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I've never read an O'Reilly book but have obviously heard of them, are they generally effective at communicating more than general principles? If I regularly r
by bsirkia 13y ago
I've never read an O'Reilly book but have obviously heard of them, are they generally effective at communicating more than general principles?
If I regularly read blog posts and essays written about Bitcoin, would this book be worthwhile? If not, what audience is this book targeting?
- waterlesscloud 13y agoI'm generally happy with the O'Reilly books I've bought. What they cover depends on the book. Some, particularly some of the language or OS books, are reference-oriented. Not the kind of thing you'd necessarily read straight through. Some, the "intro" books, are just what that sounds like. Enough material to get started. I don't know if I have any O'Reilly books I'd consider "deep", exactly, but I don't think they really aim at that. In general, my experience is the books are what the titles say they are.
- bsirkia 13y agoRight (and thanks for the response), so I would expect "Mastering Bitcoin" to go in to great detail...
- Zigurd 13y agoHere is your decoder ring for O'Reilly "Animal" titles: "Learning..." For beginners "Programming" For intermediate-level "Mastering" For advanced-level books The "animal" books have the line-art drawings of animals on them. O'Reilly has other series, including books on general audience topics. There might be other key words indicating the level of the book if it isn't a programming book, but that's the nomenclature behind Programming Android I would expect this book to go deep on bitcoin.