In the field of software development, almost no other books can be like The Mythical Man-Month, which has such far-reaching influence and remains popular. It has been a unique masterpiece that IT practitioners such like software developer, software project manager, software system analyst must read.

Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls are companion volumes written by Jon Bentley that successively published in 1986 and 1988. Both of them have become a masterpiece in the field of computer science. If you want to be a really excellent programmer, you have to read them first.

MySQL: Developer's Library is a real classic masterpiece about MySQL. It introduces the basic knowledge of MySQL as well as MySQL's unique features different from other database systems in all directions. Especially, it focuses on how to efficiently use and administer MySQL database, as well how to write MySQL-based programs in C, Perl (using DBI), and PHP (using PDO).

Who is Joshua Waitzkin? If you lived in the United States, probably already knew him - he became one of the top players of international chess at the age of 10; Or if you have seen a Hollywood film "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (adapted from a book with the same name written by his father), you must still remember that impressive little hero. At the age of 18, he published personal first book "Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies, Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion"; when he was 20 years old, he developed the world's largest computer chess program - Chessmaster (published by Ubisoft); and now he is a master of Tai Chi Chuan with many world champion titles.

As a client-side script language supported by all web browsers, JavaScript is the foundation of realizing dynamic, interactive web pages, also the necessary part of Web 2.0 concept, and especially the core of Ajax technology now. In fact, JavaScript has become an essential part of most websites. And good JavaScript scripts can always improve users' Internet surfing experience.