Top 5 books to start learning the programming basics.

Everyone wants to be successful but very few can achieve it. Most of the times reason behind failure is lack of strong knowledge in foundations. So, if you are looking to be excellent coder or programmer you need to build strong basics. How to build strong basics in programming? How to be an excellent programmer? What books should be referred to start learning the basics of programming? All of these questions are answered in this post. Here I have created a list of top 5 books to start learning the basics of programming and also explained how each of these book will help you to be good programmer. I am sure if you study these books properly you will get employable knowledge in programming. Once you know the basics, you start exploring advanced techniques in programming. If you start applying advanced techniques directly you are destined to fall down quickly. To help you in choosing the best book to start your programming career here is list of top five book to start learning the programming basics:

List of top five books to start learning programming.

Java Beginner’s Guide by Herbert Schildt:

Java is one of the most used high level programming languages and it is easy to learn. You do not need to have knowledge except some basic concepts like flowcharts and datastructures to start learning core Java. The Java Beginner’s Guide is written absolutely for the users who are new to the world of programming and want to start from the basics. The book covers entire edition and features of Java 8. There are hands-on exercises and question and answer sections for each of the topic. Moreover, the book also self-tests covering entire chapter designed to enforce your skills in Java. This is must of have for all the Java enthusiastic programmers and professionals in the field. It covers the step by step tutorials for all the related topics starting from setting up java environment in your system to the final user interface design.

Introduction to computer science using Python by Charles Dierbach:

Python is basic language that it is easy to learn. It works as a scripting language as well as programming language. It does not require much setup and as it is scripting language you can view the results of your code in your next line, so it gives more chances of experiment with your skills. The book “Introduction to Computer Science using Python” covers all the aspects of Python and Computer Science simultaneously. It covers the basics of computer science so that you will know how these programs works in a nutshell. It starts What is computer science and teaches you how these are created step by step with really a lot of number of examples and exercises. It also covers most of the topics like computational problem solving, Boolean expressions, control structures and data types; without which you cannot survive in the programming field. The book is suitable for computer science students to understand the development of computer software in detail.

Learning Web Design by Robbins:

Web programming skills are in high demand and trend will be followed in future in too. Learning web programming is also easier than learning other programming languages. Most of the companies are highly recruiting for web programmers, as every business and each person wants online presence. So to cover your web programming skills I found the book which is one solution to many requirements. The book “Learning Web Design: A Beginner’s Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Web Graphics” is the best choice for you. The book starts with simple concept like building HTML page with CSS and blending these two things in order to create excellent pages. It later updates your knowledge about HTML5 and latest trends and techniques in web designing. In last part of the book it deals with the graphics and it is written so as to make you the expert in web programming and to create pixel perfect web pages.

C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide by Perry Miller:

C is where most of us started our journey in the programming world. It is one of the very old languages which are in use today due its strong and dynamic character. In C we can program any time of programs ranging from simple calculator program to kernel of OS. It is also one of the easiest programming languages to learn. “C Programming Absolute Beginner’s Guide” is book written for newbies to explain most techniques of the programming, in simple and lucid language. At the same time book introduces you to some of the advance techniques like data structures and trees. It teaches you from how to set up the environment for running C language and lastly updates about the latest development in the C compliers. The book covers entire portion in easy step by step instructions that could be understand by all the users.

JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide 4th Edition by John Pollock:

JavaScript is strong web programming language which widely used and it covers most of the aspects of programming language. It is not related to Java and is an independent language. It explains all the key skills and concepts related to JavaScript along with explaining how it works with HTML. The books had numerous exercise and examples to test your knowledge in JavaScript and it also provides some of the best projects written in JavaScript to push your understanding the next level. This is the must have book have for all web programmers especially JavaScript programmers.

These are some books where you can start your journey into the world of programming. The books listed here are of somewhat higher price and I know you are ready to spend few extra bucks if you are getting the quality. All the books are so independent for the specified programming language, that you actually won’t need to refer other book, at all.