Computers and Programming

Can you defeat the dragon? In The Dragon's Code, you won't just read about Python. You'll use it to create a real terminal adventure game from scratch. Explore mysterious rooms, battle monsters, solve puzzles, collect treasure, and face a dragon in an adventure where every chapter unlocks a new game mechanic and a new programming skill. No experience required.Just curiosity and a little courage!

Discover how to build fast, elegant and reliable software with Julia. Starting from the basics, this book guides you through real-world projects, performance optimization and production-ready techniques. Whether you work in data science, engineering or research, you'll gain the skills to write Julia code with confidence.

Whether you're opening R for the first time or ready to tackle real data projects, this book helps you build practical skills that stick. Follow clear lessons, hands-on examples and complete code as you progress from the basics to data visualization, machine learning, web apps and professional R workflows.

Hack combines the speed and flexibility of PHP with the safety of modern static typing, making it a powerful choice for building reliable applications. This book takes you from the basics to advanced concepts with practical examples, clear explanations and real-world techniques that help you write clean, maintainable Hack code with confidence.

You're half right about the slop. Here's how to make Claude Code leverage without lowering your standards.

Learn to build fast, scalable asynchronous applications in C with libuv, the cross-platform library behind Node.js. Through practical examples and clear explanations, you'll master event-driven programming and write high-performance software that runs efficiently across Linux, macOS and Windows.

Um colaborador produtivo que escreve mais código que o time todo, mas esquece tudo com frequência. Quando não sabe, não hesita: inventa, confiante e errado. Você precisa aprender a trabalhar com ele: uma memória viva que mantém vocês na mesma página e um fluxo de trabalho que mantém tudo no lugar e funcionando. Dominar isso impede o agente de derivar e permite, enfim, produzir software de verdade.

Build fast, reliable Windows desktop applications the right way. This book takes you from your first Win32 window to modern, production ready software using C23, the latest Windows SDK and Visual Studio 2026. Along the way you will learn practical techniques for performance, security and deep Windows integration.

Build fast, portable software that runs almost anywhere with WebAssembly. From reusable libraries and command line tools to plugins and server-side services, this practical guide shows how Wasm works and how to use it in real projects with complete code and clear explanations from start to production.

Distributed systems can feel overwhelming until you build one yourself. This book takes you from core networking and concurrency concepts to a complete production-ready platform in Go. Every chapter adds real working code so you learn not just the theory but how reliable systems are built and run at scale.

The era of "all-in-one" apps is over—customers are tired of paying massive subscriptions for complex tools when they only use one feature. That’s why hyper-specialization is the ultimate startup advantage today.📘 Introducing: The Micro-SaaS Playbook A quick, no-fluff guide to building a small, highly focused, and wildly profitable software business.

DuckDB has changed how people work with data by bringing fast analytical queries to a lightweight embedded database. Whether you are exploring Parquet files, building data pipelines or embedding analytics into your application, this handbook shows you how to get the most out of DuckDB with practical examples and real-world techniques.

AI in software development is about much more than generating code.Beyond Code Generation explores how AI can support the entire software development lifecycle—from understanding requirements and designing systems to development, testing, code review, deployment, and operations.

From your first line of code to advanced JavaScript, this book builds real understanding instead of memorization. Learn how the language works, why modern features exist, and how professionals use them every day. Covering ES2026 and upcoming additions like Temporal, it gives you the skills to write clean, confident production-ready code.

Every online casino is a bank that pays out in seconds, a game studio, and a compliance department wearing the same logo. This is how you build all three, and keep them running. All six volumes in one book.