Comments on: On Learning http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/ A nerd blog about nerdy things by ... nerdy guys? Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Brian Bishop http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-4900 Brian Bishop Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:23:28 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=228#comment-4900 Man, life is too short to be programming in C++! Man, life is too short to be programming in C++!

]]> By: Terje http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-4754 Terje Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:01:30 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=228#comment-4754 I just want to give my thumbs up on Pedr's tip - 'Clean Code' by Robert C. Martin is a great book. Taught me quite a lot about coding. I've also had great pleasure reading 'Beautiful Code' by Oram & Wilson, 'Coders at Work' by Seibel and 'Design Patterns' by Freeman & Freeman. I just want to give my thumbs up on Pedr’s tip – ‘Clean Code’ by Robert C. Martin is a great book.
Taught me quite a lot about coding.

I’ve also had great pleasure reading ‘Beautiful Code’ by Oram & Wilson, ‘Coders at Work’ by Seibel and ‘Design Patterns’ by Freeman & Freeman.

]]> By: Benjamin There http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-4750 Benjamin There Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:52:53 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=228#comment-4750 Subjects: Server-side programming would be a good complement to Flash programming. I get the feeling your a Mac person, but I found ASP.NET and MS SQL Server to be the best way to go. Much easier than PHP and MySQL. Approach: Take a look at O'Reilly's Head First series. The people who publish those books are the only ones I've found who understand that teaching is a completely separate skill. Observation: You don't find out how well you really know a language or a program until someone hires you to create something with it. Subjects: Server-side programming would be a good complement to Flash programming. I get the feeling your a Mac person, but I found ASP.NET and MS SQL Server to be the best way to go. Much easier than PHP and MySQL.

Approach: Take a look at O’Reilly’s Head First series. The people who publish those books are the only ones I’ve found who understand that teaching is a completely separate skill.

Observation: You don’t find out how well you really know a language or a program until someone hires you to create something with it.

]]> By: Pedr http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Pedr Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:13:35 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=228#comment-4746 Give 'Clean Code' by Robert C Martin a go. Really excellent book on good programming from really low level like code formatting to much higher level stuff like Unit Testing. It gets quite heavy but you will learn a lot from it. Don't be put off by the fact it is Java - Most of it is just as applicable to As. Give ‘Clean Code’ by Robert C Martin a go. Really excellent book on good programming from really low level like code formatting to much higher level stuff like Unit Testing. It gets quite heavy but you will learn a lot from it. Don’t be put off by the fact it is Java – Most of it is just as applicable to As.

]]> By: Miller Medeiros http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-4708 Miller Medeiros Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:36:40 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=228#comment-4708 I'm against the cookbooks, I don't need a "recipe", I need to know about the "ingredients", later I figure out "how to mix then". I've been doing what you are doing too (learning another languages reading books) and until now the best books that I've read are exactly the ones that explain how and why things work, the most basic things are the ones that makes more difference... - You start to think on that language and not to translate things into that language... I would go with the "Pro Books".. if they say that it's not for a beginner than you should be on a good spot - you already know how to develop.. Good luck! I’m against the cookbooks, I don’t need a “recipe”, I need to know about the “ingredients”, later I figure out “how to mix then”.

I’ve been doing what you are doing too (learning another languages reading books) and until now the best books that I’ve read are exactly the ones that explain how and why things work, the most basic things are the ones that makes more difference… – You start to think on that language and not to translate things into that language…

I would go with the “Pro Books”.. if they say that it’s not for a beginner than you should be on a good spot – you already know how to develop..

Good luck!

]]> By: Michael Michailidis http://blog.nobien.net/2010/04/13/on-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-4706 Michael Michailidis Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:36:29 +0000 http://blog.nobien.net/?p=228#comment-4706 Hey, I know wxactly what you are saying. Not only the first chapters are far too basic but the end are just "web services" while there are so many things to be taught. I learn from O'Reilly 'Cookbooks' rather than general titles... try: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cookbook-Cookbooks-OReilly-Adam-Trachtenberg/dp/0596101015/ref=pd_sim_b_6 My opinion is to understand what each language can give you in terms of general development. If you are learing C then you will learn some low level memory management. Even in a basic example that should be quite new to Flash developers so stick with that one. Hey,

I know wxactly what you are saying. Not only the first chapters are far too basic but the end are just “web services” while there are so many things to be taught.

I learn from O’Reilly ‘Cookbooks’ rather than general titles… try: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cookbook-Cookbooks-OReilly-Adam-Trachtenberg/dp/0596101015/ref=pd_sim_b_6

My opinion is to understand what each language can give you in terms of general development. If you are learing C then you will learn some low level memory management. Even in a basic example that should be quite new to Flash developers so stick with that one.

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