Editing Computer programming (section)

===Technical publishers===
As personal computers became mass-market products, thousands of trade books and magazines sought to teach professional, hobbyist, and casual users to write computer programs. A sample of these learning resources includes ''BASIC Computer Games, Microcomputer Edition'' (1978), by [[David Ahl]]; ''Programming the Z80'' (1979), by [[Rodnay Zaks]]; ''Programmer's CP/M Handbook'' (1983), by [[Andy Johnson-Laird]]; ''C Primer Plus'' (1984), by [[Mitchell Waite]] and The Waite Group; ''The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC'' (1985), by [[Peter Norton]]; ''Advanced MS-DOS'' (1986), by Ray Duncan; ''[[Learn BASIC Now]]'' (1989), by [[Michael Halvorson]] and David Rygymr; ''Programming Windows'' (1992 and later), by [[Charles Petzold]]; ''Code Complete: A Practical Handbook for Software Construction'' (1993), by [[Steve McConnell]]; and ''Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus'' (1994), by [[Andre LaMothe|André LaMothe]].

The PC software industry spurred the creation of numerous book publishers that offered programming primers and tutorials, as well as books for advanced software developers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Halvorson |first1=Michael J. |title=Code Nation: Personal Computing and the Learn to Program Movement in America |date=2020 |publisher=ACM Books |location=New York, NY |page=352}}</ref> These publishers included [[Addison-Wesley]], [[IDG]], [[Macmillan Inc.]], [[McGraw-Hill]], [[Microsoft Press]], [[O'Reilly Media]], [[Prentice Hall]], Sybex, Ventana Press, Waite Group Press, [[Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]], [[Wrox Press]], and [[Ziff-Davis]].

[[Computer magazine|Computer magazines]] and journals also provided learning content for professional and hobbyist programmers. A partial list of these resources includes ''[[Amiga World]]'', ''[[Byte (magazine)]]'', ''[[Communications of the ACM]]'', ''[[Computer (magazine)]]'', ''[[Compute!]]'', ''Computer Language (magazine)'', ''[[Computers and Electronics]]'', ''[[Dr. Dobb's Journal]]'', ''[[IEEE Software]]'', ''[[Macworld]]'', ''[[PC Magazine]]'', ''[[PC/Computing]]'', and ''[[UnixWorld]]''.