Huihoo - Free and Open Source Online Books is a web site hosting free and open source online books in many technical areas, as listed below. These can help you become more proficient and increase your knowledge and understanding of these specific technologies.

Topics covered by Online Books at Huihoo:

Java programming
Python programming
Linux
Security
Graphics, Game Design, Animation
Hardware & Computer Organization and Architecture
Digital Media
Theory & Data Structures & Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Math
Compiler Design and Construction
HPC, Cluster, and Beowulf Cluster
Perl Scripting
Networking, TCP/IP
Web Programming, HTML
JavaScript
C++ programming
Oracle, PL/SQL
Ruby programming
Unix programming
Samba
Mozilla

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Here are Training Tutorials and Techniques, with sample code, teaching Web Design and Development. These tutorials are for an introductory Web Page Design Course at Saint Vincent College. The modules and tutorials here cover HTML and web programming techniques. HTML tags are taught via tutorials and explanations. Chapter 10 covers Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and how these are used to facilitate web page and web site design with consistency across a whole site. Later training chapters discuss techniques that can be used to make web pages more interactive, including coding examples using JavaScript, HTML forms, CGI Scripts, VBScripts, Active Server Pages, and Java Applets. The reference page at the end provides web resources for further in-depth information on web development.

Table of Contents:

1. Preface
2. Markup Languages - A Definition and Some History
   
3. Beginning HTML
   
4. HTML Lists
   
5. HTML Tables
   
6. HTML - Color, Fonts and Special Characters
   
7. HTML Links
   
8. HTML Images
   
9. HTML Frames
   
10. Cascading Style Sheets
    
11. MicroSoft PhotoDraw
    
12. JavaScript
    
13. HTML Forms and Form Handling
    
14. VBScript
    
15. Microsoft FrontPage
    
16. Active Server Pages
    
17. Java Applets
    
18. XML Meaning and More
19. Macromedia Flash 5.0
20. References

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If you are seeking to learn how to use ASP .NET to create web applications, then this training from St. Vincent College will interest you. This free training for developing ASP .NET Web Applications with VB .NET shows you how to code using ASP .NET to create web applications, and specifically, those types of applications that work as a front-end to a database. Visual Basic .NET 2003 is used as the programming language. The coding examples given assume that you are familiar with introductory programming. The coding examples that connect to and modify the database assume that you already know basic database concepts, such as what tables and queries are. The database examples use SQL Server but a background in Access, Oracle, or similar should be sufficient.

Table of Contents:

1. Introductory Examples
1. A Simple Web App
2. A Web App with Text Boxes and Buttons
3. A Web App with a Calculation Procedure
4. A Web App with a Drop-Down List
2. Web Apps that are Front-ends to a Database
1. A Web App that Gets Data from a Database
2. A Database/Web App with User Input
3. Maintaining Session State Information
4. Using Cookies
5. A DataReader Example
6. Online Survey
   Includes login/logout and inserting of data into a table.
3. E-commerce Web Apps
1. Simple E-commerce App 1
   User selects a product from a drop-down list.
2. Simple E-commerce App 2
   Add search functionality, with results shown in a data list.
3. Simple E-commerce App 3
   Results of search shown in a data grid with paging.
4. Simple E-commerce App 4
   Small changes to the previous app.
5. Larger E-commerce App 1
   Groups products by category)
6. Larger E-commerce App 2
   Adds product attributes, shopping cart, checkout process.
7. Larger E-commerce App 3
   Uses a web service, suggests other additions and improvements.
4. Further Information

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This is a well written doctorate thesis, by  Alistair Cockburn, about software development methodology and how people on the development project work with a methodology. Reading this will help you understand how to manage application development projects better and understand better how to work with people on a project. Here is a mirror of this thesis.

People and Methodologies in Software Development
 
Submitted as partial fulfillment of the degree Doctor Philosophiae
At the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway
February 25, 2003
 
Abstract
This thesis reports on research performed over a ten-year period, interviewing project teams, participating directly on projects, and reviewing proposals and case studies. The research addressed three questions relating to people and software development methodologies (Q1 through Q3), and produced six results (R1 through R6).

Questions:
1) Do we need yet another software development methodology, or can we expect a convergence and reduction at some point in time?
2) If convergence, what must be the characteristics of the converged methodology? If no convergence, how can project teams deal with the growing number of methodologies?
3) How does the methodology relate to the people on the project?
 
Results:
1) A methodology is a formula describing conventions of interaction between roles.
2) People's characteristics, which vary from person to person and even from moment to moment, form a first-order driver of the team's behavior and results. Such issues as how well they get along with each other and the fit (or misfit) of their personal characteristics with their job roles create significant, project-specific constraints on the methodology. This result indicates that people's personal characteristics place a limit on the effect of methodologies in general.
3) Every project needs a slightly different methodology, based on those people characteristics, the project's specific priorities, and the technologies being used. This result indicates that a team's methodology should be personalized to the team during the project and may even change during the project.
4) A set of principles were found that can be used to shape an effective methodology to the above constraints. These principles deal with the amount of coordination and verification required in the project, the trade-off between rework and serialization of work, and the trade-off between tacit and externalized knowledge in use by the team.
5) A technique was found to create a situationally specific methodology during the project and in time to serve the project, and to evolve it as the project progresses.
6) All the above suggests a repeating cycle of behavior to use on projects.
     1) The members establish conventions for their interactions — a base methodology — at the start of the project. This can be likened to them "programming" themselves.
     2) They then perform their jobs in the normal scurry of project life, often getting too caught up to reflect on how they are doing.
     3) They schedule regular periods of reflection in which they reconsider and adjust their working conventions.
These results have been used successfully on several industrial projects having the usual time and cost pressures on the staff.

Table of Contents:

1. The Research Topic

   1.1 Clarification of Words
   1.2 Background to Question 1
   1.3 Background to Question 2
   1.4 Background to Question 3
   1.5 Placing This Work in Context
   1.6 Personal Motivation and Direction

2. The Research Approach

   2.1 The Research Practice
   2.2 The Research Theory

3. Issues and Results Chronologically

   3.1 The Impact of Object-Orientation on Application Development
   3.2 Selecting a Project's Methodology
   3.3 The Interaction of Social Issues and Software Architecture
   3.4 Characterizing People as First-Order, Non-Linear Components in Software Development
   3.5 Project Winifred Case Study
   3.6 Just-in-Time Methodology Construction
   3.7 Balancing Lightness with Sufficiency

4. Consolidation ed Results and Reflection

   4.1 Answering the Questions
   4.2 Consolidation and Reliability of Results
   4.3 Relating to Mathiassen's Reflective Systems Development
   4.4 Reflection: The Limits of People-Plus-Methodologies

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Here is a repository of online computer, programming, application, and web development books hosted by Bulgaria Online Books Archive. Most of these books are dated, but many are still a good reference for learning how to program or perform setup or administration activities on your operating system and networks.


Operating System Books
 - The Unix Operating System
 - Unix Power Tools
 - Linux
 - Red Hat Linux

Programming Books
 - ActiveX
 - CGI
 - Java Applets
 - Java
 - JavaScript
 - Perl
 - Visual C++
 - C ++ Programing
 - Cryptography
 - Regular Expressions
 - Tcl and Tk toolkit
 - C Programming
 - Tex

Web Development Books
 - HTML
 - Web Scripting
 - WebMaster
 - Shockwave Web Pages
 - Web Graphics and Web Page Design
 - Java Web Applets
 - Perl for Web Programming
 - Fusion Web Database
 - WWW Plug-Ins
 - 3D GRAPHICS & VRML 2.0
 - Web Programming
 - Web Publishing

Database Books
 - Oracle 8
 - CORBA
 - SQL

More Books

Networking:
 - DNS & BIND
 - TCP/IP Networking
 - Sendmail
 - Firewalls
 - Unix and Internet Security
 - Using Samba

Unix:
 - Unix Power Tools
 - Unix System V Edition
 - Vi Editor
 - Sed & Awk
 - Korn Shell

Web Development:
 - HTML
 - CGI Programming
 - JavaScript
 - Perl
 - Webmaster

Java:
 - Java Programming
 - Java Reference
 - Java AWT
 - Java Classes

Networking Books

PC Books

Books for Routers

Books for Software Applications

How Tos

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Here are two free training resources for Visual Basic .Net. The first one linked and described below is for those with no previous Visual Basic programming experience, and for that matter, no programming knowledge is needed at all. The second one below is for those who already have used and programmed in Visual Basic 6 and need to transition to VB .Net.


This is a set of Visual Basic .Net Projects for the classroom. Teacher notes are available for each VB .Net project, along with student programming assignments. The objective of this VB.Net project book is as a first programming course using Visual Basic .Net. It assumes no previous programming knowledge on the part of the student. (pdf format, 364kb, 81 pages)

VB .Net Programs Presented and Reviewed:

1. Wingdings
2. Thermometer
3. Dice Display
4. Guessing Game
5. Flip Book
6. Simple House Drawing
7. Spaceship Invaders
8. Tic Tac Toe
9. Picture Display
10. Multiple Choice Grading
11. Check Book Balancing
12. Drawing Program
13. Roman Numeral Conversion
14. Palindromes
15. Conway’s Game of Life
16. Checkers Game

A Programmer’s Introduction to Visual Basic.NET is structured to help you learn and apply the changes from Visual Basic to Visual Basic.NET (VB.NET). Most of this ebook assumes that you are comfortable with Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6). It discusses and explains the major differences between VB6 and VB.NET. The Common Language Specification is included in the appendix. (pdf format, 4.2mb, 223 pages)

Table of Contents:

1. 1 Why Should You Move to Visual Basic.NET?
2. 2 Your First VB.NET Application
3. 3 Major VB.NET Changes
4. 4 Building Classes and Assemblies with VB.NET
5. 5 Inheritance with VB.NET
6. 6 Database Access with VB.NET and ADO.NET 
7. 7 Building Web Applications with VB.NET and ASP.NET 
8. 8 Building Web Services with VB.NET 
9. 9 Building Windows Services with VB.NET 
10. 10 Upgrading VB6 Projects to VB.NET 

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This Python book, Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python, written by Bruno R. Preiss, teaches data structures and algorithms presented in the Python programming language. Data structures and Algorithms are the fundamental pieces from which larger and more complex software components and applications are developed. This book will show and teach you the following: 1) how the information is arranged in the memory of the computer, 2) the algorithms for manipulating the information contained in the data structure, and 3) the performance characteristics of the data structure, so you can select an appropriate data structure for a given application. This book also illustrates object-oriented design and it promotes the use of common, object-oriented design patterns. Here are the author's other books, covering the same content, but for different programming languages: C++ Book, Java Book, C# Book, Ruby Book, Lua Book, Perl Book, PHP Book.

Table of Contents for Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Python:

  » Colophon
  » Dedication
  » Preface
  » Introduction
  » Algorithm Analysis
  » Asymptotic Notation
  » Foundational Data Structures
  » Data Types and Abstraction
  » Stacks, Queues, and Deques
  » Ordered Lists and Sorted Lists
  » Hashing, Hash Tables, and Scatter Tables
  » Trees
  » Search Trees
  » Heaps and Priority Queues
  » Sets, Multisets, and Partitions
  » Garbage Collection and the Other Kind of Heap
  » Algorithmic Patterns and Problem Solvers
  » Sorting Algorithms and Sorters
  » Graphs and Graph Algorithms
  » Python and Object-Oriented Programming
  » Class Hierarchy Diagrams
  » Character Codes
  » References
  » Index

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Here is a Free Online Programming Book, named Software Design Using C++, made available by the Computer and Information Science Department of St. Vincent College. This online C++ programming book covers the learning materials for three complete computer science courses. Many C++ topics are covered, including intermediate and advanced topics. 

The C++ code examples were tested with Microsoft's Visual C++ 6.0 compiler, and also (in most cases) with both the Visual C++ .NET 2003 compiler and the g++ compiler under Linux. Most should also work with Visual C++ .NET 2005 as well as other compilers. Some of the C++ code examples need to be run in the .NET environment.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction and Philosophy
   
   
2. Introductory Topics
   1. Simple C++ Programs
   2. Using the Compiler and Debugger
   3. Simple C++ Functions - No parameters or return values.
   4. Decisions, Decisions: Making Choices in C++
   5. Complex C++ Functions - With parameters and/or return values.
   6. Repetition in C++ - Loops
   7. A Matter of Style: The Art of Programming
   8. Programming Patterns
   9. Arithmetic and Formatting of Output in C++
   10. Basics of Arrays
   11. Using Objects
   12. Introduction to Windows Forms Applications
   13. Basics of Data Streams
       
   14. Simple Graphics
       
   15. Useful Tables: Precedence Chart, Data Types, and Library Functions
   16. Review of Introductory Topics
       
       
3. Intermediate Topics
   1. You can review the previous section to see if you are ready for this intermediate section.
   2. Software Engineering
   3. Functions and Parameters
   4. Arrays
   5. Records (Structures)
   6. Files
      
   7. Web Search I (Simple Web Search in Linux)
      
   8. Objects and Classes
   9. More Complex Object-Oriented Features
   10. Recursion (Including recursive sorting algorithms)
   11. Pointers
   12. Linked Lists
   13. Stacks
   14. Queues
   15. Intermediate Windows Forms Applications
       
       
4. Advanced Topics
   1. Computer Science Theory
   2. Advanced Linked Lists
   3. Binary Trees
   4. Heaps and Heapsort
   5. Hash Tables
   6. B-Trees
   7. AVL Trees
   8. C++ Exceptions
   9. External Sorting
   10. The Standard Template Library
   11. Web Search II (Web Search in Linux)
       
   12. Advanced Windows Forms Applications
   13. Using AppWizard
   14. Professional Programming: Issues and Tools
   15. Graphics Programming
       
       
5. Further Information
6. Search CIS Dept Web Pages can be used to search for specific C++ programming items.

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For several years Tom Hunter has taught Java at various Universities around the US. Because students were constantly asking him for his Java lectures he has now created a free web site that contains his detailed Java programming and development lectures to support those courses. 

Free Java Lectures - Two Semesters of Java  (Main site)
Free Java Lectures - Two Semesters of Java  (Mirror Site)


  » Java I Lecture 1[Introduction]

  » Java I Lecture 2

  » Java I Lecture 3

  » Java I Lecture 4

  » Java I Lecture 5

  » Java I Lecture 6

  » Java I Lecture 7

  » Java I Lecture 8 [Arrays]

  » Java I Lecture 9 [Object Based]

  » Java I Lecture 10 [OOP 1]

  » Java I Lecture 11 [OOP 2]

  » Java I Lecture 12 [Strings and Characters]

  » Java I Lecture 13 [Graphics Java 2D]

  » Java I Lecture 14 [GUI Part 1]

  » Java I Lecture 15 [GUI Part 2]

  » Java II Lecture 1 [Exceptions]

  » Java II Lecture 2 [Threads]

  » Java II Lecture 3 [Files & Streams]

  » Java II Lecture 4 [JDBC]

  » Java II Lecture 5 [Servlets]

  » Java II Lecture 6 [JavaServer Pages]

  » Java II Lecture 7 [JSP Taglibs]

  » Java II Lecture 8 [Struts]

Java III Lecture 2 [Basic AJAX]

  » Polymorphism Lecture 1

  » Variables, Methods and Objects Lecture 2

  » What is a primitive What is an object

  » Thread Examples

  » How To Implement Log4J

  » Why It's Worth It to Develop With MyEclipse

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Here are what I judge to be the Top 6 Digg Programming posts in last 30 days, for providing free training content and tutorials covering web application development. 


The Standards Way to Do Dynamic Data
Somewhere in between presenting static information graphics and complex, interactive data dashboards there's a need for a way to visualize moderately dynamic data on the web. Oftentimes the solutions you see implemented are clunky, for example, manually creating multiple frames of various data points and uploading them by hand. More…

Top 5 Javascript Frameworks
A list of the top 5 javascript frameworks and features. More…

The Javascript Programming Language
"Excellent presentation and great insight on the history and basics. Douglas rocks, yahoo is real lucky to have him!" More…

Learn to Ruby: 74 Quality RoR Resources and Tutorials
As is the case with every language, learning Ruby on Rails from scratch can be quite a pain. We've compiled a list of the best Rails resources the Web has to offer, covering installation (both manual and automatic, plus web hosts), tutorials (beginner and advanced topics), books, blogs, forums, cheat sheets, code snippets and API documents. More…

8 Defensive Programming Best Practices to Prevent Breaking Your Sites
This article describes some software development best practices that have been used to prevent problems that can break Web sites. More…

Faster PHP Apps - Profile Your Code with Xdebug
Using Xdebug and WinCacheGrind or KCacheGrind to profile PHP script execution. More…

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Here is a Google search that returns and links to 7 sites (out of the first 10 results listed) that provide freely available computer and programming online books. These cover several areas, including: Java, JavaBeans, Java Servlets, Perl, Networking, Unix, Web Development, Web Design, Oracle PL/SQL, XML, Linux, Python, C++, VB.Net, ASP.Net, Ruby, and Apache.

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AuthenicationWorld.com offers a review of the use of several types of security tokens used in enterprise authentication. It also makes available a free 3 minute Flash training program aimed at educating enterprise users of the dangers of email, instant messaging, phishing and pharming attacks and how to prevent them. Their topic pages are the following:

Password Authentication
Single Sign On Authentication
Access Control Authentication
Authentication-Enterprise Security
Authentication Strength
Authentication Transaction
Authentication Management
User Authentication
Authentication Federation
Biometric Authentication
PKI Authentication
Token Authentication
Wireless Authentication
Document Authentication

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ComputerFreeTips.com provides free online Computer Tips, Networking Tips and Hardware Tips. It claims to offer over 10,000 computer, network, and hardware tips and techniques. These will help you handle and learn how to administer computers you need to control and use.

• PC Buying Tips
• Laptop Tips
• Windows Tips
• MS Office Tips
• Networking Tips
• Security Alerts
• IT Certification
• Database Tips
• Pc Troubleshooting
• System Tune-Up
• Registry Tips
• Internet Tips
• Cisco Router Tips
• Backup Tips
• Printing Tips
• PC Cleaning Tips
• Glossaries
• System FAQ
• DSL Tips
• Wireless Tips
• Cable Internet Tips
• Fiber Optic Tips
• ATM Tips
• ISP Tips
• Mobile Tips
• VPN Tips
• Projector Tips

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