Published Text Books

Currently under development: Head First Python. Due to be published late in 2010.

Now Available: Head First Programming (published by O'Reilly Media).

My latest book, published late 2009, is co-authored with David Griffiths, the very talented author of Head First Rails. Click on the book's graphic to open the publisher's page. Visit the book's support website.

I wrote Programming the Network with Perl as an introduction to network programming, network analysis and network management (using Perl as the programming language). This book was published in 2002 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Together with Dr. Michael Moorhouse, I wrote Bioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perl: An Introduction to Bioinformatics Computing Skills and Practice. Aimed at the Biology student wishing to learn more about how computing is impacting their field, this book provides a primer on programming in Perl, working with databases (MySQL) and working with existing Bioinformatics applications. Like my first book, this one is published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. and became available in 2004.

Please visit each book's associated website for more information on either title.