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Good Books On Programming With Threads?

Posted by timothy on from the alternative-is-to-program-naked dept.

uneek writes "I have been programming for several years now in a variety of languages, most recently C#, Java, and Python. I have never had to use threads for a solution in the past. Recently I have been incorporating them more in my solutions for clients. I understand the theory behind them. However I am looking for a good book on programming threads from an applied point of view. I am looking for one or more texts that provide thorough coverage and provide meaningful exercises. Anyone have any ideas?"

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  1. Free eBook on Threading in C# by Deffexor · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm still getting the hang of Threading in C# myself, but I found this eBook immensely helpful in getting me understand some of the difficult issues such as Thread Safety, Cross-threading issues, Race Conditions, and Event-Delegate pairs.

    http://www.albahari.com/threading/

  2. Concurrent Programming in Java by progressnerd · · Score: 5, Informative

    Concurrent Programming in Java is more or less *the* book on good practices for multi-threaded programming for Java, with many lessons that apply to other languages as well.

    1. Re:Concurrent Programming in Java by K.B.Zod · · Score: 5, Informative

      I recommend Java Concurrency in Practice as well. It's an updated, in-depth look at Java threads. Doug Lea, author of Concurrent Programming in Java, is a co-author of the newer book. A great read.