How to Program

The following section discusses the use of Linux/Unix as a programming environment. Below is a list of some tools. More details are covered in the linked article.

Unix as IDE: Introduction
http://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/series/unix-as-ide/

File and project management   — ls, find, grep/ack, bash
Text editor and editing tools — vim, awk, sort, column
Compiler and/or interpreter   — gcc, perl
Build tools                   — make
Debugger                      — gdb, valgrind, ltrace, lsof, pmap
Version control               — diff, patch, svn, git


Some highly recognized books on programming:

The Little Schemer - Daniel P. Friedman
Mastering Algorithms with C - Kyle Loudon
C Programming Language (2nd Edition) - Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie