Good Reads

Every geek has their favorite reference guide or book. Here’s mine.

Good quick intro to Java Servlets/JSP: Murach’s Java Servlets and JSP
Good in-depth JSP: JavaServer Pages
Good Java summary/reference: Java in a Nutshell
Good C book: A Book on C: Programming in C
Good THE C book: The C Programming Language
Good J2EE book: Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans
Good FREE Java book and intro to OO: Thinking in Java
Good Java book for the beginner for learning Java: Java How to Program
Good VoiceXML book: Definitive VoiceXML
Good introductory design patterns book: Head First Design Patterns
Good JavaScript book: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Good Ajax book: Ajax in Action

Books I can’t recommend:

Mainly for lame excuse that is Appendix B (topics that didn’t make it in the book) and weak coverage of Java 5.0 features: Head First Java
Overall a decent book but just very bad editing: Programming in Objective-C