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Google is a terrible way to find good programming/CS books. I think that's why the OP was asking here, where he can expect to find books that other hackers have

by apu 18y ago

Google is a terrible way to find good programming/CS books. I think that's why the OP was asking here, where he can expect to find books that other hackers have used personally and can thus make earnest and informed recommendations. I did indeed learn some languages using the google route, but in retrospect, I could have saved myself a lot of time and pain if a forum like this had been around, where I could get expert opinions.

gtani 18y ago
Google's not bad for ruby, scheme, etc. tutorials. I've been doing same for OCaml and F#; Also try (espec. delicious) http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial&x=14&y=9 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial... here's a starting line: admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Automate them. Build in checks for filename conflicts, large file/network transfers, run script off hours, etc. or rewrite something from the activestate's CPAN-loose equivalent, submit it back when it's tested robust and you know it's not a dup http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python and, oh yea, Martelli's Python in a Nutshell from Oreilly. Covers 2.4, read the PEPs to see what's new in 2.5 and 2.6. Also, Matz's original ruby nutshell on Oreilly, the little one that covers 1.6. It's little outdated, but it's also a small book that you can read carefully , cover to cover
- silentbicycle 18y ago
  Word. Looking for programming info via combinations of del.icio.us tags became surprisingly useful for me once I knew the basics well enough to know what I was looking for. > admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Excellent advice. When you find yourself in a situation where you keep having to do something boring and repetitive, try to write a script for it. The immediate feedback and sense of accomplishment from this will teach you things that spending weeks on internet forums never could.
icey 18y ago
It's obvious that the OP hasn't even tried to find out any of this information for himself.

by apu 18y ago

gtani 18y ago

Google's not bad for ruby, scheme, etc. tutorials. I've been doing same for OCaml and F#; Also try (espec. delicious) http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://searchyc.com/python+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://del.icio.us/tag/ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://technorati.com/tag/Ruby+tutorial http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial&x=14&y=9 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/search?q=python+tutorial... here's a starting line: admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Automate them. Build in checks for filename conflicts, large file/network transfers, run script off hours, etc. or rewrite something from the activestate's CPAN-loose equivalent, submit it back when it's tested robust and you know it's not a dup http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python and, oh yea, Martelli's Python in a Nutshell from Oreilly. Covers 2.4, read the PEPs to see what's new in 2.5 and 2.6. Also, Matz's original ruby nutshell on Oreilly, the little one that covers 1.6. It's little outdated, but it's also a small book that you can read carefully , cover to cover

silentbicycle 18y ago
Word. Looking for programming info via combinations of del.icio.us tags became surprisingly useful for me once I knew the basics well enough to know what I was looking for. > admin tasks you do repetitivly in whatever o/s you use. Excellent advice. When you find yourself in a situation where you keep having to do something boring and repetitive, try to write a script for it. The immediate feedback and sense of accomplishment from this will teach you things that spending weeks on internet forums never could.

icey 18y ago

It's obvious that the OP hasn't even tried to find out any of this information for himself.