Intelligentedu Free Computer and I.T. Books

Here are 849 online books covering Linux and Open Source topics, as linked below. These are excellent resources that will help you learn and understand these important technical and I.T. areas. Some of these freely available computer books are in Chinese, but most are in English.


 - Backup (3)
 - Database (61) Mysql
 - Email (37)
 - Embedded Linux  (17)
 - Enterprise/Business (24)
 - Games (4)
 - Graphics Engine  (2)
 - Interface (55)
 - Linux Kernel (4)
 - Linux Distributions (74) 
 - Linux Tools (11)
 - Multimedia (10)
 - Network Management  (18)
 - Office/Text Editors (24)
 - Open Source Sponsor (7)
 - Science (1)
 - Security (33)
 - Software Development (191)
 - System administration (183)
 - Version Control Software (6)
 - Web Authoring (80)
 - Wireless (4)

Popularity: 2% [?]

Here is a google search on four different technical and computer book publishers that returns over 45,000 free computer book chapters. These resources cover a wide variety of topics and areas. To narrow your search and focus in on what you're looking for, just add your keyword(s) to this search, in the front, before the site:publisher keywords. I have given you some links for several topics below to get you started.


 - Ajax
 - GWT (Google Web Toolkit)
 - JavaScript
 - C++ programming
 - C# programming
 - ASP .Net
 - PHP
 - Flex
 - Rich Internet Application
 - Agile Development
 - MySQL
 - Oracle
 - SQL Server
 - Linux
 - Windows 2008
 - A+ Certification
 - Network+ Certification
 - Cisco
 - MCSE
 - MCSD
 

Popularity: 14% [?]

Here are many freely available online computer and programming books, in several areas, as listed below.


Topics covered by these online computer books:

 - Java programming
 - Enterprise Java
 - Perl
 - Networking
 - Unix
 - Web Development
 - Web Design
 - Oracle PL/SLQ
 - XML
 - Linux
 - Red Hat Linux
 - Apache
 - Python programming
 - C++ Programming
 - Ruby
 - VB .Net
 - ASP .Net
 - MCSE

Popularity: 12% [?]

Here are 26 Software Engineering and Development eBooks, along with 12 Software Testing and QA ebooks and 30 Project Management ebooks.


Topics for the 26 Sofware Engineering eBooks:
 - Software Engineering
 - Design Patterns
 - UML
 - Java programming
 - J2EE Design, Development, and Architecture
 - EJB
 - Hibernate
 - Spring
 - Unix programming

Popularity: 7% [?]

Here is a google search that returns several sites the provide and link to freely available technical, web development, and programming online books. Technologies covered by these include Java, Perl, Networking, Linux, Unix, Oracle, and XML. About one-third of the links in the search results are of interest.

Popularity: 25% [?]

Here is Practical PHP Programming, a free online book covering how to program using PHP. The objective of this PHP book is to have fun while you learn how to program web pages and sites using PHP, even if you have not coded with PHP before. And for those looking to improve their PHP skills, there is a ton of good knowledge in this book covering advanced PHP functionality and features. You can start almost anywhere from the table contents, once you know the fundamentals of PHP. The book is arranged as a wiki.


Table of Contents of Practical PHP Programming:

1. Introducing PHP
2. Simple variables and operators
3. Functions
4. Arrays
5. Object-oriented programming
6. HTML forms
7. Working with files
8. Databases
9. Cookies and sessions
10. Multimedia
11. XML and XSLT
12. Output buffering
13. Java and COM
14. Networks
15. Miscellaneous topics
16. Security concerns
17. Performance
18. Writing PHP
19. Writing extensions
20. Alternative PHP uses
21. Practical PHP
22. Bringing it to a close
23. The future of PHP
24. Choosing an ISP
25. Glossary

Popularity: 28% [?]

OnlineComputerBooks.com provides links to free computer books, free ebooks, and free online books covering many areas of Programming, I.T., Computer Science, Web Application Development, the Internet, Business, Math, Physics and Science. The topics for these free ebooks and books are listed and linked below.


Topics of Free Computer and Programming Books and eBooks:

 - Free J2EE books
 - Free Java books
 - Free .NET books
 - Free C# books
 - Free VB .NET books
 - Free ASP .NET books
 - Free MS-Office books
 - Free Ajax books
 - Free XML books
 - Free C++ Programming books
 - Free C Programming books
 - Free Web Design books
 - Free PHP books
 - Free Python books
 - Free Perl books
 - Free SQL books
 - Free Programming books
 - Free Windows books
 - Free Linux books
 - Free Unix books
 - Free FreeBSD books
 - Free IT books
 - Free Revision Control books
 - Free Networking books
 - Free Software Eng. books
 - Free MySQL books
 - Free PostgreSQL books
 - Free Open Source books
 - Free JavaScript books
 - Free Security books
 - Free Hardware books
 - Free Flash books
 - Free Computing books
 - Free AI books
 - Free J2ME books
 - Free Assembly books
 - Free Ada books
 - Free Basic books
 - Free Game Prog. books
 - Free Internet books
 - Free Ruby books
 - Free Apache books
 - Free e-Learning books
 - Free Smalltalk books
 - Free Lisp books
 - Free Certification books

Popularity: 16% [?]

Here are many excellent free Online Computer Books from codeidol.com covering software development, web application building, and programming for both open source and Microsoft technologies. The book categories are listed and linked below, along with several books in some of the categories.


Computer and Programming Books at codeidol:

 - AJAX
    - Ajax: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript
    - Head Rush Ajax
    - Ajax for Web Application Developers
    - Ajax Design Patterns
 - Java
    - Enterprise Java Security: Building Secure J2EE Applications
    - Designing Web Services with the J2EE
    - Algorithms in Java
    - Java Web Services Tutorial
    - Programming Wireless Devices with the Java 2 Platform
    - Programmer's Guide to Java Certification
    - JFC Swing Tutorial, The: A Guide to Constructing GUIs
    - Effective Enterprise Java
    - Enterprise JavaBeans, 3.0
    - Pro JSF and Ajax
    - Java 2 Network Security
    - JavaServer Pages
 - C++ Programming
    - C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practice
    - C++ Common Knowledge: Essential Intermediate Programming
    - Parallel and Distributed Programming Using C++
    - C++: The Complete Reference
    - C/C++ Programming Style Guidelines
 - Javascript
 - SQL
 - HTML
 - CSS
 - PHP
    - PHP 5 in Practice
    - PHP Cookbook, 2nd Edition
    - Learning PHP and MySQL
 - Perl
 - Python
 - Flash
 - Unix and Linux
 - LAMP:: Using Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, and PHP
 - Internet
 - Graphics
 - Security
 - C# and .NET (dotNET)
    - .NET Web Services: Architecture and Implementation
    - A First Look at ADO .NET and System.Xml v. 2.0
    - .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference
    - Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework
    - C# Cookbook, 2nd Edition
    - Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET
    - Essential C# 2.0
    - Windows Forms 2.0 Programming
    - Building .NET Applications for Mobile Devices
    - C# Network Programming
 - ASP
 - Windows
 - Visual Basic
 - Active Directory
 - Games
 - Hardware
 - Telecommunications
 - Games
 - Other

Popularity: 12% [?]

Here is a freely available C++ Programming Textbook from Duke University: A Computer Science Tapestry, Exploring Computer Science and Programming with C++. All of the book's chapters are available in pdf format and are linked below, along with several C++ programming how tos. The data files referred to in the text are browsable here and the C++ code used is also available. And here are the author's Overhead slides for each chapter.


C++ Programming Text Book Contents:

Chapter 1 - Computer Science and Programming
Chapter 2 - C++ Programs: Form and Function 
Chapter 3 - Program Design and Implementation
Chapter 4 - Control, Functions, and Classes
Chapter 5 - Iteration with Programs and Classes
Chapter 6 - Classes, Iterators, and Patterns
Chapter 7 - Class Interfaces, Design, and Implementation
Chapter 8 - Arrrays, Data, and Random Access
Chapter 9 - Strings, Streams, and Operators
Chapter 10 - Recursion, Lists, and Matrices
Chapter 11 - Sorting, Templates, and Generic Programming
Chapter 12 - Dynamic Data, Lists, and Class Templates
Chapter 13 - Inheritance for Object-Oriented Design


C++ Programming How Tos:

How to use C++
How to format output and use streams
How to use the the class string
How to understand and use const
How to overload operators
How to understand and use standard libraries
How to understand and use Tapestry libraries
How to use the graphics library
How to cope with C++ environments Howto Cope with Codewarrior (html)

Popularity: 18% [?]

Here is an excellent, free software development book, Essential Skills for Agile Development, written by Tong Ka Iok, that reflects his many years of software application building experience.  has in software development and training. This freely available book provides many easy to read and understand examples that present Agile Software Development from a hit-the-ground running perspective. These include: how to handle duplicate code, comments, and bloated code; how to write effective end-user requirements; how to perform TDD (including functional testing, user interface testing and unit testing); and how to use a database in Agile Development. By applying the examples, you will learn the required skills and put them into practice immediately.

Essential Skills for Agile Development teaches the programming concepts of Agile Development one skill at a time by presenting exercises that the authors expect you to complete. So you can learn what you're doing correctly and incorrectly, it also gives you sample solutions to the exercises. To reinforce the skills taught, the book gives repeated exercises that test you on the skills taught previously, so reading the chapters sequentially is recommended. This book can be used as training for software developers, and its also an ideal reference for Java programming. To effectively use this book you should have knowledge in reading Java and HTML code, and read and write SQL.

You may download the whole book (427 pages, 2.26mb, pdf format) or you can access each chapter in pdf format.


Table of Contents of Essential Skills for Agile Development:

Chapter 1. Removing duplicate code
Chapter 2. Turning comments into code
Chapter 3. Removing code smells
Chapter 4. Keeping code fit
Chapter 5. Take care to inherit
Chapter 6. Handling inappropriate references
Chapter 7. Separate database, user interface and domain logic
Chapter 8. Managing software projects with user stories
Chapter 9. OO design with CRC cards
Chapter 10. Acceptance test
Chapter 11. How to acceptance test a user interface
Chapter 12. Unit test
Chapter 13. Test driven development
Chapter 14. Team development with CVS
Chapter 15. Essential skills for communications
Chapter 16. Pair programming

Popularity: 17% [?]

Here is a free downloadable Computer Programming Text Book which covers and teaches computer programming for university, college, community college, and high school classes in computer programming. The author, Milo, has recently completed this Programming Book and has made if available for free in PDF format (158 pages, 762kb, pdf format).

This book is divided into two major sections. This organization reflects the way computer programming is normally taught: an overview class that gives a foundation in basic concepts, followed by a series of more advanced classes that go back over the same material in much more detail. The first section gives an introduction and overview to computer programming. This section is further divided into topical specific presentations and language specific presentations. Each programming language discussed has a unique color code. The second section of this programming book provides a detailed reference for boolean algebra and logic, and assembly languages.


Table of Contents of Computer Programming Text Book:

Section 1: Introduction
  Goal Of This Textbook - page 3
  Using This Text Book - page 3
  Table Of Contents - page 5
  Picking A Class - page 7
  Syllabus - page 7
  Computer Programming - page 13
  Size Of Programs - page 13
  Basics Of Computer Hardware - page 15
    Parts Of A Computer - page 15
    Processor - page 16
    Main Storage - page 17
    External Storage - page 18
    Input/Output - page 18
    Input - page 18
    Output - page 19
  Kinds Of Programming - page 20
  Programming Languages - page 21
    Direct Programming - page 21
    Machine And Object Code - page 21
    Assemblers - page 21
    High Level Languages - page 21
    Interpreters - page 22
    Compilers - page 22
    Linkers - page 22
    Loaders - page 22
    Editors - page 23
    Command Line Interface - page 23
    Development Environment - page 23
  Standards And Variants - page 24
  History Of Programming Languages - page 25
  Hello World - page 38
    C - page 39
    Pascal - page 41
    Php - page 42
Creating A Program - page 44
Listings And Errors - page 45
Free Form Vs. Columns - page 47
Whitespace - page 49
Comments - page 50
Building Blocks - page 56

Section 2: Advanced
  Boolean Algebra And Logic - page 59
    Introduction - page 59
    Postulates - page 64
  Assembly Languages - page 66
    Data Representation - page 71
    Register Set - page 76
    Memory - page 82
    Addresses - page 88
    Computer Programming 6
    Data Movement - page 95
    Character Codes - page 124

Popularity: 8% [?]

Here is freebooks.pcriot.com, a suggested site from one of our visitors. This site provides links to freely available online computer and programming books. These books cover the technical areas listed and linked below.


Categories of Online Computer and Programming Books:

• C
• C++
• Java
• .NET
• PHP
• Python
• Perl
• AJAX
• C#
• Networking
• Linux
• windows
• Mysql
• Oracle
• Unix
• FreeBSD
• PostgreSQL
• Security
• XML
• JavaScript
• VB.NET
• Ruby
• CCNA & CCNP
• Electrical Eng
• Data Structure and Algorithms
• Game Programming
• SQL

Popularity: 6% [?]

Here is another download site, hasustorm.com/books/English, that hosts many freely available programming, IT, and computer ebooks and books in many areas, as listed below. When first accessing this site, you may need to accept a security session. These programming, IT, and computer ebooks are in pdf and chm formats. The ebooks in pdf format are downloadable, however, the books in chm format are not downloadable, instead they are online, so you will need to access them through your browser.


Topics for these Computer and Programming eBooks:

C++ Programming, C Programming, Design Patterns
Java, Java Certification, JSP, Java Servlet, Swing
Data Structures, Algorithms, OpenGL
CSS, JavaScript, Web Services, Web Design
PHP, Perl, XML, Python Programming
Flash, Photoshop, Regular Expressions
UML, RUP, Eclipse, Software Architecture
Visual C++, Windows Forms,
.NET Framework (dotNet), C# Programming (CSharp)
ASP .NET (ASPdotNET), VB .NET (VBdotNET)
Shell Programming, Game Programming,
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL, Oracle Database, Oracle 10g
Computer Security, Cryptography
Computer Networking, SSH, TCP-IP, VPN, Network+
Mobile Communication, Mobile Protocols, Wireless Networking
Cisco, CCNP, CCIE, CCDA,
Computer Hardware Repair
Linux, Linux Networking, Linux Programming, Linux Kernel
Linux Security, Linux Commands, Linux System Admin
Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu Linux
Solaris, Unix, FreeBSD, LDAP
Project Management, CMMI, Business Intelligence
Agile Development, Extreme Programming, Six Sigma
Testing, Software Requirements, Business Rules
Windows 2003, MCSE, Active Directory, Windows Registry
Windows XP, Windows Vista
SQL Server 2005, Sharepoint, DirectX Programming
AutoCAD, Digital Photography and Camera
GSM, GPRS, Sendmail, Squid

Popularity: 9% [?]

Here is Kickjava.com/books, a free ebook and book site that links to 7,500 technical, computer, and programming books and ebooks. These cover many areas, from programming to certifications to operating systems to databases, and networking. Below is an edited list of the topical pages at this site. Please note that some of the links no longer are working, but there are many that are good.


Free Book and Ebook Topics at Kickjava

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Popularity: 18% [?]

This web site, freebookcentre.net contains links to almost two thousand online books on Computer Science, Programming (Java, C, C++, Ruby, Perl, Python, XML), Networking, Cisco Certification, Database Systems Linux, Unix, and Microsoft Technologies. I captured and analyzed all the links on this site, and have found that about 7% of them are dead, which is not too bad.

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Popularity: 30% [?]