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==Contribute a Review==
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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.  Note that [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.
  
==Where to buy books==
 
<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=
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<b>Mastering Regular Expressions</b>
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Jeffrey E.F. Friedl
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Nutshell Handbook Series
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O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 1997
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ISBN 1-56592-257-3
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The bible on regex.  What is a regex, and why do I care?  Well, read the book.
  
A while ago, I started entering all my book info into this wiki. However, I later discovered LibraryThingLibraryThing.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]]
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'''The Mythical Man-Month, Essays on Software Engineering'''
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20th Anniversary Edition with four new chapters
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Frederick P. Brooks, Jr
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Addison Wesley 1995
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ISBN 0-201-83595-9
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A classic on project managementYou 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.
  
== 2024 Update ==
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'''Dynamic HTML - The Definitive Reference'''
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>
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Second Edition
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Danny Goodman
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O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 2002
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ISBN 0-596-00316-1
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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.
  
== Online Books ==
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'''Applying UML and Patterns'''
# [http://diveintohtml5.info/index.html Dive Into HTML 5] by Mark Pilgrim
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An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition
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Craig Larman
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Prentice Hall 2002
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ISBN 0-13-092569-1
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So far, many interesting points though somewhat pedantic.
  
[[Category:Help]]
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'''High Performance MySQL'''
[[Category:Library]]
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Optimization, Backups, Replication and Load Balancing
[[Category:Admin templates]]
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Jeremy D. Zawodny & Derek Balling
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O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. 2004
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ISBN 0-596-00306-4
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Just purchased, haven't read

Revision as of 00:07, 19 October 2004

Add a Page[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. Note that 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.


Greg's Books[edit | edit source]

Mastering Regular Expressions Jeffrey E.F. Friedl 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 20th Anniversary Edition with four new chapters 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 Second Edition Danny Goodman 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