Archive for the ‘Tech Books’ Category

“Programming C#: Fourth Edition,” by Jesse Liberty

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

Pros: Good Reference for C#
Cons: Content on the CLR and .NET “kinda meh” (technical reviewer term)
Rating: 4 out of 5
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“Agile Web Development with Rails: Second Edition,” by Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson with Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, James Duncan Davidson, Justin Gehtland, and Andreas Schwarz

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Pros: Thorough, clear, and complete
Cons: Now what do I do with my other Rails books
Rating: 5 out of 5
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“Rails Recipes,” by Chad Fowler

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Pros: Recipes I’d actually use and insight into Rails
Cons: Give me a minute… I’m thinking
Rating: 5 out of 5
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“The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web,” by Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Pros: Beautiful, Inspiring, Did I Mention Beautiful
Cons: Needs Less Appreciation and More Practical Instruction
Rating: 3 out of 5
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“Agile Web Development with Rails: A Pragmatic Guide,” by Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson with Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, Thomas Fuchs, and Andreas Schwarz

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Pros: Clear and Thorough
Cons: Part/Chapter Layout
Rating: 3 out of 5
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“Ruby on Rails: Up and Running,” by Bruce A. Tate and Curt Hibbs

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Pros: Concise, Clear, Well Organized
Cons: Insufficient
Rating: 2 out of 5
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“Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers’ Guide, Second Edition,” by Dave Thomas with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Pros: Breadth, Depth, and Clarity
Cons: API Reference Tonnage
Rating: 4 out of 5

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“Extreme Programming Explored,” by William C. Wake

Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Pros: Detailed Examples, Acknowledges Open Questions
Cons: Open Questions and Metaphor as Architecture
Rating: 3 out of 5
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“Planning Extreme Programming,” by Kent Beck and Martin Fowler

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Pros: Good writing; Thought-provoking Ideas
Cons: Didn’t I Just Read This Book?
Rating: 4 out of 5
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“Success with cafepress.com, First Edition” by Daniel M. Clark

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Pros: A ton of useful information; well-organized; entertaining
Cons: Some information will go out-of-date quickly; one or two confusing details
Rating: 4 out of 5

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