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Developer books
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Below is a list of various books that might be useful in learning some
basics needed for Qubes development.

- A must-read about Xen internals:

  - `The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor <https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Xen-Hypervisor/dp/013234971X>`__,
    by David Chisnall



- Some good books about the Linux kernel:

  - `Linux Kernel Development <https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-Robert-Love/dp/0672329468>`__,
    by Robert Love

  - `Linux Device Drivers <https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jonathan-Corbet/dp/0596005903>`__,
    by Jonathan Corbet



- Solid intro into Trusted Computing:

  - `Dynamics of a Trusted Platform <https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Trusted-Platform-Buildin-Grawrock/dp/1934053082>`__,
    by David Grawrock (original Intel architect for TXT)



- Good book about GIT:

  - `Pro Git <https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2>`__, by Scott Chacon and
    Ben Straub (complete book available free online)



- Useful books about Python:

  - `Programming in Python 3 <https://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html>`__,
    by Mark Summerfield

  - `Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt <https://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html>`__, by Mark Summerfield
    (Although note that :ref:`Qt is being replaced by GTK <developer/general/usability-ux:gnome, kde, and xfce>` in Qubes code.)