Software Engineering

Scheme looks simple by design, but beneath its tiny core lies a remarkably powerful way of thinking about programs. Essential Scheme takes you from your first expression to continuations, macros and interpreters, revealing the ideas behind the language along the way. Clear examples and careful explanations make Scheme’s deepest concepts approachable.

A developer on parental leave built and ran a real service for four months with one AI as his entire team — and spent $718 to earn $1. This is the unedited record of what happens after you press deploy: the incidents, the invoices, the security, and the walls that no how-to book mentions.

Five certifications ask about the same twenty topics, and each one stops at a differentdepth. This book teaches the topic once, properly, then shows you exactly where each examstops — with 61 original practice questions where every wrong option is explained. Every number in it was measured. Every line of code was run. The code is included.

A 1414-page technical reference on the Drupal 11.4 core, verified line by line against the source. Not how to use Drupal: how it is built on the inside, and why.

Discover Smalltalk, the language that shaped object-oriented programming. From its core philosophy to hands-on techniques and modern tools, this guide takes you from your first message to confident development in a live, interactive environment. Learn why Smalltalk still matters and how its ideas can change the way you think about code.

The EU AI Act is changing the rules for anyone building, buying or using AI. This practical guide cuts through the legal complexity and shows what compliance actually requires. With clear explanations, real-world cases, templates and checklists, it gives leaders and teams the tools to turn regulation into workable AI governance.

Great software does more than work today. It stays clear, reliable and easy to change years from now. This practical guide packs 1,000 actionable tips on cleaner code, smarter architecture, testing, operations and teamwork, giving you proven ways to build software that lasts without becoming a burden to maintain.

The security failures specific to AI-generated code, each paired with its fix. Hardcoded secrets, broken RLS policies, hallucinated packages, prompt injection, plus a 25-point pre-launch audit.

Turn slow Python code into fast, production-ready extensions with Cython. This practical guide takes you from the fundamentals to real-world optimization, covering C and C++ integration, memory, parallelism, testing, debugging and packaging. Build your skills through complete working examples you can compile and run as you learn.

Learn to build production-ready ASP.NET Core Web APIs from the ground up. Explore authentication, middleware, data access, caching, resilience, testing and deployment through practical examples and runnable C# code. Gain the skills to design secure, reliable and scalable APIs for real-world applications.

Your query planner doesn't know how many rows will match. It guesses. This book shows you exactly how — and why it's sometimes wrong.

当 AI 能替你写代码，真正的危险不是它写错，而是你以为它不会错。

Build MCP servers that are ready for real production. This hands on guide shows you how to design, secure, deploy and operate stateless Model Context Protocol servers that scale with confidence. Packed with practical examples and proven patterns, it gives you the skills to build reliable AI infrastructure from the ground up.

Build distributed systems that keep working when things go wrong. This hands-on guide shows you how to design reliable messaging architectures with Python and RabbitMQ, from core concepts to production-ready patterns. Follow real projects, write practical code and learn how to build scalable services that recover gracefully under load.

Build fast, reliable web applications with Crystal from the ground up. This hands on guide walks you from the basics to advanced techniques through practical examples and real world projects. Learn to create scalable, secure services that are easy to maintain and ready for production.