Posts about Books

This is the second of 2 Python book reviews. The book is Python Test Cookbook. This book is a very complete overview of all aspects of testing with Python. It starts out with simple unit tests,... more

I just finished reading Python 3 Web Development - Beginners Guide by Michel Anders and here is my book review.Michel Anders is no doubt a brilliant programmer. He has managed to go through HTML,... more

The kind folks at PacktPub are letting me review a couple of Python books. Hooray! They arePython 3 Web Development Beginner's GuidePython Testing CookbookLook for my reviews of them in the... more

I finished my copy of Getting Things Done by David Allen. Given how extremely influential this book was, it was a bit surprising that it wasn't more well written. My main problem with it is that it... more

I am reading "Free Culture" by Larry Lessig(it's to download free online), and I am learning a lot about the history of copyrights and how it came to be, and what were the original... more

I have finished reading Larry Lessig's Free Culture. Towards the end of the book, Lessig described in detail the battles he faced in court trying to overturn the Sonny Bono Act(which extended the... more

I've been reading Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg. This book is supposedly the new must read for software programmers. I am half way through it, but can't say I particularly like the book... more