Neural Networks in Hardware
It was often assumed in the early years of neural network research that implementation in special hardware would be required to take advantage of their capabilities. Such hardware, in particular, would probably be analog and involve multiple parallel processing elements and connections between them.
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Guide to Prolog Programming
This book is an introduction to logic programming and PROLOG for beginners and also covers some advanced topics.
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Guide to Constraint Programming
This is a textbook for beginners to the area of constraint programming. This area belongs to the less known software technologies but it rapidly evolves and brings a significant commercial interest.
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Robot Motion Planning and Control
This free book covers recent & fruitful results in motion planning & control, nonholonomic systems, probablistic algorithms, & collision detection which is a critical operation in algorithmic motion planning.
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Four sample chapters are freely available from the book: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Free sample chapters are chapter 5 - Constraint Satisfaction Problems, chapter 7 - Logical Agents, chapter 11 - Planning and chapter 20 - Statistical Learning Methods.
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Neural Networks
This free online book is divided into the following topics: Introduction, Classification, Optimizing Linear Networks, The Backprop Toolbox, Unsupervised Learning, Reinforcement Learning and Advanced Topics.
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Introduction to Neural Networks
This free online book is divided into the following sections: Introduction, Components, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning and Applications.
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Machine Perception
Machine Perception by Ramakant Nevatia is available online.
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Machine Vision
Machine Vision: Automated Visual Inspection and Robot Vision by David Vernon is available online.
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Intelligent Software Agents on the Internet
Intelligent Software Agents on the Internet: An inventory of currently offered functionality in the information society and a prediction of near future developments.
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Introduction to Machine Translation
An Introduction to Machine Translation aims to introduce the reader to the well-established core of methods and approaches in Machine Translation, and will be an invaluable test for students of computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, natural language processing and information science.
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Machine Translation: an Introductory Guide
This book makes the following points: 1) in analogy with robots, we humans know by the models we make of reality, 2) these models are always provisional and sometimes unreliable, 3) it is especially important to examine thoroughly those models upon which we base actions, and 4) the scientific method provides an excellent guide for such examination.
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Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. The author's aim in this online book is to point the reader at what they perceive to be the most important theoretical and practical issues associated with the design and construction of intelligent agents.
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Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classification
This free book is based on the EC (ESPRIT) project StatLog which compare and evaluated a range of classification techniques, with an assessment of their merits, disadvantages and range of application. This integrated volume provides a concise introduction to each method, and reviews comparative trials in large-scale commercial and industrial problems.
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An Introduction to Neural Networks
Although mathematical ideas underpin the study of neural networks, this book presents the fundamentals without the full mathematical apparatus. The author tackles virtually all aspects of the field, including artificial neurons as models of their real counterparts; the geometry of network action in pattern space; gradient descent methods; associative memory and Hopfield nets; and self-organization and feature maps.
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Planning Algorithms
Written for computer scientists and engineers with interests in artificial intelligence, robotics, or control theory, this is the only book on this topic that tightly integrates a vast body of literature from several fields into a coherent source for teaching and reference in a wide variety of applications. This free book can be downloaded in pdf and html formats.
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How Are We To Know?
This book makes the following points: 1) in analogy with robots, we humans know by the models we make of reality, 2) these models are always provisional and sometimes unreliable, 3) it is especially important to examine thoroughly those models upon which we base actions, and 4) the scientific method provides an excellent guide for such examination.
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Introduction to Machine Learning
This free pdf book by Nils J. Nilsson includes the following chapters: Preliminaries, Boolean Functions, Using Version Spaces for Learning, Neural Networks, Statistical Learning, Decision Trees, Inductive Logic Programming, Computational Learning Theory, Unsupervised Learning, Temporal-Difference Learning, Delayed-Reinforcement Learning and Explanation-Based Learning.
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Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Reinforcement learning, one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence, is a computational approach to learning whereby an agent tries to maximize the total amount of reward it receives when interacting with a complex, uncertain environment. In Reinforcement Learning, Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto provide a clear and simple account of the key ideas and algorithms of reinforcement learning.
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PC Assembly Language
This online book has extensive coverage of interfacing assembly and C code and so might be of interest to C programmers who want to learn about how C works under the hood. All the examples use the free NASM (Netwide) assembler. This book only covers programming under 32-bit protected mode and requires a 32-bit protected mode compiler.
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The Art of Assembly Language Programming
The Art of Assembly Language Programming (AoA), Randy Hyde's acclaimed text on assembly language programming, is the most-often recommended book on 80x86 assembly language programming in newsgroups, on web sites, and by word of mouth.
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Python Programming
This is free online book from Wikibooks. Python is a general-purpose interpreted programming language. It currently has distributions available for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, BSD, and many other platforms. There are currently three major implementations: the standard implementation written in C, Jython written in Java, and IronPython written in C# for the MS .NET environment.
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An Introduction to Tkinter
The Tkinter module ("Tk interface") is the standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit from Scriptics (formerly developed by Sun Labs). Both Tk and Tkinter are available on most Unix platforms, as well as on Windows and Macintosh systems. Starting with the 8.0 release, Tk offers native look and feel on all platforms.
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Python Imaging Library Handbook
The Python Imaging Library adds image processing capabilities to your Python interpreter. This library provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and fairly powerful image processing capabilities. The core image library is designed for fast access to data stored in a few basic pixel formats. It should provide a solid foundation for a general image processing tool.
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An Introduction to Python
This tutorial provides an introduction to Python, an easy to learn object oriented programming language. It covers the 2.5 release of Python. The author of this manual, Guido van Rossum, is the inventor of Python. Fred L. Drake, Jr. is the official editor of the Python documentation.
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Python Language Reference Manual
This manual is the official reference for the Python language itself. It describes the syntax of Python and its built-in datatypes in depth. This edition has been revised for the 2.5 release of Python. This manual covers advanced topics, and is suitable for readers who need to be familiar with the details and rules of the Python language and its object system.
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Thinking in Python
This is not an introductory Python book. This book assumes you've learned the basics of Python elsewhere.
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A Byte of Python
A Byte of Python is a free book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience.
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Learn to Program Using Python
This free online programming book covers the basic theory of computer programming - what it is, some of its history and the basic techniques needed to solve problems.
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Python Standard Library
Ideal for any working Python developer, Fredrik Lundh's Python Standard Library provides an excellent tour of some of the most important modules in today's Python 2.0 standard. Mixing sample code and plenty of expert advice, this title will be indispensable for programmers.
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Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python
Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python by Bruno R. Preiss.
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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python by Allen Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers can be download in various formats.
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Text Processing in Python
Text Processing in Python by David Mertz is available in smart ASCII(text) format. The book contents are python basics, basic string operations, regular expressions, parsers and state-machines, internet tools and techniques, a selective and impressionistic short review of python, a data compression primer, understanding unicode, a state-machine for adding markup to text and glossary terms.
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Dive Into Python: Python from novice to pro
Dive Into Python: Python from novice to pro is a Python book for experienced programmers. It is a free python book by Mark Pilgrim. You can download it in various formats.
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Higher Order Perl
Free online book Higher-Order Perl by by Mark Jason Dominus is about functional programming techniques in Perl. It's about how to write functions that can modify and manufacture other functions.
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CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
This is a free perl book from O'Reilly Open Books Project. It is an old book about CGI programming with Perl.
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Practical mod_perl
This is a free perl book from O'Reilly Open Books Project. It covers topics like Introducing CGI and mod_perl, Getting Started Fast, Installing mod_perl, mod_perl Configuration, Web Server Control, Monitoring, Upgrade, and Maintenance, Coding with mod_perl in Mind, Identifying Your Performance Problems, Choosing a Platform for the Best Performance, Essential Tools for Performance Tuning and Tuning Performance by Tweaking Apache's Configuration.
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Web Client Programming with Perl
This is a free perl book from O'Reilly Open Books Project. It covers topics like Demystifying the Browser, Learning HTTP, The Socket Library, The LWP Library, Example LWP Programs and Graphical Examples with Perl/Tk.
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Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
This is a free perl book from Apress. Writing Perl Modules for CPAN offers Perl developers a comprehensive guide to using and contributing to the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Starting with a general overview of CPAN's history, network topology, and navigational mechanisms, the book quickly brings you up to speed regarding how to search out and install available modules.
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Picking Up Perl
Free perl book Picking Up Perl can be downloaded in variuos formats.
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Learning Perl the Hard Way
This free perl book is for people who already know how to program in another language, but don't know Perl. It gets through the basics as quickly as possible. And it emphasizes good programming style in Perl.
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Perl 5 Internals
A hands-on introduction to how the perl interpreter works internally, how to go about testing and fixing bugs in the interpreter, and what the internals are likely to look like in the future of Perl, Perl 6.
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Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
Mason is a powerful text templating tool for embedding Perl in text. The Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason book documents the HTML::Mason framework in detail, including chapters on component syntax, Mason object APIs, a sample site walkthrough, recipes, and details on Mason's advanced features and how to use them.
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Macperl: Power and Ease
MacPerl: Power and Ease is designed for both the beginner to Perl, and those who want to take advantage of Perl on Mac OS. It's divided into three primary sections: learning about programming, learning about Perl, and advanced topics.
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Impatient Perl
This free perl book is for people who either want to learn perl or are already programming in perl and just don't have the patience to scrounge for information to learn and use perl. This document should also find use as a handy desk reference for some of the more common perl related questions.
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Extreme Perl
Extreme Perl is a book about Extreme Programming using the programming language Perl. This free perl ebook can be downloaded in html and pdf formats.
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Perl for the Web
Perl for the Web is a free online perl book. Topics covered - The Problems, The Solutions and Planning For the Future.
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Perl 5 by Example
Reading Perl 5 by Example is the easiest way to learn Perl! Teach yourself Internet programming and CGI scripting. Topics covered - Basic Perl, Intermediate Perl, Advanced Perl and Perl and the Internet.
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Beginning Perl
This free online perl book covers the following topics - Installing Perl on Windows and UNIX, Making use of online Perl resources like CPAN, First principles in programming and the Perl syntax, Working with files and databases, Writing web pages in Perl and Using Perl as an object-oriented language.
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Architecture and Programming of 8051 Microcontroller
Learn in a quick and easy way to program 8051 microcontroller using many practical examples.
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Beginners Guide to Electronics
This free ebook gives simplified explanations of how certain electronic components work in a circuit. It also gives practical examples of building some simple projects.
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Socratic Electronics
This is a free resource for instructors. Topics covered: Basic electricity, DC electric circuits, AC electric circuits, Network analysis techniques, Discrete semiconductor devices and circuits, Analog integrated circuits, Digital circuits, Mathematics for electronics and Circuit animations.
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The Hardware Book
The Hardware Book is a collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions. It contains details of Connectors, Cables, Adapters and Circuits.
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Lessons In Electric Circuits - Volume 6 (Experiments)
This free online book covers topics like basic concepts and test equipment, DC circuits, AC circuits, discrete semiconductor circuits, analog integrated circuits and digital integrated circuits.
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Lessons In Electric Circuits - Volume 5 (Reference)
This free online book covers topics like useful equations and conversion factors, resistor color codes, conductor and insulator tables, algebra reference, trigonometry reference, calculus reference, using the spice circuit simulation program, troubleshooting -- theory and practice, circuit schematic symbols and periodic table of the elements.
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Lessons In Electric Circuits - Volume 4 (Digital)
This free online book covers topics like numeration systems, binary arithmetic, logic gates, switches, electromechanical relays, ladder logic, boolean algebra, karnaugh mapping, combinational logic functions, multivibrators, counters, shift registers, digital-analog conversion, digital communication, digital storage (memory) and principles of digital computing.
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Lessons In Electric Circuits - Volume 3 (Semiconductors)
This free online book covers topics like amplifiers and active devices, solid-state device theory, diodes and rectifiers, transistors, thyristors, operational amplifiers, practical analog semiconductor circuits, active filters, DC motor drives, inverters and AC motor drives and electron tubes.
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Lessons In Electric Circuits - Volume 2 (AC)
This free online book covers topics like basic AC theory, complex numbers, reactance and impedance, resonance, mixed-frequency ac signals, filters, transformers, polyphase AC circuits, power factor, AC metering circuits, AC motors and transmission lines.
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Lessons In Electric Circuits - Volume 1 (DC)
This free online book covers topics like basic concepts of electricity, ohm's law, electrical safety, scientific notation and metric prefixes, series and parallel circuits, divider circuits and kirchhoff's laws, series-parallel combination circuits, DC metering circuits, electrical instrumentation signals and etc.
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Programming PIC Microcontrollers in BASIC
Online comprehensive manual for programming PIC microcontrollers in BASIC. Learn how to write your own program, debug it, and use it to start the microcontroller.
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PIC microcontrollers
This free online book contains many practical examples, complete assembler instruction set, appendix on MPLAB program package and more.
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Introduction to PLC controllers
How do they work exactly ? How to connect a simple sensor ? How to program in ladder diagram ? In this book you will find answers for this question and more.
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Radio Receivers
This free online book covers the history and principles of radio transmission and an array of different radio receivers.
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Understanding Electronics Components
This book is meant for those people who want to create electronic devices with their own hands. All components are illustrated and the circuit-symbol is explained in detail. Both simple and complex examples are provided for the beginners.
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Crystal Reports for .NET
This will train you how to create reports in no time. Add reports to ASP.NET and Windows Forms. Use the Report Wizards to quickly create reports. Modify reports during runtime. Learn the report object models. Code listings in VB.NET.
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CodeNotes for J#
CodeNotes for J# will introduce you to the J# language and demonstrate how Java language syntax can be used inside the .NET framework. In addition to basic J# syntax, this book provides an introduction to Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and Web Services.
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CodeNotes for .NET
This edition of CodeNotes will review the core .Net architecture and then use code examples to help developers solve real-world problems, such as XML support, security and authentication, data access with ADO+, type development and parsing, string manipulation.
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COM and .NET Interoperability
COM and .NET Interoperability provides a complete overview on the process of building .NET applications which interact (interoperate) with existing COM code. This can be downloaded in Apress free book section.
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Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET 2003 in 21 Days
Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET in 21 Days will help developers that are new to application development and experienced developers understand how to use the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET to rapidly develop any type of computer software.
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Building Web Solutions with ASP.NET and ADO.NET
First 4 chapters are available from this ASP.NET book for free. They are Chapter 1: Data Bound .NET Controls, Chapter 2: Pageable Data Grids, Chapter 3: Templated DataGrid Controls and Chapter 6: Advanced Data Reporting.
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ASP.NET AJAX Tutorial
This tutorial creates a basic sample application that uses features of Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX.
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ASP.NET AJAX Server Reference
ASP.NET includes a rich framework to simplify server programming. This lists the Microsoft ASP.NET namespaces.
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ASP.NET AJAX Client Reference
The Microsoft AJAX Library includes a rich framework to simplify client programming. This lists the Microsoft AJAX Library namespaces.
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ASP.NET AJAX Roadmap
This free online guide include topics: Getting Started, ASP.NET AJAX Server Controls, Client Scripting, Debugging and Tracing, Web Services, Localization and Globalization and Extending ASP.NET AJAX.
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Developing web applications with the .NET CMS framework
This is the user manual for the Digimaker developers. It covers all aspects of how to develop solutions with Digimaker technology; from page requirements, handlers, config files, resource files, roles to helper classes.
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ASP.NET
This is a free ASP.NET book by Charles Carroll. It covers topics: C# Beginner Samples, VB.net Beginner Samples, ASP.net 2.0 lessons, Basics, Separate Code and HTML and etc.
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Improving Web Application Security
Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures gives you a solid foundation for designing, building, and configuring secure ASP.NET Web applications.
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Building Secure ASP.NET Applications
Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication presents a practical, scenario driven approach to designing and building secure ASP.NET applications for Windows 2000 and version 1.0 of the .NET Framework.
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Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 upgrader's guide
Chapter 4 - Master Pages of Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 upgrader's guide is free. This chapter shows you how to use the ASP.NET 2.0 master pages feature, which is so valuable that you'll probably want to use it with every new application that you develop.
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Inside ASP.NET Web Matrix
Inside ASP.NET Web Matrix is a free ASP.NET ebook by Alex Homer and Dave Sussman. It has 3 parts: Part 1 – What is Web Matrix?, . Part 2 – Putting Web Matrix to Work and Part 3 – Configuring and Extending Web Matrix.
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Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005
Three chapters can be downloaded freely from Pro ASP.NET 2.0 in C# 2005. Free chapters are Chapter 9 - Data Binding, Chapter 10 - Rich Data Controls, Chapter 34 - Advanced Web Services.
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Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET
Four chapters(183 pages) can be downloaded freely from Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# & VB.NET. Free chapters are Chapter 1 - Introduction to .NET and ASP.NET, Chapter 2 - ASP.NET Basics, Chapter 3 - VB.NET and C# Programming Basics and Chapter 4 - Web Forms and Web Controls.
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Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005
Two chapters can be downloaded freely from Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005. Chapter 1 - An introduction to ASP.NET web programming and Chapter 2 - How to develop a one-page web application.
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Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005
Two chapters can be downloaded freely from Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with VB 2005. Chapter 1 - An introduction to ASP.NET web programming and Chapter 2 - How to develop a one-page web application.
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Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications
Build and deploy a fully-featured Web 2.0 application using Ruby on Rails. Learn best practice approaches to web application development. Use Rails’s Ajax features to create slick interfaces. Download this free Ruby on Rails book Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications book free of charge before December 1st 2007.
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Ruby for complete beginners
This Ruby on Rails online guide will cover many areas of the ruby and rails programming language.
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Ruby C API Reference
Documentation for Ruby's underlying C code. Great if you want to write C extensions or contribute to Ruby's development.
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http://www.ruby-doc.org/doxygen/current/
Ruby Standard Library Reference
Pulled from the source code using RDoc, this reference work documents the standard library.
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Ruby Core Reference
Pulled straight from the source code using RDoc, this reference work documents all of the core classes and modules (like String, Array, Symbol, etc).
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Ruby Programming
This book is broken down into (roughly) three sections. Getting started will teach you the basics of Ruby, enough to get started on your own projects -- it's meant to be read sequentially, though there's nothing stopping you from skipping around. The next section, Intermediate Ruby covers a selection of slightly more advanced topics. Each section is designed to be self contained. Finally, the Ruby language section is organized like a reference to the language.
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Learning Ruby
This online ruby book covers topics: The Basics, Flow Control, Data structures, Defining your own classes and methods and Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) with Tk.
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RubyGems User Guide
This free online book demonstrates the use of the most important features of RubyGems in a quick and high-level way. It is designed to be read all the way through to give the reader a feeling for this technology.
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Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Ruby
Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Ruby is an online free Ruby book.
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Ruby User's Guide
This is an introductory user's guide to Ruby programming language. It is available online.
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The Little Book Of Ruby
The Little Book Of Ruby is a PDF eBook which will guide you through the fundamentals of Ruby programming. Starting with the basics (strings, numbers, objects and methods) it quickly moves on to explain all you need to know to create your own class hierarchies, use arrays, hashes, iterators, modules, mixins and much more.
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Ruby Cookbook (PLEAC-Ruby)
Following the Perl Cookbook spirit, the PLEAC Project aims to gather fans of programming, in order to implement the solutions in other programming languages. In this document, you'll find an implementation of the Solutions of the Perl Cookbook in the Ruby language.
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Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmer's Guide
A guide to working with the object-oriented programming language, Ruby, which allows for programming without extra syntax or code. Shows how to easily mine the Ruby language, teaching the basics, plus how to write large programs, how to extend Ruby using C code, and more.
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Learn To Program
Chris Pine's book will teach you how to program using Ruby. You'll learn to use your computer better, to get it to do what you want it to do. Starting with small, simple one-line programs to calculate your age in seconds, you'll see how to advance to fully structured, real programs. You'll learn the same technology used to drive modern dynamic websites and large, professional applications.
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Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
This is just a small Ruby book. It won’t crush you. It’s light as a feather. And there’s a reason this book will stay light: because Ruby is simple to learn.
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Mr. Neighborly's Humble Little Ruby Book
It covers the base syntax of the language, including working with values, flow control, and object oriented programming, into some of the library functionality of Ruby, such as databases, web services, and string manipulation. Download the free Ruby book in pdf format.
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Herong's Tutorial Notes on Swing
This free book is an excellent tutorial book for beginners. It is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning Java AWT and Swing. Topics include AWT, button, Chinese, component, event, frame, graphics, GUI, internal frame, Java, JDK, JFC, language, label, listener, look and feel, MVC, radio button, resolution, screen, Swing, text field, thread, toolkit, tutorial, Unicode.
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Animation/Games in Java
Java can be applied to many uses. However, one of the most fun applications of Java is to use it to create small animated applets. In this series of articles I will show you how to create animated Java apples.
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HTTP Programming Recipes for Java Bots
HTTP programming allows you to create programs that access the web much like a human user would. These programs, which are called bots, can collect information or automate common web programming tasks. This book presents a collection of very reusable recipes for Java bot programming.
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Java for the Beginning Programmer
Java for the Beginning Programmer teaches Java to someone with absolutely no programming background. This book focuses on core programming topics such as variables, looping, subroutines, and program layout.
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Introduction to Neural Networks with Java
This book attempts to teach neural network programming through two mechanisms. First the reader is shown how to create a reusable neural network package that could be used in any Java program.
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JAAS In Action
JAAS is the Java Authentication and Authorization Service bundled in Java SE. JAAS can be used to provide user management and permissioning.
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Thinking in Java, 4th edition
Thinking in Java is a printed version of Bruce Eckel's online materials that provides a useful perspective on mastering Java for those with previous programming experience. The author's take on the essence of Java as a new programming language and the thorough introduction to Java's features make this a worthwhile tutorial.
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Getting Started with Grails
Grails is an open-source, rapid web application development framework that provides a super-productive full-stack programming model based on the Groovy scripting language and built on top of Spring, Hibernate, and other standard Java frameworks. Download this free ebook.
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Introduction to Computer Science using Java 1.4 version
This is a first course in Computer Science using the programming language Java 1.4 version. It covers the fundamentals of programming and of computer science.
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Introduction to Computer Science using Java 5.0 version
This is a first course in Computer Science using the programming language Java. It covers the fundamentals of programming and of computer science.
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Introduction to Scientific and Technical Computing with Java
This JavaTech Web Course provides an extensive array of tutorial and reference materials for the Java programming language with an emphasis on how you can apply Java to scientific and technical computing tasks. We particularly focus on those particular features of Java, such as the big collection of networking and graphical user interface tools, that are especially beneficial to those who work in those fields.
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Java Programming for Kids, Parents and Grandparents
This free Java e-book is written for kids from 11 to 80 years old and for school computer teachers, parents who want to get their child into the world of computer programming and college students who are looking for a supplement to overcomplicated textbooks.
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Blue Pelican Java Textbook
This high school computer science text book is highly focused, concise, and to the point...no fluff, no frills. Many of the new features of the recently released Java 5.0 and 6.0 are detailed in a free pdf version of this 543 page book.
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Working with XML
This online book Working with XML: The Java API for Xml Processing (JAXP) Tutorial covers the following topics: Understanding XML and the Java XML APIs, Serial Access with the Simple API for XML (SAX), XML and the Document Object Model (DOM) and Using XSLT.
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Java Data Structures (2nd edition)
Java Data Structures by theparticle.com is a free online Java book
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Interactive Programming In Java
Free online book Interactive Programming In Java by Lynn Andrea Stein is divided into following parts: Part 1: Introduction to Interactive Program Design, Part 2: Entities and Interactions, Part 3: Refining Designs, Part 4: Refining Interactions and Part 5: Systems of Objects.
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Java Precisely
Free online book Java Precisely provides a concise reference for the Java programming language and some of its essential libraries. The book covers Java 2, versions 1.3 and 1.4. It is intended both for students learning Java and for more experienced Java programmers.
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Karel J. Robot
Karel J. Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Object-Oriented Programming in Java is available online free of charge.
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On to Java
On to Java: Fast Travel on the Natural Path to Java Essentials and Effective Programming Practices is a clear, concise, no-nonsense book on Java that would appeal most to serious programmers. Authored by an MIT CS prof and a real-world Java expert. Written in a terse, slide-show style that presents each essential idea in a brief paragraph without unnecessary verbiage.
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Java Au Naturel
This is a free computer science textbook by Dr. William C. Jones, Jr. It includes the following topics: Objects, Conditionals and Boolean Methods, Loops and Parameters, Instance Variables, Class Methods and Class Variables, Basic Data Types and Expressions and etc.
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Java Everywhere In Action
From the Mars Rover all the way to your mobile phone, Java technology is changing the world around us, and beyond. It's used in practically every major industry, from education, government, and space exploration to transportation, finance, telecommunications, and more.
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Jan Newmarch's Guide to JINI Technologies
This free online book covers topics like TroubleShooting Jini, Discovering a Lookup Service, Entry Objects, Service Registration, Client Search, Leasing, Choices for Service Architecture, Discovery Management and etc.
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The Java Developers Almanac 1.4
The Java Developers Almanac presents all the core Java packages and their members in an easy-to-consult format. All the code examples from the book are available here.
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Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in Java 1.1
Principles of Object-Oriented Programming in Java 1.1 can be viewed online.
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Inside the Java Virtual Machine
Inside the Java Virtual Machine by Bill Venners is not complete yet. 9 chapters are available.
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Interface Design Best Practices in Object-Oriented API Design in Java
Interface Design Best Practices in Object-Oriented API Design in Java is a free online Java book.
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Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines: Advanced Topics
Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines: Advanced Topics can be accessed online for free. Chapters are Introduction, Windows, Menus, Behavior, Idioms, Responsiveness, Wizards, Events and Alarms.
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Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, second edition
Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, second edition can be accessed online for free. This free book divided into 4 parts: Part I: Overview, Part II: Fundamental Java Application Design, Part III: The Components of the Java Foundation Classes, Part IV: Backmatter.
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The NetBeans IDE Field Guide
The Field Guide provides both an introduction to the IDE and a task reference (think in terms of a "cookbook") for intermediate to advanced users.
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Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language
This Code Conventions for the Java Programming Language document contains the standard conventions that Sun follow and recommend that others follow.
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Brewing Java: A Tutorial
This online free Java book is divided into 4 parts. Part 1 is a brief introduction to what Java is, why it's cool and what you need to use it. Part 2 is a tutorial introduction to Java. Part 3 covers the basics of writing applets in Java. Part 4 introduces you to objects and classes.
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The Software Development Book for Java Developers
Free Java book by Mark Watson. This book is not complete but the chapter layout and material selection is finished. The book is about 60% complete.
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Practical Artificial Intelligence Programming in Java
Free Java AI programming book by Mark Watson. Topics covered in this book include Search, Natural Language Processing, Expert systems, Genetic algorithms, Neural Networks, Statistical Natural Language Processing, SPAM Email detection.
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Component Development for the Java Platform
Free Java book from DevelopMentor Technical Book Series. This book is about developing components using the Java platform. In this book, the term component has a very specific meaning. Component Development for the Java Platform can be downloaded in pdf format.
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Who's Afraid of Java
Free online Java book by Steve Heller. Contents include Hardware Fundamentals, Basics of Programming, More Basics, Functional Literacy, Taking Inventory, Tying up Loose Ends and Java Q&A.
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JXTA
This free book presents a guided tour of the JXTA platform, including all of the critical information required to begin producing P2P solutions built on top of JXTA.
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Apache Jakarta Commons: Reusable Java Components
Free Java book from Bruce Perens' Open Source Series. Using the Apache Jakarta Commons reusable Java components, you can leverage the work of the global open-source community to solve common programming problems reliably, quickly, and inexpensively.
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Java Application Development on Linux
Free Java book from Bruce Perens' Open Source Series. Written for Java and Linux developers alike, Java Application Development on Linux is the hands-on guide to the full Java application development lifecycle on Linux.
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Building Java Executables
An online book by universalteacher.com covering topics Executable Java Archives, The .EXE Solution and Java Native Interface.
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A Beginners Guide To RMI
An online RMI book covering topics Network Concepts, RMI Architecture, Exporting an Object, Creating and Running a Registry Service, Dynamic Class Loading, Garbage Collector Interfaces and Stub/Skeleton Interfaces, Serialization, Multithreading, Remote Client, Servlets and RMI and Lazy Activation.
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Java AWT Reference
Java AWT Reference from Oreilly is available in PDF format. It includes chapters Simple Graphics, Fonts and Colors, Events, Components, Containers, Layouts and etc.
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Factoring JavaBeans in The Enterprise
Factoring JavaBeans in The Enterprise is an IBM Redbook which can be downloaded in PDF format.
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Small Java How to Program, Sixth Edition
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Java an Object First Approach
This online Java book covers topics like An overview of classes, Concurrent processes, Keyboard input and formatted output, Streams, Data structures and Graphical User Interfaces.
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Simply Java Programming
Four sample chapters are available from Simply Java Programming. Chapter 6 - Introducing Algorithms, Pseudocode and Program Control, Chapter 16 - Introducing One-Dimensional Arrays and JComboBoxes, Chapter 28 - Introducing the Java Speech API and Chapter 29 - Introducing Web Applications and the Apache Tomcat Web Server.
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Java How to Program, Fifth Edition
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Java How to Program, Sixth Edition
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JAVA: An Eventful Approach
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Murach's Begining Java 2, JDK 5
Murach publishing has made available first 2 chapters and excerpt from chapter 3 of Murach's Begining Java 2, JDK 5.
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Concurrent Programming Using Java
This online book covers lessons like Sequential Example Programsm, Threads, Semaphores, Monitors, Message Passing, Remote Method Invocation and Parallel Processing.
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Getting Started with the JDBC API
This is an online guide on Java JDBC topics like Connection, DriverManager, Statement, ResultSet, PreparedStatement, CallableStatement, Mapping SQL and Java Types and JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver.
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Bleeding at the Keyboard : A Guide to Modern Programming with Java
Bleeding at the Keyboard : A Guide to Modern Programming with Java includes Learning About Objects, Learning About Types and Designing Programs.
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A Java GUI Programmer's Primer
This online book has chapters An introduction to Java and STD design, A whistle stop tour of the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), Extending pre-supplied AWT Components, Drawing and Image processing with Java, Application level pull down menus and Text based user interfaces.
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Advanced Programming for the Java 2 Platform
This online book covers advanced topics like Matching Project Requirements with Technology, Data and Transaction Management, Distributed Computing, Java Native Interface (JNI) Technology and Performance Techniques.
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Essentials of the Java Programming Language
This online book covers lessons like Compiling and Running a Simple Program, Building Applications, Building Applets, Building a User Interface, Writing Servlets and File Access and Permissions.
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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist Java Version
Free online book by Green Tea Press. How to Think Like a Computer Scientist Java Version is a good book to learn about programming.
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Java Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics
Java Platform Performance is a comprehensive field manual full of battle-tested strategies and tactics for developing high-performance applications and applets with Java technology.
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1000 Java Tips
Now you can get 1000 Java Tips book for free. It has tips covering various Java topics.
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Processing XML with Java
Processing XML with Java by Elliotte Rusty Harold is available online. It has chapters covering Writing XML with Java, SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, TrAX, XPath, XSLT, SOAP, and lots of other information in 1000 pages.
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Securing Java
Online version of Securing Java includes topics like Mobile Code and Security: Why Java Security is Important, Malicious Applets: Avoiding the Common Nuisances, Java Security Guidelines: Developing and Using Java More Securely and The Future of Java Security: Challenges Facing Mobile Code.
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The Design Patterns Java Companion
This Java design patterns book by James W. Cooper includes topics like Creational Patterns, The Java Foundation Classes, Structural Patterns and Behavioral Patterns.
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The Java Language Specification Third Edition
The book provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the Java programming language. It provides full coverage of all new features added in since the previous edition including generics, annotations, asserts, autoboxing, enums, for each loops, variable arity methods and static import clauses.
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The Java Tutorial Continued
The Java Tutorial Continued is an online book which covers topics like IDL, Internationalization, 2D Graphics, Security in 1.2, Sound, JDBC Database Access, RMI and Reflection.
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The JFC Swing Tutorial Second Edition
The JFC Swing Tutorial Second Edition is a tutorial on creating a GUI with JFC/Swing. It covers topics Getting Started with Swing, Learning Swing by Example, Using Swing Components, Laying Out Components Within a Container and Writing Event Listeners.
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The Java Tutorial Third Edition
The Java Tutorial Third Edition is a complete beginners guide on Java Language. It covers topics like Learning the Java Language, Writing Applets, Essential Java Classes, Creating a User Interface and Custom Networking.
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Introduction to Programming Using Java
Introduction to Programming Using Java by David J. Eck , the fourth edition of the free, on-line textbook on introductory programming, which uses Java as the language of instruction.
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http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/
Free ebook Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java
Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java is a free web book by Bruno R. Preiss. It covers topics like Foundational Data Structures, Data Types and Abstraction, Stacks, Queues, and Deques and Ordered Lists and Sorted Lists.
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Free ebook Thinking in Java, 3rd Edition
A great Java book by Bruce Eckel. It covers topics like Introduction to Objects, Controlling Program Flow, Reusing Classes, Error Handling with Exceptions and Java Programming Guidelines.
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