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Go Programming Language, the
Alan Donovan, Brian Kernighan
Effective Java
Joshua Bloch
Code
Charles Petzold
The AWK Programming Language
Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan
Learn Python the Hard Way
Zed Shaw, Zed A. Shaw
Head First Java
Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
Kevlin Henney
C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide
Greg Perry, Dean Miller
Effective Rust
David Drysdale
Java: a Beginner's Guide, Eighth Edition
Herbert Schildt
Head First Ruby
Jay McGavren
Javascript: the Definitive Guide
David Flanagan
Eloquent Javascript, 3rd Edition
Marijn Haverbeke
Automate the Boring Stuff With Python, 2nd Edition
Al Sweigart
