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title: 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](http://www.qtrac.eu/py3book.html)_, by Mark Summerfield
- _[Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt](http://www.qtrac.eu/pyqtbook.html)_, by Mark Summerfield
(Although note that [Qt is being replaced by GTK](/doc/usability-ux/#gnome-kde-and-xfce) in Qubes code.)