Posted by brian d foy on November 29, 2010
After I started writing this, which I’ve been working on off and on this month, the Safari To Go app disappeared from the US iTunes Store. I’ll update this review when the re-release fixes the issues involved. Some of the speed issues might be related to its apparent pre-release status. The Safari Books team alludes [...]
Posted by brian d foy on November 17, 2010
You can read Effective Perl Programming in the Safari Books Online mobile site, and it looks pretty nice. One of the advantages of Safari Books Online is that you don’t have to buy individual books. You have access to all of the books for a subscription fee. It’s even better if you get your company [...]
Posted by brian d foy on October 21, 2010
Amazon.com gives out for free the first chapter of the Kindle version of Effective Perl Programming. The “first chapter” includes the front matter and up to half way through Item 6 in “The Basics of Perl”. There’s a Kindle application for most devices, including Android (anyone want to send an Android screenshot to go with [...]
Posted by brian d foy on August 6, 2010
We’re looking for some reader feedback. You can comment here, send us mail, reply on Twitter, skywrite your message in Chicago (please send us a link to that video in case we miss it), or come up to us at a conference. We’re thinking about writing an extra, bonus chapter of Effective Perl Programming for [...]
Posted by brian d foy on July 8, 2010
I just found out that Effective Perl Programming is available in digital formats through eBooks.com. They have a PDF version and an ePub version, each for $US31.99, which, sadly, is more than the hard-copy price of $US26.39 on Amazon.com and the Kindle price of $US17.59. They specifically list that these formats target Adobe Digital Editions, [...]
Posted by brian d foy on May 28, 2010
Here are some images from the Kindle version (on an iPad) of Effective Perl Programming. It doesn’t look bad considering how bad most other non-novels look on Kindle, and its readable. These are two non-consecutive pages: The paragraphs are nicely separated and it’s easier for you to see what is code and what isn’t. The [...]
Posted by brian d foy on May 23, 2010
Effective Perl Programming is now available in a Kindle edition: I bought it, not being a big fan of Kindle, and was surprised that it doesn’t look as bad as I thought it would on the Kindle app on the iPad (it looks similar on the iPhone and Kindle for Mac): There are some oddities, [...]