Computer Science Reading List

Optional reading for your spare time...

Algorithms and Data Structures

Books:

• Grokking Algorithms--Beej's favorite
• Algorithms in a Nutshell
• Hacker's Delight
• Introduction to Algorithms (Cormen et al)--Beej's other favorite
• Foundations of Computer Science

Web pages:

• Top Algorithms and Data Structures You Really Need To Know--good overview
• Data Structures-Algorithms Basics--intro that gets progressively more challenging
• Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python--virtual book, covers up through trees and graphs
• Top 10 Algorithms and Data Structures for Competitive Programming--next level stuff

Architecture

• The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
  • NAND2Tetris

Languages

• JavaScript: The Good Parts
• The C Programming Language (K&R)

Networking

• UNIX Network Programming

Operating Systems

• Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment
• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
• The Design of the UNIX Operating System

Software Development

• The Practice of Programming
• The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

Software Development Methodologies

• Scrum (Wikipedia)

DevOps

• Site Reliability Engineering (Google)