# Literature/Books on Q and KDB+ programming

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/literature-books-on-q-and-kdb-programming/7077>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [March 22, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/literature-books-on-q-and-kdb-programming/7077 "2011-03-22T17:15:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![zafar\_rayee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19adc/32.png) [@zafar\_rayee](https://forum.kx.com/u/zafar_rayee)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/literature-books-on-q-and-kdb-programming/7077/1 "2011-03-22T17:15:00Z")

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I couldn’t find a discussion on book/literature on Q and KDB+programming and thought we can use this thread to capture informationon such books, websites and other literature available? I, personally,am at a beginner level in Q/KDB+ and would be interested to know aboutbooks that can help in advancing from beginner to advanced to expertlevel.Appreciate your time and effort.Best Regards.

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**Author:** ![Kamil\_Jaskiewic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Kamil\_Jaskiewic](https://forum.kx.com/u/Kamil_Jaskiewic)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/literature-books-on-q-and-kdb-programming/7077/2 "2011-03-22T17:25:00Z")

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Hi,

I know only about Q for Mortals  
([http://www.amazon.com/Q-Mortals-Tutorial-Programming/dp/1434829014](http://www.amazon.com/Q-Mortals-Tutorial-Programming/dp/1434829014))  
which is available on kx’s site:  
[https://code.kx.com/trac/wiki/QforMortals2/contents](https://code.kx.com/trac/wiki/QforMortals2/contents) (anonymous:anonymous)

Best regards,  
Kamil

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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Davies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Aaron\_Davies](https://forum.kx.com/u/Aaron_Davies)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/literature-books-on-q-and-kdb-programming/7077/3 "2011-03-22T23:04:00Z")

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For sites, the main ones are kx’s–[https://code.kx.com/](https://code.kx.com/) and  
[http://kx.com/q/d/](http://kx.com/q/d/). I think a few people may have q-related blogs, and  
there’s Apter’s [http://nsl.com/](http://nsl.com/), which is about vector programming in  
general, but has some notes about q.