The Devlineator

I just got done reading “Being Geek”. It is awesome. I would recommend it to any geek that it is the business of IT.

Product: Being Geek by O'Reilly Media

Awesome Handbook

Pros:

Easy to understand, Accurate, Enjoyable, Concise, Well-written

Best Uses:

Novice, Expert, Student, Intermediate

Describe Yourself:

Designer, Educator, Developer, Maker, Sys Admin

This is going to be a book that I have dog-eared, worn-covered, and close at hand. The interview personality section and the offer negotiation sections were incredibly helpful. The conversational style of the writing makes it a very easy read. I found that I was enjoying reading it and laughing and things like the bridge game. I got this book for writing another review and I have to say that it is an awesome find.

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jQuery Cookbook by O'Reilly Media

Pro. Dev take on the book

by Devlin Liles from Springdale, AR on 8/3/2010

Pros:

Well Organized, Well-written, Concise, Accurate, Helpful examples, Easy to understand

Best Uses:

Expert, Intermediate

Describe Yourself:

Developer

I have been a professional developer for 4 years now mainly focused in the windows services and back ground communication pipelines. I was asked to pick up support for an app written with a lot of jQuery. I was given "jQuery Cookbook" by a friend and I fell in love. It is straight into the meat. Normally I have to wait 2-4 chapters before the useful stuff gets going and with the cookbook I was diving in right away. I haven't written any jQuery before reading the book but I did understand javascript and the DOM. With that foreknowledge the book made jQuery so amazingly easy. I could not have picked up jQuery in 2 short weeks without this book. I recommend this book to any professional developer that is looking to add jQuery to their skill set.

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