solrize@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 00:12
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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 2025 03:06
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Agreed, but No Starch are usually great
ITeeTechMonkey@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 09:58
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In contrast Packt is on the crap end.
xorollo@leminal.space
on 07 Mar 2025 16:20
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Yep, đź’Ż
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org
on 07 Mar 2025 07:20
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All the good stuff is in the top tier
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
on 07 Mar 2025 19:47
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It always is. That’s how their entire business model functions.
Noughtmare@programming.dev
on 07 Mar 2025 12:20
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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.
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.
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.
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I looked at the blurb for this and yawned. Other stuff from Humble has varied from great to crap.
Agreed, but No Starch are usually great
In contrast Packt is on the crap end.
Yep, đź’Ż
All the good stuff is in the top tier
It always is. That’s how their entire business model functions.
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.
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.
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.