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Learning the bash Shell, Third Edition reviewed by William Deegan, August 2006 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:33 PM — —

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If you're like my you own quite a few O'Reilly books, some of which you've read cover to cover and some of which you use just for reference. For me though I've owned the second edition of "Learning the bash Shell" for quite some time, only picking it up when you have to work on a bash shell script. When I saw the opportunity to pick up the latest edition of the Bash book for free (well, in turn for this review), I jumped on it.

Google Maps Hacks Review by Tun Wai Yip, September 2006 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:30 PM — —

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The Google Maps has wowed users with its groundbreaking user interface and its great speed. Just as phenomenal is the emergence of large number of hacks that built on top of the Google maps platform. The O'Reilly's Google Maps Hacks cover the platform and many of these wonderful projects.

Python Phrasebook Review by Meher Koli — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:21 PM — —

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Author: Brad Dayley The Python Phrasebook is a handy tool (small book) for beginners which aids in getting a quick reference or syntax needed for the Python language. The book is around 250 pages divided across ten chapters covering most of the essential commands and code snippets which can be very handy for getting most of the basic functionality expected by a novice programmer.

Learning Python, 3rd Edition Review by Mikael Rogers OVERDUE — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:14 PM — —

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This book review is overdue, If you are Mikeal Rogers please contact Tony Cappellini to either review or return the book.

Interface-Oriented Design Review by Dennis Allison — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:10 PM — —

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Author: Ken Pugh This is a Java book, not at Python book, to the extent it actually deals with programs and language. Interface-Oriented Design is a novice cooks tour of contemporary and classical software design ideas at the level of a conference talk. It includes a genuflection to many classical and contemporary ideas of software engineering, a reading out the names, broad brush capsule explications, and simplistic examples. It lacks enough content for the reader to understand and apply the techniques in real world development, but there is enough information to sound knowledgeable, even expert, at a geek social event.

"The Art of Project Management" by Scott Berkun Review by Mike Cheponis — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:39 PM — —

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Scott Berkun worked for 10 years at Microsoft Corporation on IE, MSN, and Windows. He worked for two years in Microsoft's engineering excellence group, teaching and consulting with development teams. Now an independent consultant, he runs pmclinic, a discussion forum on project management at http://www.scottberkun.com . He has studied computer science, philosophy, and design at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Bash Cookbook 2nd Edition, by Carl Albing, JP Vossen, Cameron Newham Review by Douglas Sims — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:05 PM — —

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Programmers learn that optimizing code for speed is slow and meticulous work but that it can pay off nicely in performance. We also learn that programs typically spend a small amount of execution time running through most of the code in a program and most of the time in a small section of code. Thus, optimizing that small section of code can give much more performance gain than tinkering with the rest.

Python in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition, Review by Max Slimmer April 2007 — by Bill Deegan — posted on Aug 31, 2008 07:02 PM — —

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The author Alex Martelli is Uber Technical Lead at Google, Inc. Martelli holds a laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica from Bologna University. He wrote Python in a Nutshell two editions, and also co-edited the Python Cookbook. He's a member of the Python Software Foundation, and won the 2002 Activators' Choice Award. Martelli spent 8 years with IBM Research, earning three Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards, and on.