Software Development Reference Materials

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT REFERENCE MATERIAL

• C programming references:

  • • The C Library Reference Guide, by Eric Huss

• • The C Standard Library

    • Wikipedia:

    • const-correctness

  • Python references:

  • Dive into Python 3

  • Linux programming references:

  • Advanced Linux Programming

  • INTER-PROCESS COMMUNICATIONS (IPC)

    • General

    • Beej's Guide to Unix IPC

      • Chapter 6 – Linux Interprocess Communications, from The Linux Programmer's Guide, hosted by The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP)

      • Interprocess communication / UNIX IPC programming, by 'mij':

      • Tasks

      • Threads

      • Signals

      • Pipes

      • Named pipes

      • BSD sockets

      • POSIX message queues

      • POSIX semaphores

      • POSIX shared memory

      • Notes on POSIX objects

      • Slide show on Inter Process Communications

      • Slide show: An introduction to Linux IPC, by Michael Kerrisk

      • Parallel Programming in C for the Transputer (obsolete device, but solid concepts), by D. Thiebaut

    • Message Queues (older system V style and newer Posix style)

      • Chapter 12 - Semaphores, Message Queues and Shared Memory, from CS 248 - UNIX Programming, hosted by Community Resource and Instructor Support Program (CRISP) at the Dallas County Community College District in Texas

    • IPC in Unix Using Message Queues

    • Unix Domain Sockets (or IPC sockets)

      • Dymystifying Unix Domain Sockets 

    • Mutexes

      • Understanding mutex types and attributes, by Chris Simmonds

  • SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS

    • HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) is a protocol used in conjunction with synchronous communications over dialup connections, among other things.

  • cURL

  • Sample code using C code with cURL library to send mail through SSL/TLS email server

  • LATEX

    • LaTeX command summary (PDF)

    • Page layout in LaTeX (PDF)

    • LaTeX help 1.1, offered by the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation at Emory University (Atlanta, GA, USA)

    • LaTeX general help, offered by the Central European University (Hungary)

  • Introduction to LaTeX

    • Using LaTeX, offered by the University of Southern Queensland (Australia)

    • LaTeX packages I've used as a part of creating SDK documentation:

      • chngpage / changepage, a package for making changes to a specific page without affecting the parameters of any other pages (PDF)

      • framed, a package for creating boxes and shaded areas for text (PDF)

      • lastpage, a package that can create a "macro" for the number of document pages that can be inserted in the document (PDF)

    • WikiBooks LaTeX reference:

    • Tutorial for absolute beginners

    • Tips & tricks

    • Tables

  • RPM

    • Maximum RPM, a "book" by Red Hat about how to distribute software through Redhat Package Manager (RPM) files

    • RPM HOWTO document by Red Hat (the creator of RPM)

    • A series of arricles from IBM about using RPM to distribute software

    • An example RPM spec file from the KMyMony project documentation.

    • A series of blog postings in two parts about creating an RPM spec file

  • DEVICE DRIVERS

  • The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide

    • Linux Device Drivers:

      • 3rd Edition (2.6 kernel)

      • 2nd Edition  (2.4 kernel)

  • VI

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