Chapter 2 - Education 21. Chapter 3 - Careers 31. Chapter 4 - Work Habits 49. Chapter 5 - The Programmer's Lifestyle. Image Map Tool - On-line Image Map Creator - HTML & CSS.
KnowFree.net – Knowledge Is Free. Free - List of freely available programming books. How to start programming - guides and links for many languages. How to Learn a Programming Language: 7 steps. Edit Article Edited by Bourkas, Tom Viren, Ben Rubenstein, Compmod129 and 77 others Whether you want to design a video game, develop some cool apps for iPhone or Android or just want to do it for fun, programming is the way to go.
There are countless programming languages for all sorts of uses, but learning them is easy once you learn how to use one. As a beginner, you'll probably start with Java or HTML. Once you become proficient in a language, you'll be able to create all sorts of new programs and really let your creativity show through! Ad Steps 1Decide your goal. 10Have a lot of practice. Tips When you learn something new, it is often helpful to implement it yourself and then tweak the design, predicting the results, to make sure you understand the concept.For practice, try to teach others. Sources and Citations How To Become A Hacker, an essay by Eric S. Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years.