Books like D is for digital by Brian W. Kernighan

Timeless guide to software craftsmanship, it offers practical lessons for coders and managers alike, from career growth to adaptable architecture, updated for 2020s development realities.

A definitive, widely used introduction and reference for learning and mastering the C programming language.

This book provides a strategic approach to software construction, offering essential techniques and must-know principles for creating high-quality code.

The App Generation examines how today’s digitally immersed youth shape and are shaped by apps, revealing both their empowering possibilities and their risks to identity, relationships, and creativity.

Discover the practical principles that guide software engineering at Google's high‑scale, sustainable systems, from code resilience over time to design trade‑offs and organizational culture.

From Counterculture to Cyberculture explores how computers evolved from Cold War military tools to symbols of a digital, collaborative utopia rooted in 1960s countercultural ideals.

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Michael Saylor explains how mobile computing is becoming a universal, personal computing platform, reshaping education, commerce, and society, and offers guidance for individuals and leaders to navigate this transformative technology.

Rebels Against the Future traces the early 19th‑century Luddite uprising, exposing how English textile workers sabotaged technology to defend their livelihoods amid the Industrial Revolution.

The rapid pace of change in computing demands a continuous review of our defensive strategies, and a strong ethical framework in our computer science education.This fully revised and enhanced fifth edition of Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from the convergence of computing and telecommunication, and the proliferation of mobile information-enabling devices. This accessible and engaging text surveys thought-provoking questions about the impact of these new technologies.Topics and features:Establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativismOffers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discriminationExamines the new ethical, cultural and economic realities of computer social network ecosystems (NEW)Reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to information technology and softwareDiscusses how virtualization technology informs our ethical behavior (NEW)Introduces the new frontiers of ethics: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the InternetSurveys the social, moral and ethical value systems in mobile telecommunications (NEW)Explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensicsProvides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion with every chapterThis comprehensive textbook incorporates the latest requirements for computer science curricula. Both students and practitioners will find the book an invaluable source of insight into computer ethics and law, network security, and computer crime investigation.