C Tips from the New School
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  4.0
On Nov 21, 2014 Brian Long wrote: C as latter-day punk rock
Ben Klemens’ 21st Century C is intended to serve as an introduction to modern ways of working in C. Full Review >
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A Handbook for People Who Care About Code
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4.0
On Oct 18, 2014 Brian Long wrote: A non-professional's take
Goodliffe’s Becoming a Better Programmer is marketed to a wide range of readers: to veterans, newcomers, and also to those who do some programming on the side as a hobby. This is not entirely accurate– the book clearly has professional developers in mind most of the time– but I found the book to be an interesting discussion of aspects of the art and craft of programming all the same. Full Review >
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Facing the Future with Time-Tested Tools
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3.0
On Oct 14, 2014 Brian Long wrote: Intriguing, but not the final word
Janssens’ book is worth a read, and I will be exploring the possibilities of command line data analysis in greater detail after reading this book. On the other hand, Janssens book is something of a missed opportunity: it is not the final statement on the subject, and is a bit skimpy as an introductory resource. Full Review >
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Solutions for Database Developers and Administrators
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5.0
On Oct 13, 2014 Brian Long wrote: MySQL Cookbook, 3rd ed.
The new, third edition of DuBois’s MySQL Cookbook is a rich handbook for MySQL, a Baedeker for those occasions when you need to venture out into the MySQL countryside. Full Review >
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Brian's rating:
3.0
On Sep 3, 2014 Brian Long wrote: Fluent Conference 2013: JavaScript & Beyond Complete Video Compilation
The advantage of such conferences is that it can give you insight into the way things work in the wild, in production environments, and in the leading companies in the world. As a casual JS user, I hesitate to say that I found the snapshot of the Javascript world from this 2013 conference to be essential viewing, but other viewers may get more from it. Full Review >
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Solutions & Examples for PHP Programmers
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3.0
On Jul 20, 2014 Brian Long wrote: Sklar and Trachtenberg, PHP Cookbook (3rd ed., 2014)
Sklar and Trachtenberg’s PHP Cookbook is a difficult book to review; the book is clearly written with at least two different audiences in mind, and this means that parts of the book vary in sophistication and depth. On the one hand, the book is intended in part to complement Sklar’s (2004!) Learning PHP 5, to serve as a second book for PHP novices, to cover some of the many topics that book’s “PHP with training wheels†approach did not. On the other hand, the book is intended for readers who are familiar with the basics of the language who want to learn how to do things well in PHP. Full Review >
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Internationalize Documents, Programs, and Web Sites
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3.0
On Jul 7, 2014 Brian Long wrote: Korpela, Unicode Explained (O’Reilly, 2006)
The real reason to read this book isn’t so much the practical advice– much of which you’d be better off looking up on StackExchange anyway– but the lucid explication of the structure and design of the Unicode framework. Not all of the explanations are equally clear– I found the first chapter a bit muddled, oddly– but Korpela remains a useful guide to the Unicode terrain. Full Review >
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites
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4.0
On Jun 28, 2014 Brian Long wrote:
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WordPress as an Application Framework
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4.0
On Jun 18, 2014 Brian Long wrote:
The book contains insightful discussions of working with WordPress and making your app work well– though they may not be where you’d expect. With some reorganization, and a clearer sense of the book’s purpose, a second edition of this book may well earn a place next to Professional WordPress as an essential work for WordPress development. Full Review >
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A Complete Introduction
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4.0
On May 8, 2014 Brian Long wrote:
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