So lately I've been trying to learn to program. It's quite clear that the best way to learn will be by doing. What I find odd is the structure of programming books (or educational materials) don't support this notion. Even the most interactive resources I've found (why's Try Ruby, Eloquent Javascript, etc) follow a structure like this: ...
I typically read 2 hours every day on books and papers. I tried the Kindle DX last year for this. The e-ink technology was ok but the PDF rendering was unacceptable. (Too much margin around the pages, poor grayscale translation, slow rendering, etc.) Now with the new iPad, I’m revisiting the e-reader situation again. I do not care f...
While writing an application of mine, I realized I was being silly by querying the database several times in some functions. I know I can just pack everything into a single query, and wind up with this nice dict of all the information that function needs. So I set out to accomplish this in a function where a user can share his uploaded f...
Is there a good book about computational geometry? If it includes algorithms, the more the better. ...
Hello there, when a developer new to object oriented programming has grasped the foundations there are several books/documents how to expand the knowledge on this paradigm. For example books about: object oriented design patters how to get your design right (object oriented analysis/design) how to determine whether your design seem...
For a layman, any recommendations of a "CS 101" book would be greatly appreciated. ...
I'm a Dot net programmer and want to start with .Net 4.0 now. Can any one please suggest me some good resources for C# 4.0 and ASP.Net 4.0? ...
Possible Duplicate: Good JavaScript Books? By beginners I mean, someone thats an expert in Java, knows object oriented programming extremely well and is a beginner to being a web developer. But has no knowledge or experience at all in JavaScript. ...
Looking at some of the reviews on Amazon, I can't help but wonder whether reviews can be trusted anymore - it seems that most iPhone programming book authors have a social network large enough to just mass-perk their friends to post faked good reviews. Anyway, so my question is, what are the good iPhone programming books that you know of...
Which is the best book to learn and implement Design patterns available in the industry with examples? like Creational Patterns,Structural Patterns, Behavioral Patterns ? ...
Hi. I was wondering what is the best book on open source that is a must read? I was thinking of getting 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar' but I thought I had check once with you guys here. I am interested in general books about open source and how open source works. ...
Looking for books for casual reading which will help me increase my programming competence. I do not want books related to any specific field/domain/language or books with philosophy about "Software Development", "Managing", "Testing", etc. Although even if a book is tied to a particular language/domain but is a good read, it will do. P...
I've just started my freelancing career as a web developer, I found a lot of books about this topic but I don't know which one is the best, any recommendation? Thank you :) ...
We're considering Amazon EC2 for a project. I'd appreciate some recommendations for books or other learning resource that were essential, practical, and helped you have an easier time with this platform. ...
Wondering about stack overflow's reading habits. Feel free to include other interesting quirks. For example, if you have your own search engine for this purpose! ...
A required course in my program is "Engineering Fundamentals of Computer Systems" - a course for software engineers that introduces the basic concepts of computer engineering, such as data representations, floating point arithmetic, boolean algebra, logic gates and logic circuits, machine language, assembly language, pipelining, caching,...
Please anyone can help me that how i can change the database unique name for oracle data guard configuration. ...
I'm looking for a developer's book that would be quite in-depth and works from the basics to advanced stuff without requiring previous knowledge of MOSS 2007. I would like the book to explain basics of the Sharepoint development framework and class library and then go off with all kinds of common development practices in Sharepoint. Inc...
Please recommend. I'm an ASP.NET MVC developer so would like technology-specific and high level books and also links to resources would be warmly received. Thanks ...
C# in Depth (http://csharpindepth.com/) is an excellent book aimed at experienced .NET developers, however it's only for C-Sharpers. Anything like that available for VB.NET folks? ...