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Core JavaScript 1.5 Guide

Published: 2007, Mozilla Developer Center
Format: HTML

The Core Javascript guide is a wiki-based online tutorial for learning to program Javascript. Assumes a general understanding of the Internet and the Web, and good working knowledge of HTML.

Chapters include:

  1. About this Guide
  2. JavaScript Overview
  3. Core Language Features
  4. Expressions and Operators
  5. Regular Expressions
  6. Statements
  7. Functions
  8. Working with Objects
  9. Details of the Object Model
  10. LiveConnect Overview
  11. Processing XML with E4X

Core JavaScript 1.5 Reference

Published: 2007, Mozilla Developer Center
Format: HTML

This online book in wiki format provides a thorough reference  to the core JavaScript language.

Topics covered include:

  1. About this Reference
  2. Global Objects
  3. Global Properties
  4. Global Functions
  5. Functions
  6. Statements
  7. Operators
  8. 8 Comments
  9. LiveConnect Class Reference
  10. Appendix A - Reserved Words
  11. Appendix B - Deprecated Features

How To Build A Computer

Published: 2007, Wikibooks
52 pages   Format: HTML, pdf

Like the title says, this book teaches how to build a PC.

Content includes:

  • Choosing the parts
  • Assembling the computer
  • Choosing and installing software
  • Optimizing and Overclocking the computer

How to Think Like a (Python) Programmer

Allen Downey, Jeff Elkner, Chris Meyers
Published: 2007, Green Tea Press
239 pages   Format: HTML. pdf, postscript

The goal of the book is to teach the reader how to think like a computer scientist, using the Python programming language.

MySQL Reference Manual

Published: 2007, MySQL AB
2000 pages   Format: HTML, pdf, CHM

This is the official MySQL Reference Manual. Separate editions of the book covering older versions of MySQL are also
available for download.