As a programmer, I usually learn new skills by reading books. It seems like stackoverflow consider book recommendations questions as not constructive. Where can I look for book recommendations, mainly programming related books?
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Related: meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/3854/… – Mat May 8 '13 at 10:40
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2What's a book?? – Reactgular May 8 '13 at 14:32
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book – ohho May 9 '13 at 2:54
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@ohho personally, I just go for all the books and then see what is useful and not. – user40980 May 9 '13 at 16:53
A few ways:
- Look at your local or an online bookseller. Check out a Barnes & Noble or just your local library. If not, Amazon and Google are great tools for finding recommendation in reviews and such.
- Ask or look on forums. Most forums about programming already have tons of threads containing book recommendations.
- IRC! IRC is still alive and well. A lot of gurus hang out on their favorite languages respective IRC channels, and (if you know how to ask) they're almost always willing to help.
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Forums, ok. Please suggest a forum which contains a better answer than this one: stackoverflow.com/questions/3258839/best-git-book-for-a-noob. – ohho May 9 '13 at 2:58
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1@ohho part of the problem there is that is Stack Overflow - neither Stack Overflow nor Programmers.SE are forums. Your best bet would be to identify a forum on the subject (for example, for git groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/git-users ) and ask there. That said, please check the FAQ if it exists and look to see if other book recommendations exist there to see if it would be welcome. – user40980 May 9 '13 at 16:08
When I want to know if a book is good for me, I go on amazon.com and search for the book. Then, I read the review at the bottom. I often get all the informations I need about the book. Also, some review point me to other book that may suit my needs better. I start from this point and often end up having 10 to 15 tabs opens in Chrome with a lot of book to choose from.
