Did you know that Aristotle believed that zero was not a number? Mark Chu-Cargives us a “zero” history lesson:
https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/the-history-of-zero-b47b2dc0364e
Pick up his book at 50% off with code SPRING2023 through midnight ET on June 1, 2023 and fall in love with math:
Are you planning to take a technical certification exam? Ricardo Gerardi @rgerardi has some tips:
https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/five-tips-for-technical-certification-exams-9fee6fb24cdd
Ricardo’s book:
Catch up on articles from The Pragmatic Programmers with our May Medium newsletter:
https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/may-in-review-d125814d71e9
Stephen Bussey @sb8244 wrote the book he wished he had when moving from Ruby to Elixir. Today we are celebrating the beta release!
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Explore some Elixir processes with Stephen Bussey in this excerpt from his new book, From Ruby to Elixir (now in beta).
Pick up the ebook:
Ken Kousen @kenkousen explains why Mockito’s ArgumentMatchers class needs an eq method in this article on Medium.
Pick up the book:
#book-mockito-made-clear #java #testing #tdd
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Mike Riley @mriley talks about inspiring tech today on Medium.
Mike’s book:
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From the PragPub archives June 2016, Antonio Cangiano @antonio offers new programmers some tips.
What do you think–still good advice? What would you add?
Antonio’s classic book on technical blogging:
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Have you ever faced writer’s block? Here are some tips for overcoming it from Antonio Cangiano’s book, Technical Blogging, Second Edition.
The book:
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An article on helpful Git aliases from author Ricardo Gerardi @rgerardi.
Ricardo’s book:
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#git #programming #book-powerful-command-line-applications-in-go
Today on Medium, “Compiling Your Go Application for Containers,” an excerpt from Powerful Command-Line Applications in Go by Ricardo Gerardi @rgerardi.
Buy the book:
#programming #go #book-powerful-command-line-applications-in-go
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Are you ready for another programming-related Wordoku puzzle?
The clue is: When you rearrange the nine distinct letters in the puzzle, you’ll have a term related to a kind of curve that is always open and never touches itself.
If you enjoy puzzles, here are some PragProg books you may like:
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Recent articles:
Taming a Silly Generic Warning: Unlocking Mockito’s mock() Method by Ken Kousen @kenkousen
Add Filters to Make Charts Interactive: An excerpt from Programming Phoenix LiveView by Bruce A. Tate @redrapids and Sophie DeBenedetto @SophieDeBenedetto
The Secret to Productivity from Across the Globe: Letter to a Young Student in China by Staffan Nöteberg @staffannoteberg
#programming #elixir #java #books
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Ready for summer reading to bolster your programming skills? Here’s what’s new in 2023 at The Pragmatic Bookshelf.
See if you can decipher today’s Wordoku puzzle, which features a word related to turning high-level code into machine code:
More brain building puzzles (but with numbers) in Erica Sadun’s @Erica book:
From the PragPub archives, March 2018, @redrapids challenges readers to engage in conversations and to mentor others.
After reading the article, head to the spotlight and AMA and post a question for Bruce:
By posting a question, you’ll be entered to win a copy of Programming Phoenix LiveView.
You can save 35 percent on any of Bruce’s ebooks by using promo code d e v t a l k . c o m at checkout.
Yesterday, a gem from the PragPub archives on getting past advanced beginner stage by Andy Hunt.
Today on Medium, we are celebrating the beta release of the second edition of Your Code as a Crime Scene by Adam Tornhill.
