Sorry, when I say "online", I mean "on disk". I can't believe I actually used that term. I see it a lot but it always gives me the wrong image. I'm just getting to use to using that term at work.

Anyways... I have a few books that contained a CD with a digital version of the entire book. This is very nice when trying to search for an idea and not just a keyword. (like you would using the index)

I have the entire "Inside Macintosh" series of books on CD. It uses a very nice engine that lets you make bookmarks, stickey notes, personal catalogs, and other cool things. It's very well laid out as well.

I also have some very good C++ books that has very good searching capabilities. It has samples of code with hyperlinks on each keyword and header file used in it. If the code contains "#include "math.h"" then I can click on the "math.h" part to get a list of all the components it contains. I can then click on one of those to get more detail.

I kinda hate Adobe Acrobat files though.

E:cb woof!

Edited by - dog135 on May 15, 2000 8:07:55 PM

I think that, for referance books, paperback is much better. Not only is it a lot easier carry around (to read), but it looks really cool when you''re reading a 350 page book on programming. It sounds a lot better than: "Hey, I just finished that 200K text last nite!" Know what I mean?

"Just remember, it''s not the fall that kills you, it''s the sudden stop."

Actually, I''ve never bragged to anyone about finishing a large book. Maybe that''s why I''ve a more practical look on it.

I don''t mean to sound mean, but, bragging about reading a book?? Are you one of those guys who reads through unnessesarily difficult to read books just so you can say you''ve read it?

E:cb woof!

If you had grown up where reading even one book (no matter what size) in your spare time would make you the odd guy in class, perhaps you''d feel a bit of pride when you finish a twelve hundred page book now and then. Some guys have muscle, some have books

Hmmmm, aparently no one has any idea hehehe

If you code it, they will come...

Commander M
http://commanderm.8m.com
cmndrm@commanderm.8m.com

I was the odd guy in class. I was the only one out of 4 siblings that graduated from HS. I was the only person in school that spent time before school, durring lunch, all of one class, and after school on the computers. I'd read through every programming book I could get as fast as I could get them.

Read a lot as a kid. Read the Bible a couple times too. (New King James version)

CmndrM: I don't know of any libraries, but I know of some code samples and such...


Programmer's Heaven (good one!)
Java Tutorial
File FormatsGeometry (Good 2D & 3D math/code here)

E:cb woof!

Edited by - dog135 on May 16, 2000 4:50:34 PM

So now you''ve bragged too.
Hey, no worries. I just happen to like big books. And it feels good when I''ve read one, like I''ve learned a lot.

www.informit.com is a good place as well, even though some of the books are a bit dated.