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I've had some bad experiences with Packt's books. Choose very carefully. This comment [1] summed the one book I read quite well: This book is so badly writ
by tarkin2 14y ago
I've had some bad experiences with Packt's books.
Choose very carefully.
This comment [1] summed the one book I read quite well:
This book is so badly written that reading it will
give you a very good appreciation as to what it must
feel like to be dyslexic, the words just come at you
in a random order.
[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1849511446/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0 http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1849511446/ref=cm_cr...
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- sciurus 14y agoI've had some great experiences, e.g. Gregory Smith's PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance. When considering purchasing a book on a niche topic like Magneto or PostgreSQL, I think it's worth waiting for prominent community members to get review copies and write about their impression, e.g. http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/192-PostgreSQL-9-High-Performance-Book-Review.html http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/192-PostgreSQ...
- johnx123-up 14y agoVery true; I was trying to avoid Packt for the same reason. Recently, friend of mine shown two books that changed my perception. They're really good (IMHO): 1. http://www.packtpub.com/play-framework-cookbook/book http://www.packtpub.com/play-framework-cookbook/book 2. http://www.packtpub.com/php-ajax-for-web-2-0-cookbook/book http://www.packtpub.com/php-ajax-for-web-2-0-cookbook/book By the way, any good book for Rust available?