Books

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	Title / Author / Info	Description	Links
	(Non-accredicted) Masters D degree: D, the Best Programming Language, for Former Python Developers Victor Porton 19 May 2021	"High Master" diploma of D development. No prerequisites (except of Python knowledge). D programming language or DLang for Python programmers: rapid software development of high performance software and a reliable software technology. “There is no best programming language”, they say. There is, for most applications it is D. The course starts from a comparison of D to Python. Then it explains D starting from simple features (types, variables, functions, expressions, statements) up to advanced ones (object oriented programming, templates, mixins, contract programming, overloading of operators, etc.) Currently we have only text lectures and exams, but addition of video lectures is planned.	Course
	The D Programming Language Andrei Alexandrescu June 12, 2010	The definitive book on D “This is a book by a skilled author describing an interesting programming language. I’m sure you’ll find the read rewarding.” ~From the Foreword by Scott Meyers	Amazon Read chapter 1 online - "D"iving In Read chapter 13 online - Concurrency Errata
	Programming in D Ali Çehreli May 2017 with frequent online updates	Comprehensive book for beginners (free and available for purchase) “This book aims to teach the D language to readers who are new to computer programming. Although having experience in other programming languages would certainly be helpful, this book starts from the basics.” ~From the Introduction	Amazon The online book
	D Web Development Kai Nacke January 2016	Leverage the power of D and the vibe.d framework to develop web applications that are incredibly fast	Publisher's page Amazon
	Learning D Michael Parker November 27, 2015	Leverage the modern convenience and modelling power of the D programming language to develop software with native efficiency	Publisher's page Amazon
	The way to program - Let's think like a D(eveloper) Richard Cattermole June 16, 2015	Programming is a difficult subject to get into. Especially with a very wide variety of options available to learn from. In both book form and websites. The goal of this book is bring topics to your attention and introduce them in a practical manner.	Website
	Quick Start With D Ilya Yaroshenko April 1, 2015	A nice quick start introduction. Available on-line.	Read the docs
	Developing with compile time in mind Richard Cattermole February 17, 2015	Runtime execution is difficult enough, with compile time execution available as well it becomes unimaginable. This book describes design patterns and how to work with compile time function execution effectively.	Website
	D programming Unknown January 1, 2015	A nice introductory tutorial to D programming. Available on-line and in the PDF format.	Website
	D Cookbook Adam D. Ruppe May 26, 2014	Code examples and explanations from the author's years of using D covering a variety of practical topics.	Publisher's page Amazon
	D Templates: A Tutorial Philippe Sigaud	Free book (pdf) about templates “Templates are a central feature of D, giving you powerful compile-time code generation abilities that’ll make your code cleaner, more flexible and even more efficient. This document aims to be a kind of tutorial on D templates, to show the beginning D coder what can be achieved with them.” ~From the Introduction	Website
	Pragmatic D Tutorial Andreas Zwinkau	Pragmatic introduction to the D Programming Language “This tutorial tries to provide pragmatic information to enable you to start coding ASAP.” ~From the Introduction	Website
	D Programming Language Specification		PDF CHM Microsoft Compiled HTML Help EPub E-book Readers Mobi Kindle Format
	Learn to Tango with D Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly and Michael Parker January 7, 2008	Learn to Tango with D introduces you to the powerful D language, with special attention given to the Tango software library.	Publisher's page Amazon
	Programmieren in D German Language Tobias Wassermann, Christian Speer 14. November 2007	Die Sprache D bringt die Vorteile von C, C++, C#, Java und anderen Sprachen zusammen - verzichtet dabei jedoch auf die Makel.	Amazon