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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.)