What books do you have on your desk at work?

[Jason Menard]

Staring at the books lining a shelf in my cube, I was was wondering what books people keep at their desk for reference?
My List:

• JBuilder 6 documentation
• Oracle 8 Programming: A Primer (Addison Wesley)
• Oracle 8i Application Programming with Java, PL/SQL and XML (Wrox)
• Oracle PL/SQL Programming (O"Reilly)
• Dynamic HTML The Definitive Reference (O'Reilly)
• Javascript The Definitive Guide 3rd Ed. (O'Reilly)
• UML Distilled (Addison Wesley)
• Java Design Patterns (Addison Wesley)
• Core Java 2 Fundamentals Volume I (PTR/PH)
• Core Servlets and Java Server Pages (PH/PTR)
• Professional Java Server Programming (Wrox)
• Web Development with Java Server Pages (Manning)
• JSP Tag Libraries (Manning)
• Java Servlet Programming (O'Reilly)
• Enterprise JavaBeans (O'Reilly)
• Java and XML (O'Reilly)
• Java I/O (O'Reilly)
• Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans (Wiley)
• Enterprise Java with UML (Wiley)


What about the rest of you?
[ February 13, 2002: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]

[Thomas Paul]

Just take a look at the Bunkhouse for the books I've reviewed.

[Anonymous]

A copy of 8Days-a TV program magazine
Microsoft Office2000 Software Package

[Dave Vick]

I've got:
ASP databases - not used a whole lot anymore
Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0 - not used and more now that I have ...
ASP 3.0 programmers reference - use this once a week or so
windows script host - I read most of it once
Microsoft visual basic 6.0 fundamentals - cam with the desk (but I admit I have looked through it)
JavaScript the definitive guide - use this one daily
The complete reference Visual Studio 6 - used once or twice.
Visual Basic 6 programmers guide - came with the desk
Javascript pocket reference
VisualInterdev 6 - not used anymore because I dont use interdev anymore
Adobe Photoshop 5.0 users guide - used very rarely
Adobe go Live - not used anymore
Adobe Illustrator - very rarely used
Adobe ImageStyler - not very often
MySQL reference book - used almost daily

wow I guess I can clean up a lot of space here....

[Jessica Sant]

I've got:

core Java2 - Fundamentals

core Java2 - Advanced Features

core Servlets and JavaServerPages

Java Internationalization

Java and XML

JAVA Message Service

[Jim Bertorelli]

Internet Connection

[Johnson Chong]

The bootk?
I have
Introduction To Buddhism by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Street Directory
Dictionary
Radio
PC Learning Lab Teaches Excel 5.0 for Windows
ASP for Programmers-O'Reily
Advanced Javascript-IDG
Macromedia Flash 5-IDG
Java Examples In a Nutshell-Crocodile
Java Programming for Dummies
What Do I Say When... a guidebook for getting your way with people on the job-Muriel Solomon
Teach Yourself Photoshop 5 and 5.5-IDG Books
Multimedia On The Web-Stephen McGloughlin
-JAC
[ February 14, 2002: Message edited by: Johnson Chong ]

[Valentin Crettaz]

Java Servlet Programming (O'Reilly)

Java Server Pages (O'Reilly)

Java Threads (O'Reilly)

Java RMI (O'Reilly)

Java Internationalization (O'Reilly)

Java I/O (O'Reilly)

Developing Java Beans (O'Reilly)

Enterprise Java Beans (O'Reilly)

Java Cookbook (O'Reilly)

Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf (O'Reilly)

Learning Wireless Java (O'Reilly)

Java Network Programming (O'Reilly)

Java Distributed Computing (O'Reilly)

Java & XML (O'Reilly)

Mastering Java 2 (Sybex)

Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide (Sybex)

Mike Meyer's Passport Java 2 (McGraw & Hill)

Beginning JSP Web Development (Wrox)

JSP, Servlets and MySQL (M&Books)

Applied Cryptography (Wiley)

JavaScript for the World Wide Web (Peachpit)

Design Patterns (Addisson-Wesley)

The Java Language Specification (Addisson-Wesley)

The Java Virtual Machine Specification (Addisson-Wesley)

XML Step-by-Step (Micro$oft Press)

Teach Yourself C in 21 days (SAMS)

Firewalls and Internet Security (Addisson-Wesley)

Radar Principles for the Non-Specialist

The LaTeX Companion (Addisson-Wesley)

Linux Network Administrator Guide (O'Reilly)

Palm Programming Developer's Guide (O'Reilly)

The Perl CD Bookshelf (6 books) (O'Reilly)

The Networking CD Bookshelf (6 books) (O'Reilly)

The UNIX CD Bookshelf (6 books) (O'Reilly)

Web Reference Library (5 books) (O'Reilly)

The Java Reference Library (5 books) (O'Reilly)

Using Samba (O'Reilly)

[ February 14, 2002: Message edited by: Valentin Crettaz ]

[Jim Yingst]

Not much at work:
Unix in a Nutshell
XML in a Nutshell
SQL in a Nutshell
Windows NT in a Nutshell
Webmaster in a Nutshell
XML Specification Guide
Design Patterns
Oracle Essentials
Most all the Java references I need are online. At home there's lots of other stuff.

[Greg Brouelette]

Design Patterns

Core Servlets & Java Server Pages

Enterprise Java Beans (O'Reilly)

JavaScript Bible

Java Servlet Programming (O'Reilly)

Java & XML (O'Reilly)

XSLT Programmers Reference (Wrox)

Thinking In Java

vi pocket reference (O'Reilly)

XML Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)

[Jason Menard]

Well just from this random sampling you can get a snapshot of how Java is mostly being used. Not a one of us have a Swing book on our desk for example. It also appears as if O'Reilly clearly wins out over Wrox as the preferred publisher of all that is useful.
Looks like Dave Vick is trying a Java programmer trapped in a Microsoft shop. My condolences... maybe you can show them religion.
I think if I were Johnson Chong's boss I would be worried. I can't tell by looking at his list exactly what he does..... my best guess would be that he is conducting espionage for a foreign government. A few books to give just enough information to maybe pass off as a programmer (giving him a cover), a street directory to locate the dead drops, a book on how to manipulate people ("a guidebook for getting your way with people"), a radio to communicate with his control, a dictionary possibly for use to help him encrypt and decrypt messages, and a book on Buddhism to hopefully put him in the correct frame of mind to resist interrogation if he is caught.
[ February 14, 2002: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]

[Peter Lyons]

By far my favorite and most-used desk reference is Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes. I love thin books, and it tells me just about all I need to know for most situations I encounter.
I only wish Sam's would publish something like it, only tailored specifically for Oracle. They've done it for SQL Server... why not Oracle?

[Nathan Pruett]

Oh well... I guess I have to bolster up the swing contingent...

Graphic Java Vol. II - Swing by David M.Geary
JFC Unleashed by Michael Foley and Mark McCulley
Pure JFC 2D Graphics and Imaging by Satyaraj Pantham
Graphics Programming with the JFC by David Wall and Arthur Griffith
KickAss Java Programming by Tonny Espeset
Introduction to Java Programming by Y. Daniel Liang
Java Distributed Objects by McCarty, etc.
Developing Java Servlets by James Goodwill
Using Enterprise Java by Jeff Schneider and Rajeev Arora
JavaBeans Unleashed by Don Doughtry, et. al.
Complete Java 2 Certification by RHE
Desingn Patterns by GOF
AntiPatterns by Brown, Malveau, et. al.
Operating Systems Concepts by Sibershatz and Galvin
Perl 5 Quick Reference by M�che�l � Foghl�

Ummm... and in my bag under the desk I have

Action Arcade Adventure Set by Diana Gruber

It's in C, but is a pretty good guide to making side-scroller 'Commander Keen' type of arcade games, so I'm looking at translating it into Java. In my... umm... free time.

-Nate