Jon is famous for explaining complicated matters in a very understandable and straightforward language. Linq actually builds on several techniques anonymous delegates, extension methods, iterators so getting a feel for all of them is important. Heiples book is easily understood, and really lays it out for you. Jon enjoys putting the language through its paces, finding new and interesting ways to use and abuse it. He is one of the greatest dedicated helper on the stackoverflow programming community. The others are bots that he coded to pass the time between questions. It aims to be a bridge between the existing introductory books and the language specification. There are three options which all make a certain amount of sense. The book covers various different topics, from preparation to delivery and evaluation. The majority of the book is manfree in terms of direct interactions although clearly not in terms of context and although id like to write a little about the attitudes shown by the boys later in the book, i think thats too close to the boundary of spoilers. Oct 02, 20 devday 20th of september 20 jon skeet back to basics. King heiple, who writes a monthly column for the nssa magazine, has a looseleaf type book he has written on skeet and field shooting. Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations. Jon skeet is an avid user and promoter of stack overflow, my current employer, though i read the book well before i started working there and that is not why i recommend it.
Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations customers also bought items by venkat subramaniam. If this sounds a bit like the headfirst books, theres a good reason for that bert bates who wrote. Mar 18, 2017 jon skeet s thoughts on the future trends in it ive previously found it very, very hard to predict future trends in programming and i suspect others have too. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. Back to stack overflow return to the main site tour start here for a quick overview of the site help center detailed answers to any questions you might have. Nov 11, 2015 ive been mildly interested in womens equality issues for a while, but it was some time in the summer or 2014 almost certainly as part of reading gamergate commentary that i ended up reading a fair chunk of the geek feminism wiki. Jon lives in reading, in the uk, with his wife and three sons. Ive been making tiramisu or at least, my slightly cheaty version of it for years, but only started making the ice cream version last year. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Get john shimas premier featurelength video, packed with advice and expertise on how to take your game to the next level. Up until recently my answer would have been very close to jon skeet s here. Ok follow the author to get new release updates and improved recommendations. Good and clear content, well explained with obvious technical knowledge. Dont buy it browse my amazon store would i recommend hell.
Im not looking for a how to make a basic desktop application type book, i want to know language internals and guts. This is partly due to poor apis on many platforms, and partly due to a lack of awareness on the part of developers. Code involving dates and times is very often broken. Often, these are actors talking about their new film or show. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Tricky issues become clear in author jon skeet s crisp, easytofollow explanations.
This is not the book for beginners of the language. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Jon skeet took the red pill and the blue pill, and can phaseshift in and out of the matrix at will. The company that made him a multibillionaire originally started as an online book.
He is good inspiration for the programmers, who wanted to contribute to the programming community. If this were a technical book, i would view that as a bad thing but here, it just worked. Its fairly simple im just an ordinary person who happens to have attracted some attention. Aug 06, 2015 ostensibly a political comedy show, jon stewarts the daily show usually ends each episode with an interview. This is an unusual blog post for me, but after mentioning tiramisu ice cream on twitter, i received a lot of interest. Books have played a crucial role in jeff bezos life, in more ways than one. A long time ago i wrote about my hope to write two books.
I have read brauns, missildines, and several others. Perhaps more than ever before, readability is in the eye of the. If this were a technical book, i would view that as a. Second edition 2nd second edition by skeet, jon 2010 paperback. Donald knuth wears a jon skeet is my homeboy tshirt to show off at parties. I think ive fixed the issue now please check 285 should hi, thanks, taglines, and salutations be removed from posts. Who is jon skeet and how did he become famous on stack.
An ebook copy of the previous edition of this book is included at no additional cost. Theres a good reason for favouring primenumber sizes, but there are some advantages to poweroftwo sizes too. Dont buy it browse my amazon store would i recommend hell no recommended skill. Books ive read that i think you should read too musing. For example, for many years now, weve known that we need to get better at doing work in parallel. This is partly due to poor apis on many platforms, and partly due to a lack of awareness on the part of. I have not read any with more practical, and readily applied techniques, than king heiples. Jon skeet coded his last project entirely in microsoft paint, just for the challenge. As you may have noticed, these havent happened yet, although i have had a couple of abortive attempts. Mar 16, 2017 code involving dates and times is very often broken. Jon skeet goodreads share book recommendations with. To be honest, i suspect no book on async is going to go into quite as many details as the pfx team blog, and thats probably a good thing. Jon skeet s so reputation is only as modest as it is because of integer overflow sql server does not have a datatype large enough jon skeet is the only top 100 so user who is human.
Best less popular computer science books on goodreads. Aug 23, 2019 follow jon skeet and explore their bibliography from s jon skeet author page. Shop the latest titles by jon skeet at alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide. The 12 books that helped form billionaire jeff bezos.
Jon skeet the chuck norris of programming freecodecamp. Jon skeet is famous for his contributions to the stackoverflow community. Contribute to microsuzcsharp development by creating an account on github. Feminism and me ive been mildly interested in womens equality issues for a while, but it was some time in the summer or 2014 almost certainly as part of reading gamergate commentary that i ended up reading a fair chunk of the geek feminism wiki. In terms of recommendations, id be more likely to refer people to chapters of the. The considerations ill discuss in this chapter and the rest of the book will rarely be black and white. Following that i would recommend jon skeets series on how to implement linq as it gives a great insight into why linq is constructed the way it is. Apr 21, 2008 i like that this book have a friendly tone. Jon skeet can make the kessel run in under twelve parsecs.
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