Practical IDL Programming (Paperback)

~ Liam E. Gumley (Author)
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“…Valuable and long overdue book…. Practical IDL Programming serves as a useful tutorial, source of examples, and reference for those wishing to learn or to master IDL. It gives me great pleasure to recommend this book to you.” -- David Stern, Founder, Research Systems Incorporated, creator of IDL language (from the book’s foreword) -- Review

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"Precisely the book I wished to have available when I first learned IDL"
—Martin Schultz, Max Planck Institut fuer Meteorologie

"A well presented explanation of the practical application of IDL"
—Paul van Delst, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"A fantastic achievement for maintaining a nice balance for beginners and advanced users"
—Nick Bower, Curtin University of Technology

"On behalf of Research Systems Incorporated and the community of IDL users and programmers, I would like to thank Liam Gumley for writing this valuable and long overdue book. Practical IDL Programming serves as a useful tutorial, source of examples, and reference for those wishing to learn or master IDL. It gives me great pleasure to recommend this book to you."
—From the Forward by David Stern, Founder, Research Systems Incorporated

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Product Details

• Paperback: 508 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1st edition (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558607005
• ISBN-13: 978-1558607002
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #500,047 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent practical guide to IDL, February 5, 2003

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If you're like me, you've probably been confused at times by the semantics of IDL. I've been using IDL for several years now and I still run into obstacles every now and then. What I needed was a book that went through the basics first (like a C or Fortran book) and then covered the really practical stuff like plotting, imaging, saving output etc. Liam Gumley has done a great job here in showing the reader how to put IDL to work. I also own Dave Fanning's book, and the two books complement each other nicely. However I'd have to give the edge to Practical IDL Programming for it's clear and straightforward explanation of IDL fundamentals, and for very clear and well explained example programs, many of which I now use every day.