Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Book Review: Eloquent Ruby
March 6, 2011 – 1:16 amI can't even begin to imagine how difficult it would be to write a book covering such an in-depth topic as the Ruby Programming language. Add to that a target audience with a widely diverse range of skills and the tasks seems to be out right impossible. Fortunately for us ...
Giving Design Patterns a Second Chance: Ruby Edition
July 1, 2009 – 8:00 pmI have a confession to make. You know that really popular design patterns book that most software developers (especially in the Java world) claim to have read? You know the one I'm talking about. The one written by the "Gang of Four". The one you were supposed to have ...
Helpful Tips from Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
February 1, 2009 – 10:00 pmIn order to stay up to speed in an industry that changes by the day developers must constantly be learning and acquiring new skills. As technology fads come and go it is important for developers to isolate and keep pace with the technologies that are in high demand. ...
Book Review: The Productive Programmer
November 28, 2008 – 1:13 pmAuthor: Neal Ford Rating: 3.5/5 As a developer I am constantly seeking ways in which I can improve my ability to quickly generate high quality code so I was excited to pick up Neal Ford's latest book, The Productive Programmer. This book offers advice on how to accelerate the production ...
Book Review: Bulletproof Web Design
June 12, 2008 – 8:06 pmAuthor: Dan Cederholm Rating: 4/5 When I first started toying around with computers in the mid-90s one of my favorite things to do was create websites using free services like Geocities and Tripod. Back then I was guilty of all the deadly web design sins: table based layouts, pointless ...
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