apeisa Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 For all you star wars fanatics: http://www.amazon.com/Darth-Vader-Star-Wars-Chronicle/dp/145210655X Arrived today and me and my 5 year old son both love it Please feel free to share other great stuff here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netcarver Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 For all you star wars fanatics: http://www.amazon.co...e/dp/145210655X Arrived today and me and my 5 year old son both love it Please feel free to share other great stuff here. LOL! There was me thinking that Darth Vader could only eat grated (shredded) vegetables or cheese Antti, do you want this thread to be about kids stuff in particular -- or just any great recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeisa Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Everything goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teppo Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Since "everything goes" I'd really like to suggest two wonderful books for those who haven't read them yet; "Getting Real" and "Rework", both by 37signals. Seriously, I can't get enough of these -- currently reading Rework for the third time (I think..) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Coincidence - I just downloaded 'Getting Real' a couple of days ago. It's now a freebie - http://gettingreal.37signals.com/. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 This is a great reading! http://processingjs....rial/mario.html edit: Learn OOP the fun way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmgujju Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Any good OOP in PHP with jQuery books to learn web application development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 So many! But none whatsoever about the web. Reading is my escape time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typ9 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hi! Not finished yet, but already a great read for me: Mike Monteiro: "Design is a Job" Mike shares many thoughts and experiences from his design career. And guess: yeah, he is a funny guy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Any good OOP in PHP with jQuery books to learn web application development? I'm in the middle of this one http://www.larryullman.com/books/php-advanced-and-object-oriented-programming/, and liking it a lot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I've read a few Larry Ullman books and loved them when I read them - easy enough to follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 O'Reilly is having a pretty good e-book sale on PHP books: http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/php-owo.do?code=WKPHP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Wow, not expensive at all! And they are DRM free (unlike the one I suggested, I must say... I had to install ADE in Wine to be able to put it in my Kobo through Linux ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I'm in the middle of this one http://www.larryullman.com/books/php-advanced-and-object-oriented-programming/, and liking it a lot. I've been reading snippets of this book and have to say it's excellent so far. I've never really considered reading books to learn code, yet it's what most people seem to do. Can you recommend reading books for learning code in general? I always imagined it would be better using online resources/videos but think I may give proper books a go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I always imagined it would be better using online resources/videos How much time per day do you spend looking at the light of the screen? I would guess too much... I prefer to stay away from it as much as I can, and reading on paper is great for this. Plus, you can do it on a coffee table outside or on a bench by the river Now I bought a kobo e-reader. With the e-ink technology It really feels like paper and I recommend it to everyone. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apeisa Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 +1 for books 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Can anyone like a post of mine? 666 is evil edit: thanks Wanze 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanze Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Can anyone like a post of mine? 666 is evil Done, satan! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 How much time per day do you spend looking at the light of the screen? I would guess too much... I prefer to stay away from it as much as I can, and reading on paper is great for this. Plus, you can do it on a coffee table outside or on a bench by the river Now I bought a kobo e-reader. With the e-ink technology It really feels like paper and I recommend it to everyone. Thanks Diogo, the irony is I'm a massive book lover in the general sense but always imagined books for code quite old fashioned. Do you not want to test things as you're reading them, though suppose you could do that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogo Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Depends a lot on how the book is written. I really don't like those books that assume that you are reading them in front of the computer. I avoid them like the plague Of course it's good to test things, but if the book is well structured (IMO) You can do it after each chapter for example. Larry Ullman books are great in that matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmgujju Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I thought this might be the best place to post this: Apress.com: Save 50% on a eBooks during SXSW!: http://app.streamsend.com/s/1/hbs1/GJF8Ay2/7xgk9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnaKus Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I prefer Steven King. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onjegolders Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I prefer Steven King. Enjoying his latest book about preventing the Kennedy assassination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonelyliddy Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I likle Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Since "everything goes" I'd really like to suggest two wonderful books for those who haven't read them yet; "Getting Real" and "Rework", both by 37signals. Seriously, I can't get enough of these -- currently reading Rework for the third time (I think..) I finished "Rework" the other day - great book that I wished I'd read sooner. Don't get me wrong, so much of it is common sense, but a lot of common sense is things you don't think about until after it's been pointed out to you or after you've made your mistakes (basically common sense isn't always common ). It's over 200 pages, but none of the sections is more than a few pages and they've dropped illustrations in every couple of pages, so it's not a difficult read by any means and could be read easily over a few evenings or an afternoon. Currently reading "Remote: Office Not Required" by the same guys. I've not read "Getting Real" yet but I'll add it to my list. My family were a little confused as to why I was asking for work-related books for Christmas, but I knew these would be fairly easy-going. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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