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Is there any site for technical books reviews and comments. So that it is very useful before reading the book.
Started by BALAMURUGAN on
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And the bad, rather than just saying "This book is great."
There's a problem with reviewing technical books though: if you don't know the topic, you can't judge how accurate the book is, but you get a rough this in more detail....
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I have always wondered how people make time to read technical books. Because after working for 8-10 hrs a day (sometimes even 12 hrs) first thing I want to do is to keep myself away from the technical details. Even if I try to read the technical books...
Started by TG on
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I force myself to read a good technical book for every two non off 30 minutes a day to do some technical reading at my desk, whether that is out of a book or off some website....
Fantasy, mystery) and technical books.
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When you are reading technical materials (books, blogs, wiki…) do you find detailed theory or direct code samples more helpful? Also do you perfer paper or electronic?
Started by Matthew Whited on
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I cannot stomach reading books picked up books on CodeIgniter and....
And I prefer my books in the dead-tree variety with the code samples in electronic form in addition.
First without having to dig through code trying to understand .
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I have a bias towards the slim ones. (I am talking about technical books here ;-). By slim I mean the books I can read lying on the couch. That would approx to the books with no more than 400 pages I guess. GoF's design patterns has more pages, though...
Started by ragu.pattabi on
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But for non-obese technical books in general, I'd also cast my vote for The PragmaticPragmatic Programmer FTW!
Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
The Book , of course! "C Programming reads - although not purely technical....
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I'd like to do some professional development during my commute, but I find that reading programming texts on the bus and train cause nausia because of how much I have to focus on them. I'd like to find some good technical programming audio books, either...
Started by David Pfeffer on
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It's usually a bit lighter on the technical side, but they do sometimes delve into substantial technical educational technical....
Http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/
Actual technical.
One site I just found is IT Conversations.
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I will soon be taking a long overdue vacation. Under duress, I have had to promise that I won't take my laptop.
Any recommendation for good technical books given that,
I won't have access to a computer (won't be able to run through code samples, etc.,...
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Print out some of those RFCs you have been meaning to read, but for some technical....
Enjoy Thailand.
Or the like), but if you must have a technical book I'd recommend something in the realm of the theoreticalLeave the books home.
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I will register as graduate student, and my friend has suggested I attend a speed reading class. (He is MBA student). I don't know whether it is good to attend this course or not, but at this moment almost of my textbook required time to think about its...
Started by Ekkapop on
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So when learning speed to programming, then no, you have to go through the book without speed-reading and skipping without loss of (or often increased....
Good technical books are also edited in a good way.
With better comprehension.
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In the spirit of this question on stackoverflow.com I would like to compile a list of open source/creative commons/public domain technical guides. My original thought was to list books only for operating systems but we might as well open it up to other...
Started by isolier on
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Covers a wide range of Open Source topics....
There is a whole set of FOSS books donated by the UN Asia-Pacific Development Information Program.
Debian Reference introduce the debian linux operating.
I'd like to list some books on debian.
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I've just finished reading "Smart, and Gets Things Done" and while entertaining and byte-sized ;-) I found it a little US-centric and slightly less applicable to workplaces that are "only" above-average instead of rockstar--at-work places.
I'm looking...
Started by Mark Gibaud on
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Not a book in a practical, "how-to" guide, then Spolsky's bite-sized nibble and Rothman's book are the best I can.
This makes a lot of sense to me: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/hiring not a book tho.
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Books that really fill out the timeline- detailing every major event that's going on all over the galaxy.
Detailed galactic maps that pay attention to what the real galaxy looks like.
Technical cross-sections of 40k vehicles, starships, weapons etc.
If...
Started by Iron_Lord on
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I miss these fun things....
I still have also amongst them.
More technical drawings would be great.
But yes, I would personally love to see that, lots of art work, spec lists, technical drawings, etc.
The imperial armour books kinda do.
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