Content tagged with "programming"
“I’d really like to give this 3.5 stars – four seems like too much, but three is too little. The book is weird. It’s not about ‘code,’ really. It’s about human representation in code. It’s really about…”
“A complicated book about how to architect systems that grow and change over time. Lots of detail, very theoretical, and sometimes hard to digest.”
“I did not write a review for this book.”
“I’ve been coding C# for more than a decade, but I still found so much in here that I missed over the years. Lots of these things were basic language features that I was just working around, in…”
“The book was a bit scattered, though I’m not sure what I expected. I was looking for a book on CSS best practices, and there is some of that in here, but there’s also a re-hash of a lot of non-secret…”
“An absolutely magisterial work that explores every last corner of the CSS spec. The advancements that have come along since I learned CSS are amazing – you can almost write executable code in CSS…”
“A very complete look at all the steps necessary to manage devops in a software shop. I’m giving this five stars, even though some of it was lost on me, because it’s exactly what it purported to be: a…”
“I did not write a review for this book.”
“Good book for what it is. If you know Drupal, you’ll be bored. But if you have no idea what a CMS is, this is a good overview. There is zero code. This is all ‘Drupal by configuration,’ which is a…”
“I did not write a review for this book.”
“I’m rating this five stars because it accomplished everything it set out to do, but books like this really defy rating. This is a procedural book. You’re meant to have this open while you do stuff….”
“This book prompted me to re-acquaint myself with a word: ‘grok.’ To grok something is to understand it intuitively, down to its bones. The term omes from a Robert Heinlein book, it turns out. ‘Git…”
“A good look at all the skills you should know but don’t if you’re a programmer without a CS degree. My degree was in Political Science (I was going to go to law school), and I’m a self-taught…”
“Very short, solid book that delivers exactly what it claims. It covers npm well, concisely, and to-the-point. I learned a lot without a ton of overhead.”
“Exactly what the title says – it’s a very short, concise guide to the Java language. It’s especially helpful for developers of other languages who want to see how things are done in Java. I read it…”
“I started reading this all the way through, but – like most ‘Cookbook’ titles – it gets increasingly esoteric later on. Still, a very good book which helps you get a grasp on jQuery through…”
“I did not write a review for this book.”
“This is a solid overview of React. Good examples, but like most coding books, they get long. Also, ‘React’ isn’t just one thing – it’s an entire stack of technologies that work together, and this book…”
“This is a comprehensive and primer review of RDF. I don’t know if ‘linked data’ is a specific term, but in this book, it’s RDF, and not just ‘casual’ RDF. It’s not just embedded metadata – this is a…”
“I did not write a review for this book.”
“Very low level. Really opens your eyes as to the things you can do with Node.”
“I did not write a review for this book.”
“If you’re a developer and you just never ‘got’ Drupal, this is your book. If this book succeeds at one thing, it’s to change your mindset about Drupal – to understand the different paradigms you need…”
“You sort of have to give this five stars, just based on reputation alone. This is one of the great books of computer science. As the title would imply, it’s about fixing the internals of computer…”
“I’m giving this four stars, but it wasn’t for me. I missed the word ‘beginner’ in the subtitle. There are chapters explaining the basics of HTTP. And of programming in general. Also, it’s full of…”
“Really wonderful book that covers all the high points. It delves as deep as it needs to, and invites you to explore things that interest you more, which is the hallmark of a good technical book. If…”
“Deeply opinionated book that is violently opposed to the use of JS as an object-oriented language. It’s well-written, and has clear information and code samples, but the author is pushing an agenda…”
