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Re:Show HN: Jeff Atwood's "Effective Programming" on Hyperin... by franzus on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @05:29PM (#4258008)
A book by a VB programmer? Nah ... thanks ... I'll pass on this one.
Re:Show HN: Jeff Atwood's "Effective Programming" on Hyperin... by mekarpeles on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @06:31PM (#4258270)
Franzus, isn't this statement a little arbitrary? While I wouldn't claim to be a huge visual basic fan, I think (at least from my experience reading Jeff's book) there's a lot more one can get out of this resource than insight into programming languages.

For instance, Jeff has a great section on protecting users' data, writing test cases, and building community (like that of stackexchange).

I wouldn't be so arrogant as to presume I know what information you're interested in learning, I just wonder if not reading a resource by a smart programmer due to a programming language bias might actually work to your disadvantage?

Cheers either way!