Dunno why I'm posting this one, but what the heck?
One of the things I've been doing for several years now is being a moderator for this site. Occasionally, someone will join who is eager to join the ranks of moderators. Other times, we grow enough where we need to add one or two more members to our ranks. Regardless, there seems to be no awareness that being a good moderator and being a good member of the forum are completely different things.
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Welcome to a book I will never recommend to someone who wants to start learning how to program with Java: http://www.amazon.com/Java-Complete-...2920795&sr=1-2 . This books is a great example of how you will change the types of books you want for learning as you progress. Before you say, "great, he finally found a sucky book," please understand that it's very good. Let me explain.
When you start learning how to
I've run into something recently, and it's started me wondering: is using a wiki a skill that isn't normally taught?
For reference, I've posted on around 4 different wikis, including MediaWiki (private server), Hatta Wiki, and TiddlyWiki. In each case, after poking around at documentation on formatting markup, I've quickly started using it to organize my thoughts, track various types of information, and generally increase my productivity and organization. I find them to be wonderful
One of the questions that gets asked a LOT on this forum is, "How much math do you need to know to be a good programmer?" The general consensus is usually something along the lines of, "Some algebra, but more always helps." As a mathematician, I never really like that answer, because I know there is so much more that it is good for programmers to be aware of.
I picked up Data Analysis: with Open Source Tools about 9 months ago, and have been reading it steadily since then (I keep
In case you didn't guess, this "programming" book is actually a project management book, focussing on managing software projects. So, should you bother with this book? I mean, most people reading this want write software, not manage it, right? There's a few things that make it a worthwhile read. I'll break these down into a few categories, depending on where your programming career may be.
1) You work as a programmer for a company. This will give you an idea of what the project
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