CMPUT 404

Practice Exams & Review Materials

• Practice Exams and Review Materials are available on Canvas. Do not share or upload these.

Jihoon's Unofficial Class Notes D&D Style

• Unofficial Class Notes D&D Style

Videos & Slides

• Iteration in Javascript Video
  • Iteration in JavaScript Slides
• Python Iteration Talk Video
  • Python Iteration Talk Slides

Web Video

• Web Video
• Web Video Git Repo
• Web Audio Git Repo
• Web Audio Template
• Web Audio Delay Drawer

Reference Materials

Some reference materials taken from https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#web-services

HTTP/2

• HTTP/2 Book & Slides
• HTTP/2 - Brad Fitzpatrick - London Go Gathering 2015 video

WASM

• Introduction to Impractical WASM

Networking

• Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols and Practice, 3rd edition (CNP3bis) (Interactive e-Book + sources) - O. Bonaventure (in progress)
• HTTP Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (Just fill the fields with any values)
• High-Performance Browser Networking (Available through UAlberta Library)
• The TCP/IP Guide
• Understanding IP Addressing: Everything you ever wanted to know (PDF)

Django

• Djen of Django
• Effective Django
• Tango With Django
• Deploy Django
• The Django Book
• Tango With Django

Flask

• Explore Flask (Online/readthedocs) - Robert Picard
• The Flask Mega-Tutorial - Miguel Grinberg

Python

• Byte of Python
• Data Structures and Algorithms in Python - PDF
• Dive into Python - Mark Pilgrim
• Dive into Python 3 - Mark Pilgrim
• Google's Python Class
• A Guide to Python's Magic Methods - Rafe Kettler
• Hacking Secret Cyphers with Python - Al Sweigart
• Hitchhiker's Guide to Python!
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python - Allen B. Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers
  • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, Interactive Edition
• Learning to Program Using Python - Cody Jackson (PDF)
• Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python - Al Sweigart
• Learn Python The Hard Way
• Lectures on scientific computing with python - J.R. Johansson
• Making Games with Python & Pygame - Al Sweigart
• Modeling Creativity: Case Studies in Python - Tom D. De Smedt
• Natural Language Processing with Python
• Python Bibliotheca
• Python Cookbook - David Beazley (Available through UAlberta library)
• Python for Fun
• Python for Informatics: Exploring Information
• Python for you and me
• Python Practice Book
• Python Programming - PDF
• Python Scientific Lecture Notes
• Snake Wrangling For Kids - Learning to Program with Python - PDF
• The Art and Craft of Programming - PDF
• The Programming Historian - William J. Turkel, Adam Crymble and Alan MacEachern (PDF)
• Think Python - Allen B. Downey
• Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures
• Python Module of the Week
• Wikibooks: Python Programming
• Python Koans
• Test-Driven Web Development with Python, 3rd Edition (Available through UAlberta Library)
• Building Skills in Python
• Building Skills in Object-Oriented Design (Python)
• Text Processing in Python - David Mertz
• Welcome to Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures - Brad Miller and David Ranum
• Python in Hydrology - Sat Kumar Tomer
• Introduction to python - Kracekumar
• Web2py: Complete Reference Manual, 6th Edition (pre-release) - HTML
• Web2py: Complete Reference Manual, 6th Edition (pre-release) - PDF
• Google's Python Style Guide
• A Beginner's Python Book
• Python For Fun By Chris Meyers

Web Services

• RESTful Web Services (PDF) - Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby

JavaScript

• Book of Modern Frontend Tooling
• Crockford's JavaScript - Douglas Crockford
• Dev Docs
• Eloquent JavaScript - Marijn Haverbeke
• Eloquent JavaScript 2nd edition (work in progress)
• JavaScript Allongé - Reg Braithwaite
• JavaScript Bible (PDF)
• JavaScript Enlightenment - Cody Lindley
• JavaScript Essentials
• JavaScript Patterns Collection - Shi Chuan
• Javascript Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (Just fill the fields with any values)
• JS Robots - Mark Daggett (Start from Ch. 6) (Available through UAlberta Library)
• jQuery Fundamentals (starts with JavaScript basics)
• Learn to Code JavaScript by Playing a Game
• Learning JavaScript Design Patterns - Addy Osmani (Available through UAlberta Library)
• Managing Space and Time with JavaScript - Book 1: The Basics - Noel Rappin
• Mozilla Developer Network's JavaScript Guide
• O'Reilly Programming JavaScript Applications - Early Release (Available through UAlberta Library)
• The JavaScript Tutorial
• The Problem with Native JavaScript APIs (Available through UAlberta Library)
• You Don't Know JS
• Oh My JS (Leanpub, by Azat Mardanov)

Angular.js

• Recipes with Angular.js (Leanpub, by Frederik Dietz)

Backbone.js

• Backbonejs Tutorials
• A pragmatic guide to Backbone.js apps

D3.js

• Interactive Data Visualization for the Web - Scott Murray (Available through UAlberta Library)
• D3 Tips and Tricks
• Dashing D3.js

Dojo

• Dojo: The Definitive Guide - Matthew A. Russell (Available through UAlberta Library)

jQuery

• jQuery Succinctly, Syncfusion (PDF, Kindle) (Just fill the fields with any values)
• jQuery Novice to Ninja (Available through UAlberta Library)

From older versions of CMPUT 410:

• (L2) Youtube Video: Prometeus - The Media Revolution
• (L3) What is TCP/IP?
• (L3) Wikipedia: Internet Protocol Suite
• (L4) Wikipedia: XHTML
• (L4) HTML 4.0 & XHTML 1.0 Reference
• (L4) Colours and HTML
• (L4) Web-safe Colours
• (L4) W3 School HTML Tutorial
• (L4) W3 School XHTML Tutorial
• (L4) W3 School CSS Tutorial
• (L4) Page layout
• (L4) Positioning Example with CSS
• (L7) Accessing layers with different browsers
• (L7) Sliding Menu example
• (L8) W3C Document Object Model
• (L8) W3 School Form Validation with Javascript
• (L8) Table sorting
• (L10) Ajax Example 1: Field auto-fill
• (L10) Ajax Example 2: Province/State selection
• (L10) Ajax Example 3: Simulated database access
• (L15) Youtube Video: Google's Master Plan
• Quick Tips to Search Google

eBooks

• O'Reilly Books - formerly Safari Books Online
• Books 24x7
• http://proquest.com
• Software Project Survival Guide
  S. McConnell
  Microsoft, 1997, ISBN 1-57231-621-7
• The Build Master
  V. Maraia
  Addison-Wesley, 2005, ISBN 0-321-33205-9
  • You will need to login to O'Reilly Online Learning to access this online
• Extreme Programming Explained
  Kent Beck
  Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0-321-27865-8
  • You will need to login to O'Reilly Online Learning to access this online
• Pair Programming Illuminated
  Laurie Williams, Robert Kessler
  Addison-Wesley, 2002, ISBN 0-201-74576-3
• Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
  Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, David West
  O'Reilly, 2006, ISBN 0-596-00867-8
• User Interface Design for Programmers
  Joel Spolsky
  Apress, 2006, ISBN 978-1-89311-594-1
• User Stories Applied
  Mike Cohn
  Addison-Wesley, 2004, ISBN 0-321-20568-5
  • You will need to login to O'Reilly Online Learning to access this online
• Version Control with Subversion
  C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
  O'Reilly, 2008, ISBN 978-0-596-51033-6
• Test-Driven Development
  Kent Beck
  Addison-Wesley, 2002, ISBN 0-321-14653-0
  • You will need to login to O'Reilly Online Learning to access this online
• GUI Bloopers
  Jeff Johnson
  Morgan Kaufmann, 2007, ISBN 0-12-370643-2

Software Engineering Sites

• Joel on Software
• Object Mentor
• Software Engineering Stories
• Software Engineering Radio

User Interface Design Sites

• Don Norman jnd.org Essays
• Bruce Tognazzini AskTog
• Bringing Design to Software
• Task-Centered User Interface Design

Software Industry

• Slashdot
• TechRepublic
• The Daily WTF
• RISKS Digest
• InfoWorld
• Computerworld

Career

Industry Trends

• TIOBE Programming Community Index

Job Trends

• Forbes; 2025-02-03: Best Jobs For Growth In The Next 5 Years: Winners And Losers - Chris Westfall

Interviewing

• techInterview

Audio/Video

• Google Tech Talks

Fun

• The Joy of Tech
• Oatmeal
  • How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell
• Project Cartoon
• xkcd
  • 844: Good Code