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Pragmatic Programmers Magazines (Free)

190 points by clyfe 16y ago

joakin 16y ago
Cant see the issues in mobile safari,it throws a 'Bad address, cant open' error.
- ludwigvan 16y ago
  It redirects to the free Stanza ebook reader, I think that's why.
thibaut_barrere 16y ago
For some reason and although I'm a regular customer of them, I never came across this magazine; so thanks for posting!
- nikster 16y ago
  +1 - Same here - I guess they didn't use their customer email database to tell us about it. Kudos to them.
  - djacobs 16y ago
    They usually do send out e-mails about it. Maybe there was a way to have opted out before they announced it.
Roboprog 16y ago
The landing page link also shows that the editor is Michael Swaine. I believe he was one of the main contributors (editor?) of Byte magazine. Alas, I remember the monthly "Swaine's Flames" column (and others from Byte, as hinted at). I'll have to check out this e-zine. (I have several of the PP's books, usually pretty good)
- michael_dorfman 16y ago
  You mean Dr Dobb's Journal, not Byte.
- ludwigvan 16y ago
  He was an editor at Dr. Dobbs. See also http://pip.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/31 http://pip.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/31
  - Roboprog 16y ago
    Doh! So I do. Thanks.
sigzero 16y ago
I had no idea they were even doing this. Thanks.
ludwigvan 16y ago
You can even subscribe to the magazine in Stanze ebook reader for iPod/iPad by adding this address as a repo: http://pragprog.com/magazines.opds http://pragprog.com/magazines.opds (from http://forums.pragprog.com/forums/134/topics/2905 http://forums.pragprog.com/forums/134/topics/2905) Edit: I just noticed that this address can be used in an RSS newsreader like a normal feed.
- xyzzyb 16y ago
  Thanks for that. I've been following them via RSS for a while now, but didn't even know that I could subscribe directly in stanza.
- Legion 16y ago
  Slightly off-topic, but what other killer e-book/e-magazine (e-periodical?) content is out there for plugging into Stanza like this? I've downloaded PDF versions of my bookshelf of tech/development books and piled them into GoodReader, and that became my iPad's killer app #1. This Stanza feed thing looks like #2, if there's more stuff out there to plug into it.
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candre717 16y ago
Good Content - and free!
bhiggins 16y ago
this is the closest thing i've seen to a bad fashion magazine for programmers so far.
mprny 16y ago
Nice. I've only read one article for far: http://pragprog.com/magazines/2009-08/writing-an-iphone-app http://pragprog.com/magazines/2009-08/writing-an-iphone-app and it was excellent.
krolley 16y ago
Wow, this is fantastic. Issue 8 caught my eye because of 'Better CSS with Sass' and I found a section titled 'Working Geek' about how to give good tech presentations, when I am currently preparing one on RIA Services for work! Couldn't be happier.

190 points by clyfe 16y ago

joakin 16y ago

Cant see the issues in mobile safari,it throws a 'Bad address, cant open' error.

ludwigvan 16y ago
It redirects to the free Stanza ebook reader, I think that's why.

thibaut_barrere 16y ago

For some reason and although I'm a regular customer of them, I never came across this magazine; so thanks for posting!

nikster 16y ago
+1 - Same here - I guess they didn't use their customer email database to tell us about it. Kudos to them.
- djacobs 16y ago
  They usually do send out e-mails about it. Maybe there was a way to have opted out before they announced it.

Roboprog 16y ago

The landing page link also shows that the editor is Michael Swaine. I believe he was one of the main contributors (editor?) of Byte magazine. Alas, I remember the monthly "Swaine's Flames" column (and others from Byte, as hinted at). I'll have to check out this e-zine. (I have several of the PP's books, usually pretty good)

michael_dorfman 16y ago
You mean Dr Dobb's Journal, not Byte.
ludwigvan 16y ago
He was an editor at Dr. Dobbs. See also http://pip.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/31 http://pip.pragprog.com/podcasts/show/31
- Roboprog 16y ago
  Doh! So I do. Thanks.

sigzero 16y ago

I had no idea they were even doing this. Thanks.

ludwigvan 16y ago

You can even subscribe to the magazine in Stanze ebook reader for iPod/iPad by adding this address as a repo: http://pragprog.com/magazines.opds http://pragprog.com/magazines.opds (from http://forums.pragprog.com/forums/134/topics/2905 http://forums.pragprog.com/forums/134/topics/2905) Edit: I just noticed that this address can be used in an RSS newsreader like a normal feed.

xyzzyb 16y ago
Thanks for that. I've been following them via RSS for a while now, but didn't even know that I could subscribe directly in stanza.
Legion 16y ago
Slightly off-topic, but what other killer e-book/e-magazine (e-periodical?) content is out there for plugging into Stanza like this? I've downloaded PDF versions of my bookshelf of tech/development books and piled them into GoodReader, and that became my iPad's killer app #1. This Stanza feed thing looks like #2, if there's more stuff out there to plug into it.

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candre717 16y ago

Good Content - and free!

bhiggins 16y ago

this is the closest thing i've seen to a bad fashion magazine for programmers so far.

mprny 16y ago

Nice. I've only read one article for far: http://pragprog.com/magazines/2009-08/writing-an-iphone-app http://pragprog.com/magazines/2009-08/writing-an-iphone-app and it was excellent.

krolley 16y ago

Wow, this is fantastic. Issue 8 caught my eye because of 'Better CSS with Sass' and I found a section titled 'Working Geek' about how to give good tech presentations, when I am currently preparing one on RIA Services for work! Couldn't be happier.