Jason Liquorish wrote: > Hello everyone, I am looking for recommendations for some decent reads. > I am currently doing a BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners based > around Software Development, so anything that applies to this is a > plus, although I am generally just looking to learn stuff and expand my > knowledge. > > I would like to get a better understanding of Linux in general and > learn more about it, especially the CLI and inner workings, although > there are a number of other topics I am interested in. I love > programming at college and I am particularly interested in Java and > Python. I also found Systems Analysis and Design, Databases, HCI and > Web Design particularly interesting areas/subjects. > > Thank you in advance for recommendations in any of the subjects listed > or other areas =) >
Not quite sure what you're looking for - particular technical texts? Tutorials? Something more general? Anyway, for a comprehensive intro to linux, I like RUTE: http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz For prose on programming, I recommend "In The Beginning Was The Command Line" http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html and "Open Sources" http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html Both freely available online. Brooks' "The Mythical Man-Month" is essential reading, it made me think in a very different, social rather than technical, way about programming, and I enjoyed "Dreaming In Code", about the travails of the Chandler project. Code isn't just code! For Java, Python etc, I've no idea. Hope that helps John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
