I bought a copy through my subscription. having read through a few of their books, Manning has a pretty good record of producing a lot of good content. nostarc

I bought a copy through my subscription. having read through a few of their books, Manning has a pretty good record of producing a lot of good content. nostarch an pragprog are arguably better in terms of writing quality (slightly) but they dont' publish nearly as many books. Pakt certainly has more books but the quality is absolute garbage. whenever a new language comes out, I usually take a weekend to at least dabble in it to see if its worth getting into. Most of the languages end up in my "cool story" bucket but its also how I found elixir and I've been working in it fulltime for the last 7 years every since. In the case of manning, they presell the pdf. that costs them nothing while expanding their catalog in a way that doesnt feel like a ripoff for the subscribers. I'm not expecting a MEAP title to have the same level of polish as a completed book. Rather, I appreciate having close to bleeding age info thats been somewhat curated for my consumption.