Books

My Books

I am a strong believer in the Creative Commons License and the Wikipedia.  That is why my books, the four books I wrote and the three books I edited are under the CC license.

• Variationen zum Thema: Java (pdf) (English version)
  An Introduction to Java Programming.  Can be ordered from Amazon.

• Variations on a Theme: Physical Computing (pdf)
  An Introduction to Physical Computing.  Can be ordered from Amazon. 

• Variationen zum Thema: Algorithmen (pdf)
  An Introduction to Algorithms.  Can be ordered from Amazon. 

• Variationen zum Thema: Internet (pdf)
  An Introduction to Java Enterprise Programming.  Can be ordered from Amazon. 

• Variationen zum Thema: Android (pdf)
  An Introduction to Programming Android.  Can be ordered from Amazon. 

• Variations on a Theme: JavaScript (pdf)
  An Introduction to JavaScript, basically a JavaScript version of the first book.  Can be ordered from Amazon. 

• Social Web (pdf)
  This book is the result of the course 'Social Web', taught in the Media Engineering (BME) program at Technische Hochschule Nuremberg. It is based on a class project.

• Game Creation with XNA (pdf)
  This book is a collection of tutorials on game creation with Microsoft's XNA framework. It is a class project started by students of International Media Informatics (IMI) program at HTW Berlin.

• Introduction to Software Engineering (pdf)
  This book is an introduction to the art of software engineering. It is intended as a textbook for an undergraduate level course.   It is based on Wikipedia articles on the respective subjects, some edited a lot, some not edited at all.

Recommended Books

Introduction to Programming and Computer Science

• Roberts, E.: The Art and Science of Java

• Sedgewick, R. and Wayne, K.: Introduction to Programming in Java

Data Structures and Algorithms

• Goodrich, M.T. and Tamassia, R.: Data Structures and Algorithms in Java

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