Category: Free eBooks

A Practical Theory of Programming

A Practical Theory of Programming

There are several theories of programming. The first usable theory, often called "Hoare's Logic", is still probably the most widely known. In it, a specification is a pair of predicates:...

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257 pages
2024-06-28 Published
Programming Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

Programming Fundamentals, 2nd Edition

The original content for this book was created by Kenneth Leroy Busbee and written specifically for his course based on C++. The goal for this second edition is to make...

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422 pages
2018-12-15 Published
Elements of Programming

Elements of Programming

Elements of Programming provides a different understanding of programming than is presented elsewhere. Its major premise is that practical programming, like other areas of science and engineering, must be based...

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280 pages
2019-06-17 Published
How to Design Programs, 2nd Edition

How to Design Programs, 2nd Edition

A completely revised edition, offering new design recipes for interactive programs and support for images as plain values, testing, event-driven programming, and even distributed programming. This introduction to programming places...

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981 pages
2023-08-14 Published
Architecture Patterns with Python

Architecture Patterns with Python

As Python continues to grow in popularity, projects are becoming larger and more complex. Many Python developers are taking an interest in high-level software design patterns such as hexagonal/clean architecture,...

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276 pages
2020-04-30 Published
Test–Driven Development with Python, 2nd Edition

Test–Driven Development with Python, 2nd Edition

By taking you through the development of a real web application from beginning to end, the second edition of this hands-on guide demonstrates the practical advantages of test-driven development (TDD)...

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604 pages
2017-08-18 Published
Programming Basics with C#

Programming Basics with C#

The free book "Programming Basics with C#" (https://csharp-book.softuni.org) is a comprehensive entry level computer programming tutorial for absolute beginners that teaches basics of coding (variables and data, conditional statements, loops...

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405 pages
2019-05-01 Published
Patterns for Beginning Programmers

Patterns for Beginning Programmers

Programming patterns are solutions to problems that require the creation of a small fragment of code that will be part of a larger program. Hence, this book is about teaching...

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197 pages
2022-05-06 Published
Your First Year in Code

Your First Year in Code

The goal of this book is to help you start your programming journey a year or two ahead of where we were when we started. There's a lot of how-to,...

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167 pages
2022-02-18 Published
Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children

Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children

Essays on the challenges and risks of designing algorithms and platforms for children, with an emphasis on algorithmic justice, learning, and equity. One in three Internet users worldwide is a...

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292 pages
2023-06-27 Published