Back in the day, we didn't have online tutorials, webcasts and StackOverflow to teach us new programming skills. We had to read books -- on paper! -- and it was good. I still keep copies of some ...

You can never have too many free ebooks—especially ones that help you learn something new or improve your skills. So here you go: 15 programming books for beginners and current coders alike.

There are many Internet lists of best programming and software engineering books. Amazon also has their list of best selling computer programming books. I’ve also blogged on the topic in the past: ...