Hello,
The recent discussion about PickAxe made me wonder, what kind of book
would you say PickAxe is? Right now I can only think of 3 kinds of
books:
- Tutorial (e.g. Learn_Ruby_in_21_days)
- Reference (e.g. Ruby_in_a_Nutshell)
- Cookbook (e.g. The_Ruby_Way )
PickAxe doesn’t seem to fit any of the above.
How would you categorize PickAxe?
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Daniel Carrera wrote:
- Tutorial (e.g. Learn_Ruby_in_21_days)
- Reference (e.g. Ruby_in_a_Nutshell)
- Cookbook (e.g. The_Ruby_Way )
I’d say that it’s a mixture of the first to categories, but it defenitely
isn’t a cookbook.
It’s kinda obvious if you look at the TOC… First part tutorial (although
the tutorial has some kind of different “trails”, which I like a lot).
I also used the reference-part a lot - although while I’m getting more used
to “Ruby in a Nutshell” I use it a bit less often than before.
For the latter book it took me some time (and a couple of postits= to get
used to it cause the classes aren’t in alphabetical order.
My 0,02¤
Michael
Hello,
The recent discussion about PickAxe made me wonder, what kind of book
would you say PickAxe is? Right now I can only think of 3 kinds of
books:
[1] > - Tutorial (e.g. Learn_Ruby_in_21_days)
[2] > - Reference (e.g. Ruby_in_a_Nutshell)
[3] > - Cookbook (e.g. The_Ruby_Way )
PickAxe doesn’t seem to fit any of the above.
How would you categorize PickAxe?
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 03:52:22PM +0900, Daniel Carrera wrote:
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The three categories you list combine to form perhaps a slim majority
of all computer books. Most of the books on my shelf are designed to
be read from beginning to end (maybe skipping some specific bits that
don’t concern you) so you can learn new things. Pickaxe is that kind
of book.
Gavin
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On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 5:52:22 PM, Daniel wrote:
Hello,
The recent discussion about PickAxe made me wonder, what kind of book
would you say PickAxe is? Right now I can only think of 3 kinds of
books:
- Tutorial (e.g. Learn_Ruby_in_21_days)
- Reference (e.g. Ruby_in_a_Nutshell)
- Cookbook (e.g. The_Ruby_Way )
PickAxe doesn’t seem to fit any of the above.
How would you categorize PickAxe?
In article 20030325065216.GA28685@math.umd.edu,
Hello,
The recent discussion about PickAxe made me wonder, what kind of book
would you say PickAxe is? Right now I can only think of 3 kinds of
books:
- Tutorial (e.g. Learn_Ruby_in_21_days)
- Reference (e.g. Ruby_in_a_Nutshell)
- Cookbook (e.g. The_Ruby_Way )
PickAxe doesn’t seem to fit any of the above.
How would you categorize PickAxe?
_ Here’s how I divide my books.
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Stays on Desk. ( The_Ruby_Way )
-
Stays on Bookshelf. ( Ruby_Developers_Guide )
-
Loan/recommend to people. ( Pickaxe )
-
Recycling. ( No Ruby books in this category yet. )
_ I’d happily let you borrow my Pickaxe, but I’d insist
you buy your own copy of the Ruby Way.
_ Booker C. Bense
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Daniel Carrera dcarrera@math.umd.edu wrote: