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Did you ever use a product and want to find the person responsible and… give them a hug.  Probably not often if you have the experience of corporations that I do!

For the past few months, I’ve been deciding how best to access my programming reference books while program from multiple locations (home, office, client’s office).  I accidentally found Safari Books Online (http://www.safaribooksonline.com).  They have almost every significant programming reference (at least for C++) written in the last 10 years.  Here’s a list of some of my favorite, available online at the site:

1. BOOK C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices By  Herb Sutter; Andrei Alexandrescu Table of Contents
2. BOOK C++ FAQs, Second Edition By  Marshall Cline; Greg Lomow; Mike Girou Table of Contents
3. BOOK C++ Gotchas: Avoiding Common Problems in Coding and Design By  Stephen C. Dewhurst Table of Contents
4. BOOK C++ Template Metaprogramming: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques from Boost and Beyond By  David Abrahams; Aleksey Gurtovoy Table of Contents
5. BOOK C++ Templates: The Complete Guide By  David Vandevoorde; Nicolai M. Josuttis Table of Contents
6. BOOK Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs, Third Edition By  Scott Meyers Table of Contents
7. BOOK Efficient C++ Performance Programming Techniques By  Dov Bulka; David Mayhew Table of Contents
8. BOOK Exceptional C++ Style 40 New Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions By  Herb Sutter Table of Contents
9. BOOK Exceptional C++: 47 Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions By  Herb Sutter Table of Contents
10. BOOK Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied By  Andrei Alexandrescu Table of Contents
11. BOOK More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs By  Scott Meyers Table of Contents
12. BOOK More Exceptional C++ By  Herb Sutter Table of Contents
13. BOOK Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days , Fifth Edition By  Jesse Liberty; Bradley Jones Table of Contents
14. BOOK The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition By  Bjarne Stroustrup – AT&T Labs Murray Hill, New Jersey Table of Contents
15. BOOK The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference By  Nicolai M. Josuttis Table of Contents

Are you kidding!  No more lugging 6 textbook sized books everywhere I go!?  The service is about $45 a month and the best money I’ve ever spent on a programming tool.

By the way, I have no business connection with the company, just wanted to share!