Whoa, man. I loved this book for the pure thrill I got reading it. It plays out just like a movie would. In fact, this is one book that I would pay to see a movie for.
I can't wait for the next book… I hear it'll be out on 2010.
A pretty good book, with some decent examples. Unfortunately, like, half the book is boilerplate text ("here's the code, type it into a text editor like Notepad, ya-da-ya-da"). I'd prefer they include less boilerplate and more examples.
Other than that, not bad. It's certainly helping me get a grasp on jQuery. Worth perhaps $5 if you find it used, and you're a jQuery-newbie like I am.
I sure hope the TV series is better than the book. I'm not a big fan of it. There's a ton of debate about free will vs. predetermined futures; practically too much. The book is dripping with it. I understand it's an interesting debate, perhaps an important one, but half the book has been going on with the same characters driving home the same points.
There's been no development in the characters at all. They're all just static, uninteresting. I'll finish the book until the end to say I've finished it, and I may watch the pilot, but I'm not expecting a whole lot.
For me, the Dexter books don't disappoint, and this is no exception (despite Lindsay's decision to include supernatural forces in the book). I can't wait for Dexter by Design.
Writing Python is fun, and keeping everything in Python limits the number of times your brain has to do a “context switch.” It helps productivity if you keep yourself in a single programming environment/mentality for as long as possible. Having to write SQL, then Python, and then SQL again is disruptive.
Wasn't really a big fan of Lindsay's decision to include 'supernatural forces' in this book. Apart from that, though, the book is quite good so far.
A great Dummies book, and a real life saver for a class I've been in. Highly recommended if you need to know the basics of PL/SQL.
This book is damn handy; it's saved me more than twice in my SQL classes (when the other book didn't explain something clearly) and it's also rescued me in my other programming classes (C#, for instance). Highly recommended. And it fits in my little laptop bag, too.
The first few chapters were good, but once I got to the chapter on the Admin interface, almost all of the code was out of date (I'm using the latest SVN trunk of Django). Luckily, some of the new Admin code was online at http://djangoproject.com/, and I was able to piece the chapter together. Still, it was a real pain. Here's to hoping the rest of the book isn't as rough, and that it gets updated soon.
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This book is very good, but the first edition is really to old. The Django Book can be found online and the first chapters of edition two are ready (as I’m writing this, there is chapter 1-3, so chapter 6 isn’t ready yet).