Good mag, but more for a niche market. (Dr. Dobb's - Magazine)

Member Name: MrClyfar

Product:	Dr. Dobb's - Magazine
Date:	10/10/01 (35 review reads)
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Advantages: In depth, Extensive

Disadvantages: Niche topics, Certainly not for everyone!

I bought a few issues of this magazine a year or two ago and found it very interesting, although the majority of the topics covered were unique.

Every month the main topic of discussion ranges from security to C++ programming, so each month will focus on the subject in detail with source code covering the examples described.
The thing is that I found myself saying 'When will I ever need this stuff, what's this for?'. Coming from a VB/Win32 background, a lot of what I was reading was new to me. This is good because these topics are given exposure to programmers who might never read about htem any other way. For example I found the issue on object-oriented programming very interesting indeed. There were discussions on UML and class relationships. Not having OO capabilities in VB means that many VB programmers are unaware of the techniques and ideas listed in that issue, but these could still prove useful.

So overall I would say that this magazine is worth buying only if that particualr monthly edition covers a topic that you are interested in - as each month is different. What you'll get in return is in-depth articles covering very complex to not so difficult topics that might introduce some new ideas into your reportoire.

This is not a magazine to buy if your looking for VB programming though!

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