Book Watch Archive


Building Quantum Computers (Cambridge University Press)
Friday, 15 November 2024

This textbook describes four of the most advanced platforms for quantum computing: nuclear magnetic resonance, quantum optics, trapped ions, and superconducting systems. The authors, Shayan Majidy, Christopher Wilson and Raymond Laflamme, explain the fundamental physical concepts underpinning the practical implementation of quantum computing are reviewed, followed by a balanced analysis of the strengths and weaknesses inherent to each type of hardware.

 
Eloquent JavaScript, 4th Ed (No Starch Press)
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

This introduction to JavaScript has been updated in the new edition with new features, fresh exercises, and fun projects. Marijn Haverbeke takes the reader from JavaScript's basic elements, building up to engaging, complete programs. The author's personal experiences from years of maintaining popular open source projects enliven the text with practical insights and examples. This edition of Eloquent JavaScript updates the book to describe the 2024 version of JavaScript, and shifts the attention given to some topics to better reflect current development practices.

 
Cryptography (The MIT Press)
Monday, 11 November 2024

This book provides a  broad introduction to cryptography—what it is, how it really works, what its future holds, and why every informed citizen should understand its basics. Panos Louridas explains just how cryptography works to keep our communications confidential, tracing it back all the way to its ancient roots. Then he follows its long and winding path to where we are today and reads the signs that point to where it may go tomorrow.

 
Minecraft: Mega Bite-Size Builds (Random House)
Friday, 08 November 2024

This is the next book in the popular Bite-Size Builds series, following Super Bite-Size Builds and Amazing Bite-Size Builds. The Mojang AB team shows how to design, build and customize 20 mini-projects in Minecraft.Projects range from building a fire station and a fire engine to put out your campfires to building a house on the moon and a UFO to get you there.

 
API Design for C++ 2nd Ed (Morgan Kaufmann)
Wednesday, 06 November 2024

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of Application Programming Interface (API) development, from initial design through implementation, testing, documentation, release, versioning, maintenance, and deprecation.Martin Reddy teaches the strategies of C++ API development, including interface design, versioning, scripting, and plug-in extensibility.

 
Balancing Coupling in Software Design (Addison-Wesley)
Monday, 04 November 2024

This book looks at the need to get coupling right if you want to build modular, evolvable, and resilient software systems. Vlad Khononov describes a model that not only draws on this accumulated knowledge, but also adapts it to modern software engineering practices, offering a fresh perspective on modular software design.

 
Generative AI (For Dummies)
Friday, 01 November 2024

This book provides a roadmap to using the world of artificial intelligence to enhance personal and professional lives. Pam Baker explains how generative AI tools are capable of creating text, images, and even ideas, and can assist in authoring short and long-form content, producing audio and video, and serving as a research assistant. Readers will learn how to identify the best platforms for their needs and write the prompts that coax out the content they want.

 
Effective C, 2nd Ed (No Starch Press)
Wednesday, 30 October 2024

This book is an introduction to essential C language programming. Robert C. Seacord, a long-standing member of the C standards committee with over 40 years of programming experience, developed the book in collaboration with other C experts, such as Clang’s lead maintainer Aaron Ballman and C project editor JeanHeyd Meneide. This second edition of Effective C has been thoroughly updated to cover C23, which enhances the safety, security, and usability of the language.

 
Machine Learning Q and AI (No Starch Press)
Monday, 28 October 2024

Subtitled "30 Essential Questions and Answers on Machine Learning and AI", this book was born out of questions often fielded by author Sebastian Raschka, who takes a direct, no-nonsense approach to make advanced topics more accessible and genuinely engaging. Each brief, self-contained chapter journeys through a fundamental question in AI, unraveling it with clear explanations, diagrams, and hands-on exercises.

 
Pioneering Simplicity: The fascinating history of Delphi and Pascal (CMG Publishing)
Friday, 25 October 2024

This book looks at the world of Pascal and Delphi. From the innovative mind of Niklaus Wirth at Zurich's ETH to the global software revolutions powered by Borland's Turbo Pascal, Marco Geuze unravels the story of how simplicity and efficiency became the core of modern software development. With a focus on pivotal moments, Marco captures how they revolutionized not only coding but also the way programmers think. Filled with behind-the-scenes stories from key players like Anders Hejlsberg, Zack Urlocker, Allen Bauer and Chuck Jazdzewski, this book dives deep into the heart of programming history and showcases the development environment that sparked the era of rapid application building.

 
Programming The ESP32 In C Using The Espressif IDF (I/O Press)
Wednesday, 23 October 2024

This book reveals what you can do with the EspressIf ESP32's GPIO lines together with widely used sensors, servos and motors and ADCs. Harry Fairhead uses C as the ideal choice of language to program the ESP32, ensuring that your programs are fast and efficient, and here it is used with the Espressif IoT Development Framework, ESP-IDF and VS Code, a combination which makes it simple to get started and provides a wealth of functions not found elsewhere.

 
Optimization Algorithms (Manning)
Monday, 21 October 2024

This book introduces AI algorithms designed to solve complex and poorly-structured problems such as "What’s the fastest route from one place to another?" "How do you calculate the optimal price for a product?" and "How should you plant crops, allocate resources, and schedule surgeries?" 

 
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