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Object-oriented programming (Computer science)

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• Java, Java, Java: Object-Oriented Problem Solving (Creative Commons-licensed third edition; 2017), by R. Morelli and Ralph Walde (PDF with commentary at trincoll.edu)
• Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns (Creative Commons-licensed online edition, 2013), by Serge Demeyer, Stéphane Ducasse, and Oscar Marius Nierstrasz (PDF in Switzerland)
• Learn to Program (online tutorial edition, ca. 2004), by Chris Pine (HTML with commentary at pine.fm)
• Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide (first edition, c2001), by David Thomas (HTML at ruby-doc.com)
• Data Structures and Algorithms With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in C++ (online version, with links to versions for other languages; c1999), by Bruno R. Preiss (frame-dependent HTML at brpreiss.com)
• Data Structures and Algorithms With Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java (online version, with links to versions for other languages; c1999), by Bruno R. Preiss (frame-dependent HTML at brpreiss.com)
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Using C++ (1997), by Peter Müller (HTML in Germany)
• Objektorientierte Programmierung mit ANSI C (in German and English; c1994), by Axel T. Schreiner
  • German original: PDF at RIT
  • English translation ("Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI C"): PDF at RIT
• Seamless Object-Oriented Software Architecture (1994), by Kim Waldén and Jean-Marc Nerson (PDF at bon-method.com)
• Object-Oriented Programming in the BETA Programming Language (c1993), by O. Lehrmann Madsen, Birger Møller-Pedersen, and Kristen Nygaard (PDF with commentary in Denmark)
• The Book of Ruby (free online edition, c2009), by Huw Collingbourne (zipped PDF with commentary at sapphiresteel.com)
• The Definitive Guide to Jython (Creative Commons edition, 2009), by Josh Juneau, Jim Baker, Victor Ng, and Frank Wierzbicki (HTML at readthedocs.io)
• Ruby Best Practices (c2009), by Gregory T. Brown (PDF with commentary at rubybestpractices.com)
• Squeak by Example (electronic edition, 2008), by Andrew P. Black, Stéphane Ducasse, Oscar Marius Nierstrasz, and Damien Pollet (PDF with commentary at squeakbyexample.org)
• Dylan Programming: An Object-Oriented and Dynamic Language (1997), by Neal Feinberg, Sonya E. Keene, Robert O. Mathews, and P. Tucker Withington (illustrated HTML at opendylan.org)
• Smalltalk and Object-Orientation: An Introduction (1997), by John Hunt (PDF at unibe.ch)
• Patterns of Software: Tales From the Software Community (New York and Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1996), by Richard P. Gabriel, contrib. by Christopher Alexander (PDF at dreamsongs.com)
• Object-Oriented Programming in Oberon-2 (second edition, c1994), by Hanspeter Mössenböck, contrib. by Niklaus Wirth (PDF in Austria)
• Inside Smalltalk (2 volumes, c1990-1991), by Wilf R. LaLonde and John R. Pugh
  • Volume I: PDF at free.fr
  • Volume II: PDF at free.fr
• Smalltalk/V 286: Tutorial and Programming Handbook (Los Angeles: Digitalk, c1988) (PDF at free.fr)
• Think Julia: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (online edition, c2018), by Ben Lauwens and Allen Downey (HTML with commentary at githun.io)
• NeXTStep Programming: Step One, Object-Oriented Applications (1993), by Simson Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney (PDF at simson.net)
• Ada 95: The Craft of Object-Oriented Programming, by John English (HTML at adaic.org)
• Adaptive Object-Oriented Software, by Karl J. Lieberherr (PDF with commentary at Northeastern)
• The Java Tutorial (online edition, with additional tutorial materials), contrib. by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath (illustrated HTML at Oracle)
• Object-Oriented System Development (electronic edition), by Dennis De Champeaux, Douglas Lea, and Penelope Faure (HTML at Oswego)
• Selected works, by Bruno R. Preiss (frame-dependent HTML at brpreiss.com)
• Working with Objects: The OOram Software Engineering Method (prepublication version), by Trygve Reenskaug, P. Wold, and O. A. Lehne (PDF in Norway)
• Modeling Reactive Systems with Statecharts: The STATEMATE Approach (New York et al.: McGraw Hill, c1998), by David Harel and Michal Politi (PDF files with commentary in Israel)
• A Byte of Python, by Swaroop C H (multiple formats with commentary at swaroopch.com)
• Dive Into Python 3, by Mark Pilgrim (HTML with commentary at problemsolving.io)
• Test-Driven Development With Python, by Harry Percival (illustrated HTML with commentary at obeythetestinggoat.com)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Elements of Programming (authors' edition; 2019), by Alexander A. Stepanov and Paul McJones (PDF files with commentary at elementsofprogramming.com)
• Scientific Programming and Computer Architecture (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2017), by Divakar Viswanath (illustrated HTML at github.io)
• Programming and Programming Languages (2016), by Shriram Krishnamurthi (HTML at Brown)
• How to Design Programs (second edition, c2014), by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi (HTML at neu.edu)
• Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (version 2, 2014), by Allen Downey (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
• Learn to Program Using Python (c2011), by Cody Jackson (PDF in Sweden)
• 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know (wiki version, ca. 2010), ed. by Kevlin Henney (HTML at oreilly.com)
• How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing (electronic version, 2002), by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shriram Krishnamurthi (illustrated HTML with commentary at htdp.org)
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist; Learning With Python (original edition (superseded by Think Python); c2002), by Allen Downey, Chris Meyers, and Jeffrey Elkner (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
• Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation (c1999), by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, and Peter Sestoft (PDF and Postscript with commentary in Denmark)
• Computer Science Logo Style (second edition, 3 volumes; c1997), by Brian Harvey
  • Volume 1 (Symbolic Computing): illustrated HTML and PDF at Berkeley
  • Volume 2 (Advanced Techniques): illustrated HTML and PDF at Berkeley
  • Volume 3 (Beyond Programming): illustrated HTML and PDF at Berkeley
• Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp (c1992), by Peter Norvig (multiple formats with commentary at Github)
• Automate the Boring Stuff with Python (second edition, 2020), by Al Sweigart (illustrated HTML with commentary at automatetheboringstuff.com)
• Programming in Martin-Löf's Type Theory: An Introduction (c1990), by Bengt Nordström, Kent Petersson, and Jan M. Smith (PDF and Postscript in Sweden)
• How to Code in Python 3 (New York: DigitalOcean, ca. 2018), by Lisa Tagliaferri (PDF at digitalocean.com)
• Think Julia: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (online edition, c2018), by Ben Lauwens and Allen Downey (HTML with commentary at githun.io)
• The Coder's Apprentice: Learning Programming with Python 3 (2017), by Pieter Spronck (PDF with commentary at spronck.net)
• A Little Smalltalk (c1987), by Timothy Budd (PDF at unibe.ch)
• Python 101 (c2017), by Michael Driscoll (illustrated HTML with commentary at pythonlibrary.org)
• Learning J: An Introduction to the J Programming Language (revised 2015), by Roger Stokes (HTML at jsoftware.com)
• The Nature of Code (c2012), by Daniel Shiffman, ed. by Shannon Fry, illust. by Zannah Marsh (illustrated HTML with commentary at natureofcode.com)
• The Craft of Programming (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, et al.: Prentice-Hall International, c1981), by John C. Reynolds (PDF at CMU)
• Matters Computational: Ideas, Algorithms, Source Code (prepublication version, 2011), by Jörg Arndt (PDF and other formats at jjj.de)
• Introduction to Computer Science using Java (2018), by Bradley Kjell (illustrated HTML at programmedlessons.org)
• COBOL: A Self-Instructional Manual (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c1963), by James A. Saxon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Communicating Sequential Processes, by C. A. R. Hoare (PDF with commentary at usingcsp.com)
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C++ Version, by Allen Downey (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Think Java, by Allen Downey (multiple formats at Green Tea Press)
• Larch: Languages and Tools for Formal Specification, ed. by John V. Guttag and James J. Horning (Postscript at MIT)
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (second edition, 1996, with supporting materials), by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Julie Sussman, contrib. by Alan J. Perlis (HTML at MIT Press)
• Watch What I Do: Programming by Demonstration, ed. by Allen Cypher (illustrated HTML at acypher.com)
• Certified Programming with Dependent Types (latest electronic edition), by Adam Chlipala (PDF and HTML with commentary at chlipala.net)
• Études for Elixir, ed. by J. David Eisenberg (HTML and other files at Github)
• Programming From the Ground Up, by Jonathan Bartlett, ed. by Dominick Bruno
  • version 1.0: PDF at gnu.org
  • multiple versions with commentary at nongnu.org
• Scala Book (free online edition), by Alvin Alexander (multiple formats with commentary at alvinalexander.com)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.