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  Are "how to" books archaic?
Subject:   How-to books & programming
Date:   2003-11-09 17:06:24
From:   anonymous2
`. . . most developers haven't yet grasped
just how completely the programming model
is about to change.' Thus Tim O'Reilly.


I'm no programmer, but that remark leads
me to suspect I've missed something important.


Can you say a bit more?
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  • Tim O'Reilly photo How-to books & programming
    2003-11-10 14:22:23  Tim O'Reilly | O'Reilly AuthorO'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    As Dave Stutz remarked, "software above the level of a single device will command high margins for years to come." We're moving away from the era of software targeted to a single device into a world in which software routinely incorporates remote data sources via web services, may have an n-tier architecture in order to support multiple front ends on top of a robust server-based back end, etc. In short, I'm just pointing out that there's a huge amount to learn. You're not programming your father's PC any more, so to speak. Or even your father's web site. We're starting to program the net itself.