Here is a list of some excellent books and documents which we’ve found useful for our students and client organizations. Click the title to learn more and order or download.
The C Programming Language
- The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition (aka, K&R2)
- C Primer Plus (6th Edition)
- The CERT C Coding Standard, Second Edition:
98 Rules for Developing Safe, Reliable, and Secure Systems (2nd Edition) - The CERT C Secure Coding Standard
- Mastering Algorithms with C
- GNU Coding Standards (PDF)
- ISO/IEC 9899:2011 (C11 Standard)
The C++ Programming Language
- C++ Primer Plus (6th Edition)
- The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition
- Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++
- The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference (2nd Edition)
- C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices
- Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)
- More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
- C++ Template Metaprogramming: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from Boost and Beyond
- ISO/IEC 14882:2017 (C++17 Standard)
The C# Programming Language
- C# 6 for Programmers (6th Edition)
- Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C# (3rd Edition)
- More Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C# (2nd Edition)
- Framework Design Guidelines:
Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition) - Standard ECMA-334 C# Language Specification (PDF)
Algorithms and Data Structures
Design Patterns
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
- Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide
Intel Assembly Language
- Assembly Language for x86 Processors (7th Edition)
- x86 Instruction Set Architecture
- Combined Volume Set of Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manuals (PDF)
- Introduction to x64 Assembly (PDF)
Operating System Architecture/Internals
- Windows Internals, Part 1:
System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more (7th Edition) - Windows Internals, Part 2 (6th Edition) (Developer Reference)
- Windows Internals, Part 1 (6th Edition) (Developer Reference)
- The Design of the UNIX Operating System