Benjamin Klein, "The VimL Primer: Edit Like a Pro with Vim Plugins and Scripts"
English | ISBN: 1680500406 | 2015 | 85 pages | EPUB + code, PDF | 3 MB

Build on your editor’s capabilities and tailor your editing experience with VimL, the powerful scripting language built into Vim. With VimL you can configure basic settings or add entirely new functionality. Use this quick and easy introduction to create your own Vim plugin while learning the concepts and syntax of VimL.

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Chris McCord, "Metaprogramming Elixir: Write Less Code, Get More Done"
English | ISBN: 1680500414 | 2015 | 120 pages | PDF + code, EPUB | 5 + 2 MB

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you’ll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible. You’ll discover how to extend Elixir with your own first-class features, optimize performance, and create domain-specific languages.

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Mike Monteiro, "You’re My Favorite Client"
English | ISBN: 1937557146 | 2014 | 127 pages | PDF, EPUB | 1 + 1 MB

Whether you’re a designer or not, you make design decisions every day. Successful design projects require equal participation from both the client and the design team. Yet, for most people who buy design, the process remains a mystery. In his follow-up to Design Is a Job, Mike Monteiro demystifies the design process and helps you prepare for your role. Ensure you’re asking the right questions, giving effective feedback, and hiring designers who will challenge you to make your product the best it can be. Mike Monteiro is the co-founder and design director of Mule Design, an interactive design studio whose work has been called "delightfully hostile" by The New Yorker. In early 2011, he gave a Creative Mornings talk entitled "F- You, Pay Me" that not only uplifted the downtrodden the world over, but fueled his first book, Design Is a Job. In 2014 he won .net’s Talk of the Year award for "How Designers Destroyed the World," a screed about designers taking responsibility for their work. He can be heard weekly as the co-host of Let’s Make Mistakes.

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Jason Santa Maria, "On Web Typography"
English | ISBN: 1937557065, 1937557073 | 2014 | 152 pages | PDF | 9 MB

Utilize this typography book to master responsive typography and craft effective communication for your readers.

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Dan Cederholm, "Sass for Web Designers"
English | 2013 | 97 Pages | ISBN: 193755712X | PDF | 2 MB

LOOKING BACK at the evolution of computer languages, it seems every dozen years or so a new layer of abstraction is added. “Ones and zeros” leveled up into assembly instructions, which leveled up into compiled languages. Those compiled languages evolved and we used them to create web browsers. Web browsers digest languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Now we’re ready to level up again.

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Jeff Langr and Andy Hunt, "Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 with JUnit"
English | ISBN: 1941222595 | 2015 | 200 pages | PDF, EPUB, code | 5 + 4 + 48 MB

The Pragmatic Programmers classic is back! Freshly updated for modern software development, Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java 8 With JUnit teaches you how to write and run easily maintained unit tests in JUnit with confidence. You’ll learn mnemonics to help you know what tests to write, how to remember all the boundary conditions, and what the qualities of a good test are. You’ll see how unit tests can pay off by allowing you to keep your system code clean, and you’ll learn how to handle the stuff that seems too tough to test.

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Paolo Perrotta, "Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1941222129 | 250 pages | EPUB | 6 MB

Write powerful Ruby code that is easy to maintain and change. With metaprogramming, you can produce elegant, clean, and beautiful programs. Once the domain of expert Rubyists, metaprogramming is now accessible to programmers of all levels. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of the bestselling Metaprogramming Ruby explains metaprogramming in a down-to-earth style and arms you with a practical toolbox that will help you write your best Ruby code ever.

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