Humble Tech Book Bundle: Computer Science the Fun Way by No Starch (www.humblebundle.com)
from SmartmanApps@programming.dev to programming@programming.dev on 06 Mar 22:19
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solrize@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 00:12 next collapse

I looked at the blurb for this and yawned. Other stuff from Humble has varied from great to crap.

xorollo@leminal.space on 07 Mar 03:06 collapse

Agreed, but No Starch are usually great

ITeeTechMonkey@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 09:58 collapse

In contrast Packt is on the crap end.

xorollo@leminal.space on 07 Mar 16:20 collapse

Yep, đź’Ż

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 07 Mar 07:20 next collapse

All the good stuff is in the top tier

PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world on 07 Mar 19:47 collapse

It always is. That’s how their entire business model functions.

Noughtmare@programming.dev on 07 Mar 12:20 next collapse

You can choose a custom donation and make most of your money go to the EFF. Then the top tier is just like a €24 donation to the EFF and you only really “pay” €10.30 for the actual books.

obbeel@lemmy.eco.br on 07 Mar 18:33 collapse

Most programming books start with tips for starters. I don’t think that’s a good way to do it. I want books that get into the programming techniques the pros use. What to use when building functions, how to build a proper class within the goals set. I think this is better than explaining the reserved words or other things that belong to an encyclopedia.

bamboo@lemm.ee on 10 Mar 18:12 collapse

I think that the best way to learn programming techniques is to actually do projects and make mistakes. It is one thing to understand a design pattern in theory, and another thing to be able to use that design patterns to solve real problems. Once you get deep enough into a specialty, then look for well-regarded talks and conferences in your niche.