techbookreport.com

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Newest Review: ... to stump up £40 for a techie book it pays to do some research first... Aside from technical content, books are rated as to things like clarity, usefulness, target audience and so on. Good writing is highly rated, which is just as well since a lot of technical books seem to place so little emphasis on this. A big bonus of the site is that all reviews are categorised and indexed. This means ... more

... that if you are interested in Java, for example, then it's just a case of going to the Java index page to see a listing off all the Java-related books that have been reviewed. Other specialist areas include Software Methodologies, AI, Programming ...more

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techbookreport.com: Techie Book Revews (289 words)
by - written on 20/01/04 (Somewhat useful, 43 readings)
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This is a web site that is aimed firmly at the technically minded reader. This is the place to look for reviews of developer books, programming tools, tutorials, books on maths and stats, pop science and so on. While this might sound like a fairly limited scope, it does make the site well-focused. And the reviews are well-written and useful. If you're about to stump up £40 for a techie book it pays to do some research first... Aside from technical content, books are rated as to things like clarity, usefulness, target audience and so on. Good writing is highly rated, which is just as well since a lot of technical books seem to place so little emphasis on ... Read the complete review

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