Programming Documentation

Recommended Programming Books & Free Online Programming Tutorials

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Programming Documentation

If you are looking for free online programming tutorials, references and documentation, or simply looking for a recommendation on a good book for a particular programming task (eg programming sockets, programming Windows, programming Unix, writing C/C++ code, etc), check out some of the pages listed here.

For those new to this site - the listed online documentation are free (or at least they were when I checked them out; let me know if they are no longer free). The recommended books are of course not free. You can get them from any bookstore, either a brick and mortar one (like your local bookstore) or an online one like Amazon.com.

Other Programming Resources

Free Compilers and Interpreters for Programming Languages
Free Programming Tools - make your programming task easier
Free Source Code and Programming Libraries
Free Emulators and Virtual Machines

Other Resources of Interest

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Free Utilities and Software Tools
Free POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Web Email
Free Translation Software and Services

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