The Little LISPer - 3rd Edition Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
Publisher: Longman Higher Education

The DrRacket (used to be DrScheme) IDE is really simple and documentation/help desk that comes with is first class. | | The Scheme Programming Language 3rd ed Kent Dybvig.chm. The book provides views of programming languages using widely varying levels of abstraction, maintaining a clear connection between the high-level and low-level views. UNIX Power Tools - 3rd Edition, Jerry Peek, Shelley Powers, Tim O'Reilly and Mike Loukides (2002 ISBN 0-596-00330-7) 09. I was in you shoes a couple of years ago with the “The Little Schemer”, which is a great book. Seriously, though, you'll find many, if not most, on LtU would recommend the book. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition, Daniel P. For a little more lightweight read I'd recommend Why Software Sucks by David S Platt – this one is a little bit like the “Don't make me think” book mentioned in the comments above. Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days Dorai Sitaram.pdf. Besides that, you may end up embarrassing As far as book recommendations go, The Little Schemer has to be the most mind bending experience I've had. I would substitute: The Little Schemer – It's not about the Scheme language at all, it's about teaching recursive thinking. Friedman and Matthia Felleisen (1995 ISBN 0-262-56099-2) 13. | | The Little Schemer Daniel P. SICP TACP by Donald Knuth The Compiler book (aka the Dragon book). | | The Seasoned Schemer Daniel P. It's counter productive, as often there is a better book (more focused on a specific problem domain, easier to understand, geared more toward a specific programming language or programming skill level) that someone more knowledgeable could recommend. I found it to be a good resource to take your programming mindset to the next level.