programming books
Aug. 20th, 2006 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslI don't like most programming books, tutorials and reference manuals. They tend to be too low-level, walking you through too many obvious steps, and they not helping you find the RightThing for your sort of problem.
I think I much prefer books that goal-oriented, like:
* How to Solve Problems with X
* Patterns in X
They are better for someone who needs to write code, rather than someone who needs to read it.
With these books, it should be much easier to find the answers my questions, partly because they tend to *have* the answers, partly because they have less boring, distracting junk.
Right now, I want to find a good book about How to Solve Problems with Java.
I think I much prefer books that goal-oriented, like:
* How to Solve Problems with X
* Patterns in X
They are better for someone who needs to write code, rather than someone who needs to read it.
With these books, it should be much easier to find the answers my questions, partly because they tend to *have* the answers, partly because they have less boring, distracting junk.
Right now, I want to find a good book about How to Solve Problems with Java.