Computer Science

The digital realm of algorithms, networks, and elegant code comes alive through expert guides to both foundational concepts and cutting-edge innovations. Whether exploring the philosophical implications of complexity theory or mastering practical skills in web development and software engineering, these books illuminate the invisible architecture that powers our modern world.

Computer Science Book Summaries

Exam Ref AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

by Cheshire Jim • 2019

Cost calculators, governance locks, and the Cloud Shell: the AZ-900 essentials for exam success.

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Exam Ref AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Cost calculators, governance locks, and the Cloud Shell: the AZ-900 essentials for exam success.

by Cheshire Jim 2019 304 pages

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162 ratings

☁️ Cloud Certification 💻 Azure Fundamentals 💰 Cost Optimization 📜 Cloud Governance 🏢 Hybrid Cloud

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things

by Robert Solomon • 2008

A compact tour through math's biggest ideas: zero, infinity, and the proof that broke mathematics.

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📐 Math Primers 🧱 Mathematical Foundations 🔢 Number Theory 💻 History Of Computing

The Little Book of Mathematical Principles, Theories & Things

A compact tour through math's biggest ideas: zero, infinity, and the proof that broke mathematics.

by Robert Solomon 2008 224 pages

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438 ratings

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📐 Math Primers 🧱 Mathematical Foundations 🔢 Number Theory 💻 History Of Computing

How to Fix the Future

by Andrew Keen • 2017

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

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🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

How to Fix the Future

The digital revolution feels unprecedented. It isn't. The fix is the same as last time.

by Andrew Keen 2017 288 pages

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273 ratings

🌐 Digital Society ⚖️ Tech Policy 🔮 Technological Determinism ✋ Digital Humanism 🏙️ Smart Cities

Software Engineering for Data Scientists

by Catherine Nelson • 2024

Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.

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🏗️ Software Craftsmanship 👁️ Code Readability 🧩 Modular Design 🧪 Automated Testing 🛡️ Error Handling

Software Engineering for Data Scientists

Write code that survives production: the software engineering skills notebooks never taught you.

by Catherine Nelson 2024 257 pages

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48 ratings

🏗️ Software Craftsmanship 👁️ Code Readability 🧩 Modular Design 🧪 Automated Testing 🛡️ Error Handling

Predictive Analytics For Dummies

by Anasse Bari • 2013

A guide to building models that forecast, classify, and find hidden patterns, without a math degree.

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📊 Data Science 🔮 Predictive Modeling 🐥 Beginner Guides 🧹 Data Preparation 🧩 Clustering

Predictive Analytics For Dummies

A guide to building models that forecast, classify, and find hidden patterns, without a math degree.

by Anasse Bari 2013 360 pages

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111 ratings

📊 Data Science 🔮 Predictive Modeling 🐥 Beginner Guides 🧹 Data Preparation 🧩 Clustering

Beginning Programming with Python For Dummies

by John Paul Mueller • 2014

Your first Python program: handling data, errors, and control flow without the jargon.

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🐍 Python 🧑‍💻 Programming Basics 📚 Learning To Code 🧹 Code Organization 🗂️ Data Structures

Beginning Programming with Python For Dummies

Your first Python program: handling data, errors, and control flow without the jargon.

by John Paul Mueller 2014 408 pages

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🐍 Python 🧑‍💻 Programming Basics 📚 Learning To Code 🧹 Code Organization 🗂️ Data Structures

Bitcoin For Dummies

by For Dummies • 2015

Buy, store, and spend Bitcoin without losing your money to hackers, scams, or your own mistakes.

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🪙 Cryptocurrency Basics ⛓️ Blockchain Explained ₿ Bitcoin Guide 💻 Financial Technology ⛏️ Cryptocurrency Mining

Bitcoin For Dummies

Buy, store, and spend Bitcoin without losing your money to hackers, scams, or your own mistakes.

by For Dummies 2015 208 pages

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🪙 Cryptocurrency Basics ⛓️ Blockchain Explained ₿ Bitcoin Guide 💻 Financial Technology ⛏️ Cryptocurrency Mining

Big Breaches

by Neil Daswani • 2021

The handful of missteps behind every mega-breach, and the fixes any organization can put in place.

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💥 Data Breach Prevention 🛡️ Cybersecurity Management 🎭 Social Engineering 🔑 Encryption Practices 🦠 Malware Defense

Big Breaches

The handful of missteps behind every mega-breach, and the fixes any organization can put in place.

by Neil Daswani 2021 495 pages

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41 ratings

💥 Data Breach Prevention 🛡️ Cybersecurity Management 🎭 Social Engineering 🔑 Encryption Practices 🦠 Malware Defense

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

by Michael S. Collier • 2015

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

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☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud 🏗️ Cloud Architecture 💻 Microsoft Ecosystem

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

by Michael S. Collier 2015 246 pages

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146 ratings

☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud 🏗️ Cloud Architecture 💻 Microsoft Ecosystem

Manage Your Project Portfolio

by Johanna Rothman • 2008

Your organization says yes to everything. The framework for choosing what to stop.

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📊 Portfolio Management 📋 Work Prioritization 🎯 Strategic Alignment 📏 Capacity Planning 👁️ Visual Management

Manage Your Project Portfolio

Your organization says yes to everything. The framework for choosing what to stop.

by Johanna Rothman 2008 240 pages

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📊 Portfolio Management 📋 Work Prioritization 🎯 Strategic Alignment 📏 Capacity Planning 👁️ Visual Management

Domain-Driven Design

by Eric Evans • 2003

Software's hardest problem isn't code; it's the shared vocabulary between experts and developers.

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🧱 Domain Modeling 📐 Software Architecture 📦 Object-Oriented Design 🏢 Enterprise Software 🧩 Modular Design

Domain-Driven Design

Software's hardest problem isn't code; it's the shared vocabulary between experts and developers.

by Eric Evans 2003 560 pages

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🧱 Domain Modeling 📐 Software Architecture 📦 Object-Oriented Design 🏢 Enterprise Software 🧩 Modular Design

Python Programming

by John Zelle • 2003

A Python-first CS textbook that teaches what computation can do, not just how to code.

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📘 Introductory Programming 🐍 Python Programming 🧮 Algorithm Fundamentals 🏗️ Object-Oriented Design 🔄 Software Development

Python Programming

A Python-first CS textbook that teaches what computation can do, not just how to code.

by John Zelle 2003 528 pages

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483 ratings

📘 Introductory Programming 🐍 Python Programming 🧮 Algorithm Fundamentals 🏗️ Object-Oriented Design 🔄 Software Development

Data Structures and Algorithms

by Alfred V. Aho • 1983

Write code that scales: the classic mathematical toolkit for reasoning about speed before you run.

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🧱 Data Structures ⏱️ Algorithm Analysis 🔨 Algorithm Design 💡 Language-Agnostic Programming 🔢 Sorting Algorithms

Data Structures and Algorithms

Write code that scales: the classic mathematical toolkit for reasoning about speed before you run.

by Alfred V. Aho 1983 448 pages

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245 ratings

🧱 Data Structures ⏱️ Algorithm Analysis 🔨 Algorithm Design 💡 Language-Agnostic Programming 🔢 Sorting Algorithms

Business Analyst's Mentor Book

by Emrah Yayici • 2013

The 80/20 business-IT formula, plus requirements, agile, and UX techniques to save your projects.

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📊 Business Analysis 📋 Requirements Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 🎨 User-Centered Design 🔍 Usability Testing

Business Analyst's Mentor Book

The 80/20 business-IT formula, plus requirements, agile, and UX techniques to save your projects.

by Emrah Yayici 2013 106 pages

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187 ratings

📊 Business Analysis 📋 Requirements Management 🔄 Agile Methodology 🎨 User-Centered Design 🔍 Usability Testing

Designing Products People Love

by Scott Hurff • 2015

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

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🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Designing Products People Love

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

by Scott Hurff 2015 321 pages

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🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research 🛠️ Prototyping 🧠 Behavioral Design

Cloud Computing

by Nayan B. Ruparelia • 2016

How to move your business to the cloud without getting locked in, breached, or overcharged.

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🖥️ It Infrastructure 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🚚 Cloud Migration 🔒 Cloud Security 📈 Technology Strategy

Cloud Computing

How to move your business to the cloud without getting locked in, breached, or overcharged.

by Nayan B. Ruparelia 2016 278 pages

3.31

159 ratings

🖥️ It Infrastructure 🏢 Enterprise Technology 🚚 Cloud Migration 🔒 Cloud Security 📈 Technology Strategy

Smashing WordPress

by Thord Daniel Hedengren • 2010

Take WordPress beyond blogging with themes, custom post types, and the loop for any site.

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🛠️ Wordpress Development 🎨 Theme Building 🔌 Plugin Development 💻 Cms Platforms 📚 Developer Guides

Smashing WordPress

Take WordPress beyond blogging with themes, custom post types, and the loop for any site.

by Thord Daniel Hedengren 2010 352 pages

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247 ratings

🛠️ Wordpress Development 🎨 Theme Building 🔌 Plugin Development 💻 Cms Platforms 📚 Developer Guides

Learning Agile

by Andrew Stellman • 2013

Four methodologies, one mindset: going beyond the rituals of Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban.

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🔄 Agile Frameworks 📦 Lean Thinking 🧪 Extreme Programming 🚀 Continuous Delivery ⏳ Iterative Delivery

Learning Agile

Four methodologies, one mindset: going beyond the rituals of Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban.

by Andrew Stellman 2013 417 pages

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🔄 Agile Frameworks 📦 Lean Thinking 🧪 Extreme Programming 🚀 Continuous Delivery ⏳ Iterative Delivery

The Art of Agile Development

by James Shore • 2007

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

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⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software ✨ Software Craftsmanship 🤝 Team Practices

The Art of Agile Development

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

by James Shore 2007 438 pages

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⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software ✨ Software Craftsmanship 🤝 Team Practices

HTML5

by Mark Pilgrim • 2010

Plugins are dying: video, graphics, and storage now live in the browser itself. Here is how.

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🌐 Web Development 💻 Frontend Development 🏷️ Semantic Markup 📐 Web Standards 🔌 Browser Apis

HTML5

Plugins are dying: video, graphics, and storage now live in the browser itself. Here is how.

by Mark Pilgrim 2010 207 pages

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🌐 Web Development 💻 Frontend Development 🏷️ Semantic Markup 📐 Web Standards 🔌 Browser Apis

Doing Data Science

by Cathy O'Neil • 2013

Your model is lying to you. The ninety percent of data science that algorithms won't fix.

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📊 Data Science 📈 Statistical Thinking 🧹 Data Wrangling 🔧 Feature Engineering 🔗 Causal Inference

Doing Data Science

Your model is lying to you. The ninety percent of data science that algorithms won't fix.

by Cathy O'Neil 2013 405 pages

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📊 Data Science 📈 Statistical Thinking 🧹 Data Wrangling 🔧 Feature Engineering 🔗 Causal Inference

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks

by Paul Butcher • 2014

Threads unravel programs. Seven concurrency models that don't, from actors and CSP to GPU parallel.

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🧩 Concurrency Patterns ⚡ Parallel Programming 🎭 Actor Model λ Functional Concurrency 🎮 GPGPU Computing

Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks

Threads unravel programs. Seven concurrency models that don't, from actors and CSP to GPU parallel.

by Paul Butcher 2014 267 pages

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349 ratings

🧩 Concurrency Patterns ⚡ Parallel Programming 🎭 Actor Model λ Functional Concurrency 🎮 GPGPU Computing

Eleventh Hour CISSP®

by Joshua Feldman • 2016

CISSP domains turned into principles and formulas you can recall cold in the final hours.

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🔒 Information Security 📜 Certification Prep 🛡️ Security Management 📝 Exam Preparation ⚠️ Risk Management

Eleventh Hour CISSP®

CISSP domains turned into principles and formulas you can recall cold in the final hours.

by Joshua Feldman 2016 222 pages

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494 ratings

🔒 Information Security 📜 Certification Prep 🛡️ Security Management 📝 Exam Preparation ⚠️ Risk Management

Incompleteness

by Rebecca Goldstein • 2005

A genius turned a paradox into a proof that broke the promise of a complete mathematics.

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📐 Philosophy Of Math 📜 Intellectual History 🔁 Self-Reference 📏 Formalism 🔬 Logical Positivism

Incompleteness

A genius turned a paradox into a proof that broke the promise of a complete mathematics.

by Rebecca Goldstein 2005 300 pages

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📐 Philosophy Of Math 📜 Intellectual History 🔁 Self-Reference 📏 Formalism 🔬 Logical Positivism

Rage Inside the Machine

by Robert Elliott Smith • 2019

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

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🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Rage Inside the Machine

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

by Robert Elliott Smith 2019 344 pages

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145 ratings

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman • 2004

Twelve patterns that keep software flexible: the visual guide that makes them stick.

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🧩 Design Patterns 📐 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🛠️ Maintainable Code 🔗 Loose Coupling

Head First Design Patterns

Twelve patterns that keep software flexible: the visual guide that makes them stick.

by Eric Freeman 2004 638 pages

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🧩 Design Patterns 📐 Object-Oriented Design 🏗️ Software Architecture 🛠️ Maintainable Code 🔗 Loose Coupling

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

by Theresa Payton • 2014

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

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🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 🕵️ Surveillance State

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.

by Theresa Payton 2014 328 pages

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112 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Data Surveillance 📊 Personal Data 🏢 Corporate Surveillance 🕵️ Surveillance State

Machine Learning Simplified

by Andrew Wolf • 2022

Supervised learning, gently: pipeline, optimization, and the real reasons your model overfits.

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🎯 Supervised Learning 📚 Machine Learning Fundamentals 📊 Statistical Learning ✅ Model Evaluation 🧹 Data Preprocessing

Machine Learning Simplified

Supervised learning, gently: pipeline, optimization, and the real reasons your model overfits.

by Andrew Wolf 2022 109 pages

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193 ratings

🎯 Supervised Learning 📚 Machine Learning Fundamentals 📊 Statistical Learning ✅ Model Evaluation 🧹 Data Preprocessing

Fixing your Scrum

by Ryan Ripley • 2020

When sprints ship nothing and standups ring hollow, the framework isn't your problem.

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🔄 Scrum 🏃 Agile Methodology 🤝 Servant Leadership 🎯 Agile Coaching 📋 Product Ownership

Fixing your Scrum

When sprints ship nothing and standups ring hollow, the framework isn't your problem.

by Ryan Ripley 2020 200 pages

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125 ratings

🔄 Scrum 🏃 Agile Methodology 🤝 Servant Leadership 🎯 Agile Coaching 📋 Product Ownership

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

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💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Modern CTO

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018 146 pages

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267 ratings

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

CMOS VLSI Design

by Neil H.E. Weste • 2011

From silicon atoms to clock trees: the complete playbook for designing chips that actually work.

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💻 Vlsi Design ⚡ Integrated Circuits 🔢 Digital Logic 🏭 Semiconductor Fabrication 🔋 Power-Aware Design

CMOS VLSI Design

From silicon atoms to clock trees: the complete playbook for designing chips that actually work.

by Neil H.E. Weste 2011 967 pages

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142 ratings

💻 Vlsi Design ⚡ Integrated Circuits 🔢 Digital Logic 🏭 Semiconductor Fabrication 🔋 Power-Aware Design

Effective Unit Testing

by Lasse Koskela • 2012

A slow test suite kills productivity. The craft rules for fast, trustworthy unit tests.

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🧪 Unit Testing ☕️ Java Development 🧩 Testable Design 👃 Test Smells 🧰 Test Doubles

Effective Unit Testing

A slow test suite kills productivity. The craft rules for fast, trustworthy unit tests.

by Lasse Koskela 2012 248 pages

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118 ratings

🧪 Unit Testing ☕️ Java Development 🧩 Testable Design 👃 Test Smells 🧰 Test Doubles

Python for Informatics

by Charles Severance • 2002

Learn Python by probing data: scrape the web, query databases, and make the file system obey.

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🐍 Python Programming 📘 Introductory Programming ℹ️ Informatics 🔄 Data Manipulation 🕸️ Web Scraping

Python for Informatics

Learn Python by probing data: scrape the web, query databases, and make the file system obey.

by Charles Severance 2002 244 pages

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🐍 Python Programming 📘 Introductory Programming ℹ️ Informatics 🔄 Data Manipulation 🕸️ Web Scraping

Agile Testing

by Lisa Crispin • 2008

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

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🔄 Agile Development 🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation 🔗 Continuous Integration 🔍 Exploratory Testing

Agile Testing

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

by Lisa Crispin 2008 533 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Development 🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation 🔗 Continuous Integration 🔍 Exploratory Testing

Agile IT Organization Design

by Sriram Narayan • 2015

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

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🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology 🤝 Cross-Functional Teams 🚀 Continuous Delivery

Agile IT Organization Design

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

by Sriram Narayan 2015 304 pages

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187 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology 🤝 Cross-Functional Teams 🚀 Continuous Delivery

CCNP ROUTE 642-902

by Wendell Odom • 2009

Three routing protocols, one exam, and the verification commands that separate pass from fail.

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🖥️ Network Engineering 🔷 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing Protocols 📐 Network Design 📝 Exam Preparation

CCNP ROUTE 642-902

Three routing protocols, one exam, and the verification commands that separate pass from fail.

by Wendell Odom 2009 730 pages

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🖥️ Network Engineering 🔷 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing Protocols 📐 Network Design 📝 Exam Preparation

ISC2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide

by Mike Chapple • 2018

Your CISSP exam road map: all eight domains distilled into what you actually need to pass.

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🔐 Cybersecurity Certification 📋 Information Security Management 🏛️ Security Governance ⚠️ Risk Management Frameworks 🏗️ Security Architecture

ISC2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional Official Study Guide

Your CISSP exam road map: all eight domains distilled into what you actually need to pass.

by Mike Chapple 2018 1826 pages

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320 ratings

🔐 Cybersecurity Certification 📋 Information Security Management 🏛️ Security Governance ⚠️ Risk Management Frameworks 🏗️ Security Architecture

Managing Risk and Information Security

by Malcolm Harkins • 2012

Security's job isn't to block. It's to make the business safe enough to take risks.

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🛡️ Information Security ⚖️ Risk Management 🏢 Security Culture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👔 CISO Leadership

Managing Risk and Information Security

Security's job isn't to block. It's to make the business safe enough to take risks.

by Malcolm Harkins 2012 152 pages

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🛡️ Information Security ⚖️ Risk Management 🏢 Security Culture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👔 CISO Leadership

Confident Data Skills

by Kirill Eremenko • 2018

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

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📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics 📈 Data Visualization 🧹 Data Preparation

Confident Data Skills

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

by Kirill Eremenko 2018 272 pages

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211 ratings

📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics 📈 Data Visualization 🧹 Data Preparation

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

by Don Jones • 2011

Stop navigating wizards. Fluency in the shell, fitted into the gaps in your calendar.

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🖥️ Windows Administration ⚡ Powershell Scripting 💻 System Administration 📚 Hands-On Tutorials 🤖 Sysadmin Automation

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

Stop navigating wizards. Fluency in the shell, fitted into the gaps in your calendar.

by Don Jones 2011 343 pages

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🖥️ Windows Administration ⚡ Powershell Scripting 💻 System Administration 📚 Hands-On Tutorials 🤖 Sysadmin Automation

A People’s History of Computing in the United States

by Joy Lisi Rankin • 2018

The PC erased a decade of shared computing where users were creators, not customers.

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🏛️ People's History 💻 Computing Before PCs 🎓 Educational Computing 🌐 Early Computing Networks ⌨️ Programming Culture

A People’s History of Computing in the United States

The PC erased a decade of shared computing where users were creators, not customers.

by Joy Lisi Rankin 2018 336 pages

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🏛️ People's History 💻 Computing Before PCs 🎓 Educational Computing 🌐 Early Computing Networks ⌨️ Programming Culture

Cloud Finops

by J.R. Storment • 2019

The discipline that stops runaway cloud costs by putting finance and engineering on the same team.

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☁️ Cloud Computing 💰 Cloud Economics 🔄 Devops Culture 📏 Lean Methodology 📉 Cost Optimization

Cloud Finops

The discipline that stops runaway cloud costs by putting finance and engineering on the same team.

by J.R. Storment 2019 284 pages

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☁️ Cloud Computing 💰 Cloud Economics 🔄 Devops Culture 📏 Lean Methodology 📉 Cost Optimization

Search Patterns

by Peter Morville • 2010

Algorithms do not fix search; design does. How the patterns users follow reveal what engineers miss.

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🏛️ Information Architecture 🖱️ Interaction Design 🔍 Findability 🧩 Design Patterns 📖 Information Seeking

Search Patterns

Algorithms do not fix search; design does. How the patterns users follow reveal what engineers miss.

by Peter Morville 2010 191 pages

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291 ratings

🏛️ Information Architecture 🖱️ Interaction Design 🔍 Findability 🧩 Design Patterns 📖 Information Seeking

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

by Barbee Davis • 2009

97 short, practical lessons on shipping software, leading teams, and keeping your stakeholders sane.

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📋 Project Management 💻 Software Development 🔄 Agile Practices 🧭 Team Leadership 🔧 Continuous Improvement

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

97 short, practical lessons on shipping software, leading teams, and keeping your stakeholders sane.

by Barbee Davis 2009 250 pages

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📋 Project Management 💻 Software Development 🔄 Agile Practices 🧭 Team Leadership 🔧 Continuous Improvement

Unscaled

by Hemant Taneja • 2018

Size used to win. Now AI lets lean companies rent what big corporations had to build.

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🏗️ Platform Economics 🚀 Startup Playbooks 📊 Data-Driven Business 🎯 Micro-Markets 💥 Disruption Theory

Unscaled

Size used to win. Now AI lets lean companies rent what big corporations had to build.

by Hemant Taneja 2018 240 pages

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331 ratings

🏗️ Platform Economics 🚀 Startup Playbooks 📊 Data-Driven Business 🎯 Micro-Markets 💥 Disruption Theory

How Technology Works

by D.K. Publishing • 2019

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

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🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics 🔧 Engineering Fundamentals 💻 Digital Literacy

How Technology Works

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

by D.K. Publishing 2019 256 pages

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166 ratings

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics 🔧 Engineering Fundamentals 💻 Digital Literacy

Introduction to Information Science

by David Bawden • 2012

Information science studies every document ever made: clay tablets, databases, genes, all of it.

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📄 Document Theory 🗂️ Knowledge Organization 🔍 Information Retrieval ⚖️ Information Ethics 🌐 Information Society

Introduction to Information Science

Information science studies every document ever made: clay tablets, databases, genes, all of it.

by David Bawden 2012 384 pages

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📄 Document Theory 🗂️ Knowledge Organization 🔍 Information Retrieval ⚖️ Information Ethics 🌐 Information Society

Exam Ref 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2

by Craig Zacker • 2012

From bare metal to a fully managed domain: the hands-on path to the 70-410 certification.

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📟 System Administration 📝 Exam Preparation 🏢 Microsoft Ecosystem 🖥️ Virtualization 📁 Active Directory

Exam Ref 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2

From bare metal to a fully managed domain: the hands-on path to the 70-410 certification.

by Craig Zacker 2012 416 pages

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📟 System Administration 📝 Exam Preparation 🏢 Microsoft Ecosystem 🖥️ Virtualization 📁 Active Directory

Battlefield Cyber

by William J. Holstein • 2023

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

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🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Battlefield Cyber

America is being hollowed out in a cyber war that stops just short of bombs.

by William J. Holstein 2023 300 pages

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94 ratings

🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🇺🇸 National Security 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 🕵️ Cyber Espionage 🗣️ Disinformation

Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg • 2005

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

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Algorithm Design

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

by Jon Kleinberg 2005 864 pages

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🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory 🧩 Dynamic Programming 🚫 Np Completeness

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