Re: [Inkscape-board] Inkscape: books
On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 00:28 +0200, Johan Engelen wrote:
Hi all, Could you give me some feedback on the book campaign? Have you read the book, liked it, tossed it, wished for something else, recommended it, have it next to your keyboard, gave it to a friend, never looked at it, read front to back, read specific parts, etc..
I got "Refactoring" and to be honest, other than reading the inspiring first chapter haven't used it much. It did motivate me to spend three weeks to completely rewrite the horrible style handling code.
I also bought myself the other two books. "Effective C++" was my nightly reading for several weeks. I found it quite useful as I rewrote the style code. I also completely read "Tour of C++". I found it quite interesting (I can't wait until we can use C++11!) but I found it a bit superficial. I think the "C++ Programming Language" would have been more useful (years ago, I learned all about the STL using the 3rd edition and C++ in general from the 2nd edition).
I do think the book campaign was a great idea and would support it becoming a yearly thing.
Tav
Hi,
On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 00:28 +0200, Johan Engelen wrote: Could you give me some feedback on the book campaign?
I've started reading "Effective C++", but paused after the first half when I realized that my C++ knowledge was a bit old and somewhat rusty (well, I learned it in 1995, with pre-C++98 rules, and never really used it before contributing to Inkscape in 2008...). I'm currently reading "C++ Programming Language" from the beginning as if I were new to the language to fill the gaps before going back to "Effective C++". As I try to strictly follow the book (including all the training sections) it's consuming a noticeable amount of my free time dedicated to Inkscape, and I'm not as active on bugs as I would want to ;)
Cheers, -- Nicolas
On 6-6-2014 15:48, Nicolas Dufour wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 00:28 +0200, Johan Engelen wrote: Could you give me some feedback on the book campaign?
I've started reading "Effective C++", but paused after the first half when I realized that my C++ knowledge was a bit old and somewhat rusty (well, I learned it in 1995, with pre-C++98 rules, and never really used it before contributing to Inkscape in 2008...). I'm currently reading "C++ Programming Language" from the beginning as if I were new to the language to fill the gaps before going back to "Effective C++".
Mission accomplished ;-)
cheers, Johan
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