Software Engineering

Discover G#, a modern .NET language built for developers who want less friction and more clarity. Go from your first line of code to production-ready applications while exploring the simplicity of Go, the expressive feel of Kotlin and Swift and the power of the CLR. Practical examples and real-world guidance make every chapter count.

What does it take to build distributed systems that keep working when things go wrong? Engineering Distributed Systems on the BEAM goes beyond syntax to show how Erlang/OTP turns concurrency, failure and recovery into practical design tools. Build a real system from the ground up, then learn how to scale, deploy and operate it with confidence.

Build terminal apps that feel fast, polished and built to last. Terminal Interfaces takes you from the fundamentals of how terminals work to production-ready TUIs in Go, Python and Rust, using complete examples that grow from simple programs into powerful real-world tools.

Go beyond Go syntax and learn how real systems are built. Modern Go Systems Programming with Go 1.27 takes you from core language concepts to concurrency, networking, databases, observability and deployment, with runnable examples that show how everything fits together in production-grade distributed systems.

Discover Mojo, a language that pairs Python-friendly syntax with serious systems-level speed. This hands-on guide takes you from your first program to optimized CPU and GPU workloads, with practical techniques for debugging, profiling and building production-ready software for high-performance computing and AI.

Formal verification does not have to live in research papers. This practical guide shows working software engineers how to turn real requirements into precise, machine-checkable guarantees, find bugs before they reach production and bring formal methods into everyday development, from application code to distributed and security-critical systems.

Advanced Rust Programming goes beneath Rust’s safe surface to reveal the machinery that makes high-performance systems possible. Explore unsafe contracts, atomics, async internals, FFI, allocators and more through practical examples that sharpen your instincts and help you build faster, safer production-grade software.

Discover what makes Racket more than just another programming language. Mastering Racket takes you from the fundamentals to macros, concurrency, web development and custom language design through practical, runnable examples. Learn to think in Racket and unlock the ideas that make it such a powerful tool for building software.

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Start with your first line of code and grow into a confident VB.NET developer. Through clear explanations, practical examples and real-world projects, you’ll master modern .NET, object-oriented design, LINQ, async programming, databases, Windows apps, web APIs, testing and deployment, with a focus on writing software built for the real world.

AI coding agents can move fast, but speed without clear intent creates expensive mistakes. This practical guide shows how Behavior-Driven Development turns specifications into a reliable contract between you and autonomous coding systems, helping agents build the right thing, catch problems earlier and produce software you can trust.

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Bring real Python to the browser. This practical guide takes you from Pyodide fundamentals to production-ready applications, with hands-on examples, proven patterns and clear-eyed trade-offs. Learn how Python and WebAssembly fit together, what works in the real world and how to build confidently for the web.

AI agents don’t fail because they forget everything. They fail because they remember badly. This book shows you how to engineer memory that stays accurate, efficient and useful over time. From SQLite and PostgreSQL to vector indexes and multi-agent systems, you’ll learn what it takes to build agents that can run for days without losing the plot.

Ein Playbook gegen die agentische Drift — 29 Leitplanken, um KI-generierten Code prüfbar, ehrlich und auditierbar zu halten, destilliert aus über 27 Jahren Projekt- und Programmleitung in regulierten Branchen.