(Part 3) Best personal computer books according to redditors
We found 155 Reddit comments discussing the best personal computer books. We ranked the 80 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
49. Practical Flutter: Improve your Mobile Development with Google’s Latest Open-Source SDK
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https://github.com/kivy/kivy is going strong. I ported a web app to a native 2button + list android app in 245 lines of code with flask and requests.
You can also use jnius to autoclass in any android java library. Kivy is well worth a try. A lot has happened in the last year.
There is actually a fresh book released a few days ago I'm looking to buy:
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Android-Python-Using-Studio/dp/1484250303
Some game development related books and articles that I went through the 90's.
It was probably a printer error, did you get this copy for free or via some non-retail channel?
I know one of the authors and he is the main dev behind bonescript, the TI project leader, and co-founder of the BeagleBone Foundation. I would definitely trust this book, it should be fairly comprehensive.
However I would also highly recommend Derek Molloy's Book.
https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-BeagleBone-Techniques-Building-Embedded/dp/1118935128/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
He provides a lot of additional content through his youtube channel and website.
http://derekmolloy.ie/
https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Seniors-Dummies-Nancy-Muir/dp/1119049555/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494575207&sr=8-1&keywords=computers+for+dummies
Co-Founder of 1SRC here....
I would recommend a late model Vx ultra slim on 3.5 with the original full size pocketable palm keyboard that was directly sold by palm if you are just getting started.
They are very very affordable and even slightly expandable. They are also fashionable and small enough to fit in a shirt pocket or purse.
Make sure you get the wired version of the keyboard and software to go with it.
Then head over to the mega dump (do a search here) and load it up.
The best thing about this setup is it won't irritate your check book and the V series unit alone on 3.5 is air gaped so you wont have to worry about anyone stealing your data. Then you can update it to 4.1 when YOU feel you are ready to take that step.
This is the best way to start, get a toe hold, and start moving forward.
Try and stay away from color devices for a while if you can.
This is also the same setup many resident doctors used at many major university medical centers throughout massachusetts for two decades.
I would also recommend this book by David Pogue
https://www.amazon.com/PalmPilot-Ultimate-Guide-Mastering-Organizers/dp/1565926005
Don't be afraid to buy parts "piecemeal" either. If you look around you can save even more money by purchasing the Vx unit separate from the dock (or you can get a travel cable instead of a dock to boot).
Enjoy your new years anna!
What you really need is Voodoo DOS
https://www.amazon.ca/Voodoo-DOS-Tips-Tricks-Attitude/dp/1566040469/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=voodoo+dos&qid=1563827578&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Have you fixed all the 50% of standard application scripting features that are totally missing, and fixed the vast number of incompatibilities with hundreds of scriptable applications yet?
Protip: If Scriptarian doesn't provide 100% of the features found in AppleScript and isn't at least 99.9% compatible across all the many hundreds of "AppleScriptable" apps currently available then it's not a "modern AppleScript alternative" at all, and has no business marketing itself as one either.
Right now its application scripting support isn't even half as complete or competent as Apple's own ScriptingBridge framework. ScriptingBridge is also unfit as a serious AppleScript, but at least it's free and comes in macOS as standard; no fees or installation required. Meantime, here's the current benchmark Scriptarian needs to at least equal in order to call itself a real AppleScript alternative. SwiftAutomation may not have the nice micro-editor to play around in, but it's free and open and—unlike Scriptarian—is written by someone (me) who actually knows how AppleScript Automation works.
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The last quarter-century of Mac history is littered with the corpses of wannabe AppleScript alternatives: Userland Frontier, Mac::Glue, aetools+gensuitemodule, JavaScriptOSA, aeve, PythonOSA, appscript (mine), RubyOSA, ScriptingBridge, JavaScript for Automation, and probably a few more I've long forgotten about. And the only ones amongst those that were any good were Frontier (which actually predated AppleScript itself) and appscript (which was also garbage at first, but eventually got it >99.9% right—just in time to be thrown away again after Apple pulled the rug from under it). If you didn't even bother to do your basic homework on why all these other projects ultimately failed before you dived in on your own, what makes you think you'll do the slightest bit better?
Meantime, I've been AppleScripting for 16 years, I've been writing AppleScript-quality automation libraries for Python, Ruby, ObjC, JS, and Swift for 13 years, I've worked as a professional automation developer for 8 years, and even lead-authored one of the best and most complete books on the subject, so I can tell you for free you don't have a clue what you're doing (nor—sadly, it appears—any interest in learning either).
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More importantly though, what makes you think you're justified in charging users $10 for the privilege of finding out for themselves that you don't know how this stuff works either?
You should at the very least have the good business manners to state on your sales page that you are happy to provide a full refund if a customer isn't satisfied. You refunded me when I requested it, which earns you back a degree of respect after your tragic TwitterHuff, but I think it goes without saying that I shouldn've have had to pay for a product that poor in the first place.
The best resource I've found is the Mac SysAdmins Slack group. Unfortunately, information is very sparse on MDM best practices. Everything is tied to Jamf, which is fine, but a lot of people (myself included) are using other MDM solutions because they better suit our needs. For example: We're a cloud based company. Everything is in Gsuite, and we're using a cloud-based IM solution (think Okta / Jumpcloud). The solution we chose isn't Jamf.
A book is coming out next year that seems vendor netural. I highly recommend you buy it. https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Device-Management-Managing-AppleTVs/dp/1484253876
I'm a C# dev and I found this book useful Pro TypeScript: Application-Scale JavaScript Development https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1484232488/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_aCn3AbXHX24T6
If you are a visual learner then I would strongly recommend to go with Angela Yu's Flutter Bootcamp course, it's amazingly well made even if you are beginner.
If you want to dive more deeper then you should definitely buy Maximilian's Udemy Course, it's very detailed and you will learn a lot.
If you like book then there is Practical Flutter by Frank (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1484249712/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_X9XEDbM8H4CG9 ) which is available right now. It is project based and quite good.
And not to forget flutter official documentation.
But if you really want to master Flutter then there is no other substitute other than choosing your own project and building it while going through stack of documentation, Stackoverflow answers and blog posts.
Good luck, Flutter is awesome.
A middle ground is to have the developers write the Robot DSL and you write the tests using the DSL. It sounds nice, but not sure how many successes there have been with this approach. For more information:
https://jakewharton.com/testing-robots/
A book on Espresso from QA (not developer) perspective:
https://www.amazon.com/Android-Espresso-Revealed-Writing-Automated/dp/1484243145
My New iPad 2: A User's Guide
Gotcha. Thanks for that info. I went with this book.
This book is really a great resource.
I had my Mom read it and my co-worker and it helped them both out a lot. I wish something like it was around when I made the change years ago now.
But you really should get a handle on programming in general before you start. Objective C (the language used to make iOS apps) is not the easiest to learn. Perhaps try writing some programs in python?
Also, if she wants something a little more in depth, I recommend David Pogue's "Switching to the Mac". It has a lot of valuable info for a switcher, some people like to have a book to reference, and he is an amusing writer. :)
You can pick it up used for under $10 on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Switching-Mac-Missing-Mountain-Edition/dp/1449330290
>As a layman, do you have a way that I may be able to use as far as learning some of these things? How do I begin? What is a good source?
Help with learning computers?
If you want to learn about computers I'd recommend this book. They use it in my college's equivalent of computer 101. Very accessible, easy to understand.
It's long as it's comprehensive, but you don't need to read it all cover to cover! When you see a section on like, how does hard drives or optical drives work with their explanations you can just skip that section if you're not interested. You could come back to it later if you want or read it then and there if you're curious. I will say as a bit of a tech person the exact way an optical disc is read or how platter drives read data has never come up. [Other than a brief why platter "spinny" hard drives are risker and slower than solid state hard drives.]
This edition is from 2012. Info still good although the sections talking about 'cutting edge' tech is not as cutting anymore, but that wouldn't matter for your purposes. 8-10$ for the book including SH.
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Computers-Today-Tomorrow-Comprehensive/dp/1133190243/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=
This edition is from 2014. The cutting edge sections are more cutting edge than 2012, but it still doesn't matter too heavily for your purposes. About $25 w/SH included.
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Computers-Today-Tomorrow-Comprehensive/dp/1285767276/
Here ya go
MySQL is not the natural database engine to pair with .NET on Windows. It's more likely you'll learn about MS SQL Server first.
http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Basic-NET-Black-Book/dp/157610835X