The Programmer's Brain

Re:The Programmer's Brain by Sr_developer on Monday July 05, 2021 @08:19PM (#27743083)

I was to comment the same the other day , but the post was about some book the author was promoting so I didnt want to be a party popper but the book was totally mediocre.

It seems to me the inevitable destiny of all "tech" press, start with strong titles and devolve into crap, or to be fairer a crap-shoot.

So now you have:

ALWAYS HAVE BEEN "CRAP" = Packt and Apress

STARTED OK,GOOD NOW MOSTLY CRAP = Pragmatic, Manning, No Starch

STILL OK,GOOD = O'Reilly, CUP

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Re:The Programmer's Brain by petercooper on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:25AM (#27748185)

Where's the No Starch judgment coming from? While they seem to have started veering into more mainstream/maker-y type stuff over the years, I've never had a single bad book off of them, and in terms of actual physical quality I'm not sure there's any publisher that's better.

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Re:The Programmer's Brain by Sr_developer on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:25AM (#27749048)

Check out the last titles, I am barely exaggerating with these fictitious ones to not crap on actual ones:

- How to make palindromes with python

- A CSS lexicon,900 terms defined (120 pages)

- The buttons of a PS5 controller

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Re:The Programmer's Brain by 7thaccount on Monday July 05, 2021 @10:41PM (#27743761)

I've had mixed results with Packt and Apress (quite a few typos in Packt). Pragmatic, Manning, and No Starch have all been pretty good, as has O'Reilly.

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