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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 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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I am looking for a good book that explains software development to non developers. My goal is to educate business owners (non technical folks) on the software development process, its hurdles, problems, methods etc. The book should be written from a non...
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That way, they can see for themselves what goes on ... .
Agile projects tend to keep the business people involved throughout the entire process of developing software.. .
It might be wise to take a look at adopting some Agile software development practices .
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I'm writing a technical book ( plug - all money goes to charity so it's not so evil). Though I'm half done, I'm still constantly trying to figure out what makes a technical book really good. I don't aspire to be in the realms of a K&R or Peter Norvig ...
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Is there a sweet spot for a technical book? My gut feeling is that anything over 350Well, my personal....
I really like the head first books' book either.
The last few pages to use more technical terms than the first few.
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There are many technical books that become thinker and thicker and the pressure from the technical society is more and more to read them and remember many concepts described in them. But it's so hard to do it. I have only a few hour a week to read them...
Started by LikeToCode on
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Generally, technical books come with lots....
It will sink in remarkably fast.
MakeYou put what you're reading into practice.
Something in a technical book you don't understand, do something with that concept 5 times in code .
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