Make something new, with MakerBot or Raspberry Pi – #bookreview #programming #diy

O’Reilly has released two new books to help you get started with two hot new products: the MakerBot desktop 3D printer and the Raspberry Pi, a tiny, inexpensive computer the size of a credit card. Here are short reviews of the two how-to guides: Getting Started with MakerBot Bre Pettis, Anna Kaziunas France & Jay Shergill … Continue reading Make something new, with MakerBot or Raspberry Pi – #bookreview #programming #diy

Intermediate Perl, 2nd Edition – An excellent guide to pushing well beyond the basics – #programming #bookreview

Intermediate Perl, 2nd Edition Randal L. Schwartz, brian d foy & Tom Phoenix (O’Reilly, paperback) Attention, Perl programmers. Particularly those of you who write Perl programs with 100 lines of code or fewer but want to expand your limits. This popular intermediate guide, first published in 2006, has just been updated. Intermediate Perl, 2nd Edition … Continue reading Intermediate Perl, 2nd Edition – An excellent guide to pushing well beyond the basics – #programming #bookreview

Introducing Regular Expressions – Finding your perfect match…in strings – #bookreview

Introducing Regular Expressions Michael Fitzgerald (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) “Regular expressions are specially encoded text strings used as patterns for matching sets of strings,” Michael Fitzgerald writes in this example-rich new book that focuses on learning by doing. Veteran programmers who work with Perl, Java, JavaScript, C# and a number of Unix utilities often consider … Continue reading Introducing Regular Expressions – Finding your perfect match…in strings – #bookreview

Programming Perl, 4th Ed. – The long-awaited update has arrived – #bookreview #programming #in #perl

Programming Perl, 4th Edition By Tom Christiansen, brian d foy and Larry Wall, with Jon Orwant (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $54.99) Since 1991, Programming Perl has been considered both the Bible of Perl and the go-to reference guide for those who use this popular “mixed heritage” programming language. Publication of this newly updated edition is … Continue reading Programming Perl, 4th Ed. – The long-awaited update has arrived – #bookreview #programming #in #perl