Books

Writing books is hard.  Publishing successful books is harder. Authors, like their fellow entrepreneurs in the business world, need to answer to three questions. -Are there customers for the book I want to write?-Can I find more customers?-What business decisions will make this book successful? Every Book Is a Startup help authors with answers.

To celebrate Markdown Mode's 10th birthday, this comprehensive Guide from the package author and maintainer covers everything from the basics to advanced editing commands, customization, interactions with other packages, and useful tips and tricks to make writing and publishing with Markdown more enjoyable and efficient.

A set of exercises for working with water data in ArcGIS, containing mostly new exercises I haven't published elsewhere - still a work in progress. Prior experience in GIS is assumed (see http://coursera.org/learn/gis for my courses that you can audit for free or take for a certificate)

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Data engineers are the unsung heroes who make analytics and data-driven applications possible.  This handbook introduces the fundamentals of what it's like to work with data, and the skills and concepts needed to develop "data products" in the real world.

An introduction to Common Lisp and many useful example programs. Use LLMs, as well as classic symbolic AI techniques.

Scoring Sound covers the basic approaches to sound synthesis, algorithmic composition and instrument design in SuperCollider. This tutorial has been used in workshops around the world for over a decade, and was included in the MIT Press SuperCollider Book.

Elegant Design Principles distils decades of design wisdom into 95 actionable principles spanning core OO, SOLID/GRASP, package design, reliability and a forward‑looking AI‑first approach. Explore the Design Pyramid to understand how quality attributes, smells and principles interconnect; learn to manage complexity through high cohesion, low coupling and clear abstractions; and adopt modern practices like test‑driven development and semantic modularity. From novices seeking a roadmap to experts embracing AI‑assisted workflows, this book equips you to create systems that are robust, maintainable and elegant—today and in the AI‑driven future.

Learn why Agile transformations fail and how you can make them better.

The goal of the "Spreadsheet Adventures" series is to show you the friendly and lighthearted side of Excel. In this first book, “Coloring Fun with Conditional Formatting”, you will learn to create intricate patterns and elegant coloring schemes, as well as moving pictures and time-lapse videos.

Unleash the power of Vim in Visual Studio Code, boost your productivity and become an even more awesome developer. You can read this book free online! If you enjoy it and find it useful, share it and consider buying a copy to help me sustain my authoring efforts.

Have you ever run a git command and felt a cold sweat because something happened that you didn't understand? This book helps you to be comfortable with git, a technology more often used than understood. It uses the 'Hard Way' method, the best way to develop your skills, and takes you from confusion to understanding in easy-to-follow steps.

New to PHP? Coming back to PHP after a hiatus? Been writing PHP for a decade? Whatever your level, you'll learn something here. 

Includes the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Editions. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Editions are listed under "Extras" after checking out, including for free purchases. (After this school year, we'll make the 4th Edition the main featured edition, but to avoid confusion for current students we are leaving the 3rd Edition as the main PDF for now.) Advanced High School Statistics provides a thorough intro to statistics and supports students preparing for the AP Statistics exam. The book is also in B&W paperback for $25. Paperback royalties are shared between OpenIntro and the authors, and all Leanpub contributions go to authors to fund their time.