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Programming Clojure Book Review
Fifty pages longer and two dollars less expensive than Pragmatic Bookshelf's Programming Scala, their Programming Clojure book presents an alternative manifestation of a concurrent JVM-hosted language. Is this book's presentation enough to sway Lisp fans to the Clojure camp? Read on to find out.
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JVM Languages
Ruby Best Practices Book Review
Written for the advanced Ruby developer, Ruby Best Practices provides dozens of in-depth tips, recommendations and in some cases, a head throbbing education in taking the language features to the extreme. Is it worth the $35 cover price? Read on to find out.
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Design
Open Source Television
Developing for the Neuros LINK - Open Source
Python Essential Reference, Fourth Edition Book Review
Attaining its 10th year anniversary, David Beazley's Python Essential Reference has matured along with the Python language itself. Does the book provide better insight than Python's own online documentation? Read on to find out.
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Design
Django 1.1 Released
The popular Python-based web framework Django has attained official 1.1 version status, adding plenty of developer goodness. Read on for some of my favorite enhancements.
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Web Development
Version Control with Git Book Review
Within weeks of publishing Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, O'Reilly has released their treatment of another highly popular distributed version control system. Readers of my blog and tweets already know of my switch from Subversion to Git several months ago, so I was curious to see how another perspective views this powerful yet intricate revision control tool. Read on to find out.
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Design
Android Application Development Book Review
Having written several articles about Google's Android platform as well as several applications that scratch my own mobile application itches, I was looking forward to this O'Reilly treatment on the subject. Did this multi-authored effort sink or swim? Read on to find out.
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The Pragmatic Bookshelf continues to release new titles at a rapid pace, with their latest focusing on newcomers to the practice of programming. Practical Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python uses the Python language to teach readers everything from basic programmatic syntax to thinking through the construction and execution of moderately straightfoward algorithms. Does it succeed? Read on to find out.
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Design
Mercurial: The Definitive Guide Book Review
Distributed revision control systems are leaving antiquated source control management solutions like CVS and Subversion in the dust. Mercurial is a rising star in this new world of versatile, distributed team application development. Read on to find out how well this book convinces readers to replace their existing source control systems with Mercurial as well as how well the author teaches new users to become proficient in Mercurial syntax and best practices.
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Design
Learning SQL, Second Edition Book Review
O'Reilly Media has published a new edition of their Learning SQL book. Given the vast selection of SQL tutorial books on the market, how does this one compare to all the others? Read on to find out.
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Design
