qubes-doc/basics_dev/devel-books.md

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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:

  • https://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Xen-Hypervisor/dp/013234971X

• Some good books about Linux kernel:

  • https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-Robert-Love/dp/0672329468
  • https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Device-Drivers-Jonathan-Corbet/dp/0596005903

• Solid intro into Trusted Computing by David Grawrock (original Intel architect for TXT):

  • https://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Trusted-Platform-Buildin-Grawrock/dp/1934053082

• Good book about GIT:

  • http://progit.org/book/

• Useful books about Python:

  • http://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html (Note that Qubes management tools are written in Python 2.6, but this book is still a very good choice)
  • http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html