From Machine Code For Beginners to Computer Spacegames, the books that taught a generation of children to program have returned for free A generation of children in the 1980s learned about programming ...

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There are many Internet lists of best programming and software engineering books. Amazon also has their list of best selling computer programming books. I’ve also blogged on the topic in the past: ...