Slashdot: Book ReviewsNews for nerds, stuff that mattersThe Definitive ANTLR Reference- May 28, 2008 Joe Kauzlarich writes "Finally, someone has done us all the great service of publishing a book about the second most well-known compiler compiler, Terence Parr's Antlr, and it was written, moreover, by Parr himself and published as part of the somewhat-usually-reliable Pragmatic Bookshelf series. Take note, while it requires a JVM to run, Antlr is not just for Java developers; it generates compilers in Python, Ruby, C, C++, C and Objective-C. Also note that this book is more than just an...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/300020783/article.pl Practical Rails Projects- May 21, 2008 Sean Cribbs writes "There are many beginning and advanced Ruby on Rails books available, from the authoritative Agile Web Development with Rails to the cookbook-style Rails Recipes. However, healthy guidance for intermediate-level developers is lacking at best. Ironically, this is the most crucial stage in the process of becoming proficient with Rails because one must begin to learn why, not just how. Eldon Alameda's Practical Rails Projects effectively fills that gap. I know Alameda from our...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/295261514/article.pl Linux Networking Cookbook- May 19, 2008 dinotrac writes "Somebody special is coming over for dinner. You're not a chef, but you can cook well enough to get by, so you grab your best cookbook and get to work. That's the idea behind O'Reilly's Linux Networking Cookbook, by Carla Schroder. Carla has gathered a group of networking recipes that a reasonably Linux-savvy reader can use to address network needs like a seasoned sysadmin. If you want to find out how to hook your Linux workstation to a LAN, get another book. If you are...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/293687643/article.pl Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5- May 14, 2008 Michael J. Ross writes "Web developers are oftentimes under pressure to build attractive sites as quickly as possible, and thus they are increasingly making use of content management systems (CMSs), which offer most of the functionality typically needed in a site, such as user authentication, site-wide styling, and of course managing content contributed by site owners and users. Joomla is an extremely popular and heavily-used CMS, partly because it is one of the easiest to install, configure,...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/290354314/article.pl Terrorist Recognition Handbook- May 7, 2008 Ben Rothke writes "There are two types of writers about terrorism, experts such as Daniel Pipes and Steven Emerson who write from a distance and others that write graphic tales of first-hand from the trenches war stories. Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Practitioner's Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activities, is unique in that author Malcolm Nance is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community and writes from a first hand-perspective, but with the organization and...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/285557712/article.pl Second Person- May 5, 2008 Aeonite writes "As we all learned in English class, there are three points of view one can employ when writing: first person ("I learned"), second person ("You learned"), and third person ("He learned"). You are about to read a review of Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media, a book that addresses the use of second-person narration in games and related media. You are also likely to be eaten by a Grue." Read below for the rest of Michael's review.Read more of this...http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotBookReviews/~3/284106183/article.pl |