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=Contribute a Review=
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==Contribute a Review==
 
Tell people what books you are reading, or have enjoyed as well as those you might not have enjoyed so thoroughly.
 
Tell people what books you are reading, or have enjoyed as well as those you might not have enjoyed so thoroughly.
  
When listing a book, if you use the ISBN number, the wiki will create an automatic link to several bookstores.
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When listing a book, if you use the ISBN number, the wiki will create an automatic link to several bookstores.
  
=Where to buy books=  
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==Where to buy books==
[http://www.bookpool.com Bookpool.com] is an excellent choice for technical books.  They have consistently proven to offer good service, the lowest prices, and an excellent website over the past several years.
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<strike>[http://www.bookpool.com Bookpool.com] is an excellent choice for technical books.  They have consistently proven to offer good service, the lowest prices, and an excellent website over the past several years.</strike> Bookpool.com is defunct  [[User:Freephile|greg.rundlett]] ([[User talk:Freephile|talk]]) 02:37, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Odd to see how I was on the web before Amazon.com, and how "mainstay" features of the technical community like bookpool.com have come and gone.  Today it says the site is "relaunching soon".
  
=Greg's Books=
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== Greg's Books ==
  
A while ago, I started entering all my book info into this wiki.  However, I later discovered this cool site that lets you quickly enter all your books, and creates a [http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=freephile graphical bookshelf].  Pretty neat. [[Image:Bookshelf.png|thumb|Some of my books]]
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A while ago, I started entering all my book info into this wiki.  However, I later discovered LibraryThing.  LibraryThing.com is cool site that lets you quickly enter all your books, and creates a [http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=freephile graphical bookshelf].  Pretty neat. [[File:Bookshelf.png|thumb|Some of my books]]
  
<b>Mastering Regular Expressions</b>
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== 2024 Update ==
Jeffrey E.F. Friedl
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I found a [[Wikidata]] related project called '''[https://inventaire.io/welcome Inventaire]''' which does sorta the same thing as LibraryThing, but in the [[fediverse]] with [[open data]]. The Inventaire project uses [[MediaWiki]] software for their knowledgebase at https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/Main_Page <ref>https://github.com/inventaire/inventaire-mediawiki</ref>, and you can import your LibraryThing data into Inventaire <ref>https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/How_to_add_a_book_to_my_inventory</ref>
Nutshell Handbook Series
 
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 1997
 
ISBN 1-56592-257-3
 
The bible on regex. What is a regex, and why do I care?  Well, read the book.
 
  
'''The Mythical Man-Month, Essays on Software Engineering'''
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== Online Books ==
20th Anniversary Edition with four new chapters
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# [http://diveintohtml5.info/index.html Dive Into HTML 5] by Mark Pilgrim
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr
 
Addison Wesley 1995
 
ISBN 0-201-83595-9
 
A classic on project management.  You have to read this book. More than 20 years after it was 
 
first written, it still provides valuable insights about how to make projects happen on time and
 
on budget.
 
  
'''Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Reference'''
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[[Category:Help]]
Second Edition
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[[Category:Library]]
Danny Goodman
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[[Category:Admin templates]]
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 2002
 
ISBN 0-596-00316-1
 
A comprehensive resource for HTML, CSS, DOM and JavaScript.  Improvement on the first edition, a
 
must-have reference source as well as a good book to learn from.  At 1400 pages, you will not be 
 
reading this one cover to cover. 
 
 
 
'''Applying UML and Patterns'''
 
An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition
 
Craig Larman
 
Prentice Hall 2002
 
ISBN 0-13-092569-1
 
So far, many interesting points though somewhat pedantic.
 
 
 
'''High Performance MySQL'''
 
Optimization, Backups, Replication and Load Balancing
 
Jeremy D. Zawodny & Derek Balling
 
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 2004
 
ISBN 0-596-00306-4
 
Just purchased, haven't read, but looking forward to hearing what Jeremy has to say about what he has done to 
 
really make the MySQL database a part of Yahoo
 
 
 
'''Advanced PHP Programming'''
 
A practical guide to developing large-scale Web sites and applications with PHP 5
 
George Schlossnagle
 
Sams Publishing 2004
 
ISBN 0-672-32561-6
 
Also just purchased.  George is a contributor to PHP, PEAR and PECL, and so is obviously an expert on this
 
domain.  The reviews that I've seen confirm that this book is an excellent one for the advanced PHP programmer.
 
 
 
'''The Official Samba 3 HOWTO and Reference Guide'''
 
John H. Terpstra and Jelmer R. Vernooij, Editors
 
Prentice Hall (Bruce Perens' Open Source Series) 2004
 
ISBN 0-13-145355-6
 
I picked up this book at the Desktop Linux Consortium innaugural conference, where I not only got to meet/hear
 
Bruce Perens and John Terpstra, they also signed my book!  Woohoo!
 
 
 
'''Linux Server Hacks'''
 
100 Industrail-Strength Tips and Tools
 
Rob Flickenger
 
O'Reilly 2003
 
ISBN 0-596-00461-3
 
A short book, chock full of some of the essentials of System Administration.  I highly recommend this book.
 
It offers the short answer to getting things done in every topic from Revision Control to Backups;
 
Networking to Monitoring, SSH, Scripting, and  DNS
 

Latest revision as of 21:09, 5 February 2024

Contribute a Review[edit | edit source]

Tell people what books you are reading, or have enjoyed as well as those you might not have enjoyed so thoroughly.

When listing a book, if you use the ISBN number, the wiki will create an automatic link to several bookstores.

Where to buy books[edit | edit source]

Bookpool.com is an excellent choice for technical books. They have consistently proven to offer good service, the lowest prices, and an excellent website over the past several years. Bookpool.com is defunct greg.rundlett (talk) 02:37, 28 May 2014 (UTC) Odd to see how I was on the web before Amazon.com, and how "mainstay" features of the technical community like bookpool.com have come and gone. Today it says the site is "relaunching soon".

Greg's Books[edit | edit source]

A while ago, I started entering all my book info into this wiki. However, I later discovered LibraryThing. LibraryThing.com is cool site that lets you quickly enter all your books, and creates a graphical bookshelf. Pretty neat.

Some of my books

2024 Update[edit | edit source]

I found a Wikidata related project called Inventaire which does sorta the same thing as LibraryThing, but in the fediverse with open data. The Inventaire project uses MediaWiki software for their knowledgebase at https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/Main_Page [1], and you can import your LibraryThing data into Inventaire [2]

Online Books[edit | edit source]

  1. Dive Into HTML 5 by Mark Pilgrim
    1. https://github.com/inventaire/inventaire-mediawiki
    2. https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/How_to_add_a_book_to_my_inventory