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Can anybody recommend some books put out by Packt? I've looked at quite a few of their books over the years, and they have been, without exception, dreadful (no
by oinksoft 14y ago
Can anybody recommend some books put out by Packt? I've looked at quite a few of their books over the years, and they have been, without exception, dreadful (not quite a tutorial, but also not a reference, lacking in detail, and usually behind the curve technology-wise). They appear to have several hundred books so there must be some hidden gems.
- elchief 14y ago538 of em have 4-star+ on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_72_0?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_30%3Apackt%2Cp_72%3A1250221011&bbn=283155&sort=relevanceexprank&unfiltered=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1348793163&rnid=1250219011 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_72_0?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_3...
- oinksoft 14y agoGood call, thanks. I think I might look at the one on PostgreSQL optimization.
- cshenoy 14y agoI'd highly recommend Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov. Really any JS book by Stoyan is pretty high quality. http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-JavaScript-high-quality-applications-libraries/dp/1847194141/ref=sr_1_25?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348796794&sr=1-25 http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-JavaScript-high-qualit...
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- donkeylipstick 14y agoWebGL Beginner's Guide seems good, although the subject is fairly niche.
- brusch 14y agoI have got the "NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook" and it is really nice. Well it has many solutions and best practices. The print is not top notch - but the content is great.
- corford 14y agoI found the FreeSWITCH book very helpful.
- imran2140 14y ago"Expert Python Programming" by Tarek Ziade (http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-programming/book http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-programming/book)