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Yah PBRT was my most important resource for completing this project, way more important than anything I learned in course lectures. I read it cover to cover be
by trishume 7y ago
Yah PBRT was my most important resource for completing this project, way more important than anything I learned in course lectures.
I read it cover to cover before doing much, but then made sure I wrote things how I wanted without referencing the book except for a few bits of formula-heavy code I mention in the credits.
Definitely the best technical book I've ever read.
- person_of_color 7y agoHow did you read it without falling asleep?
- bmurphy1976 7y agoHe liked the content? I used to read programming books cover to cover 25 years ago when I was in High School/College. I don't do it so much these days, the books aren't as useful and I know too much so most of it ends up being redundant now. If you're learning something new you can consume voraciously.
- colmvp 7y agoI'm just wondering how people retain the content? I've read a lot of books over the last few years to learn AI/programming ranging from Sutton/Barto's Reinforcement Learning to Scott Meyer's Effective C++ series, and so much of it ends up flying away from my brain.
- delinka 7y agoI'm like this. I find topics fascinating, but I don't have good memory retention. I find that I allow the subjects to influence me rather than creating a catalog of stuff to reference in my brain.
- corysama 7y agoAgreed. I let the author’s brain temporarily take over mine by thinking the words of the book for so long. And, instead of copying the material to my brain, it becomes more of an index. I know these ideas exist, can be referenced, and roughly where to find them if necessary.
- hellofunk 7y agoYou just have to actually use what you read/learn to retain it. But that's common in all fields, not just software. It can be fun to read things without plans to retain/use the information, because that is a skill in its own right: devouring and soaking up knowledge.
- jacobolus 7y agoIt seems like Hume retained the content by going and implementing it all in a working project. I would also recommend that method, if you have time for it.
- person_of_color 7y agoI mean.. programming books aren't really good bedtime reading.
- delinka 7y agoGuess: by being interested.
- magicalhippo 7y agoHave you tried reading it? Because PBRT is by far one of the best programming-oriented books I've read. The literate programming style used works very well, making it easy to follow the code as the authors works it out and how it connects with the math or more abstract ideas. Of course, it's not light reading so reading it in bed might indeed be sleep inducing. But that's hardly something you can hold against it.