Books with syntax highlighting, or why I prefer reading code from screen than paper
I recently noted an odd phenomenon. Maybe it's just me, but I suspect it's not.
One case: I own the paper Book of DJango. But I keep noticing I prefer to read it from the screen of my laptop. I also read newspapers, but prefer to read those from paper.
The reason for wanting to read code from screen is because I've become so used to syntax highlighting, whether in vim/gedit/TextMate/eTextEditor or on websites. I've come to expect it from he internet, where I do most of my learning. Going back to textbooks, black code on a white background seems like a massive blur of text.
Thing is, I'd happily pay for The Book or DJango, or any other text, in full color with syntax highlighting.
Am I the only one?
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I cursed about seven times before giving up.
For the purpose of learning from a book the bold and italics in print is often good enough for me. Have def in bold and comments in italics and i'm generally pleased. Then again it could just me a bias I have since i prefer to reading books than pdfs on a computer.
One reason could be that I've paid for it and feel like I've made a commitment and learn it, so it gives me some more motivation.
I can doodle, and write down thoughts easier than doing it on the web or using one of the features in any pdf viewing app.
http://www.symfony-project.org/book/1_2/10-Forms
I would, and it seems like I'm not the only one.