Books: IT1

The following books are required or optional for the summer RAPT course. I bought my Ground-up Java book at the local Barnes and Noble store, but you may want to get it at an on-line seller like Amazon.com or ecampus.com.

• Ground-up Java by Philip Heller
• This book is the required book for the program. It has a CD with a lot of nice tutorial programs and gives short and concise explanations of different programming concepts.
• Harley Hahn's Student Guide to Unix, 2nd Edition by Harley Hahn
• This is an optional book for the course. You’ll be learning basic Unix and some of you will be Ok with the faculty-written Beginner’s Guide (see below) as well as the Unix reference sheet, others of you may prefer a more in-depth look at the commands and an introduction to scripting in Unix. If you prefer having a book at hand for your learning, then this is a good book to get for basic Unix.