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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) 1st Edition

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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks Seven Databases in Seven Weeks Seven Web Frameworks in Seven Weeks Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks Seven Mobile Apps in Seven Weeks
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks Seven Databases in Seven Weeks Seven Web Frameworks in Seven Weeks Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks Seven Mobile Apps in Seven Weeks
Subtitle A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages Languages That Are Shaping the Future A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement Adventures in Better Web Apps When Threads Unravel Native Apps, Multiple Platforms
Content Coverage Clojure, Haskell, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, and Ruby Lua, Factor, Elixir, Elm, Julia, MiniKanren, and Idris Redis, Neo4J, CouchDB, MongoDB, HBase, Postgres and DynamoDB Sinatra, CanJS, AngularJS, Ring, Webmachine, Yesod, and Immutant Threads & locks, functional programming, separating identity & state, actors, sequential processes, data parallelism, and the lambda architecture iOS, Android, Windows, RubyMotion, React Native, and Xamarin

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""I have been programming for 25 years in a variety of hardware and software languages. After reading Seven Languages in Seven Weeks, I am starting to understand how to evaluate languages for their objective strengths and weaknesses. More importantly, I feel as if I could pick one of them to actually get some work done.""--Chris Kappler, Senior scientist Raytheon, BBN Technologies

""I spent most of my time as a computer sciences student saying I didn't want to be a software developer and then became one anyway. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks expanded my way of thinking about problems and reminded me what I love about programming.""--Travis Kaspar, Software engineer, Northrop Grumman

""Do you want seven kick starts into learning your "language of the year"? Do you want your thinking challenged about programming in general? Look no further than this book. I personally was taken back in time to my undergraduate computer science days, coasting through my programming languages survey course. The difference is that Bruce won't let you coast through this course! This isn't a leisurely read--you'll have to work this book. I believe you'll find it both mindblowing and intensely practical at the same time.""--Matt Stine Group leader, Research Application Development, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

About the Author

Bruce Tate runs RapidRed, an Austin, TX-based practice that consults on lightweight development in Ruby. Previously he worked at IBM in roles ranging from a database systems programmer to Java consultant. He left IBM to work for several startups in roles ranging from Client Solutions Director to CTO. He speaks internationally and is the author of more than ten books, including From Java to Ruby, Deploying Rails Applications, the best-selling Bitter series, Beyond Java, and the Jolt-winning Better, Faster, Lighter Java.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pragmatic Bookshelf; 1st edition (November 30, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 193435659X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934356593
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.51 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.2 x 9.25 inches
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I started in this industry back in 1985, as a co-op with IBM in Austin. I joined IBM full time in 1987, and spent 13 years with them. I later left to join a startup, and ultimately started my own business where I focus on helping customers build software with lightweight technologies.

I've been writing technical books for more than 10 years now, with the last 7 coming since 2000. I write for the love of the craft.

Others have told me that my fundamental strength as an author is the ability to quickly recognize emerging trends. I do tend to find emerging frameworks just as they become popular, and that skill is a mixed blessing that--combined with my complete lack of political tact--gets me in trouble sometimes, as it did with Bitter Java (Java is too hard), Beyond Java (Java is not going to last forever), and most recently, From Java to Ruby: Things Every Manager should Know (there's a better language for some problems, but our managers don't know it yet.)

My promise to you is this: I will always seek to find better ways to do things, and will work hard to tell you the truth, without regard for any notion of political correctness. Thanks for reading.

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