How do you Strengthen Your Knowledge?
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
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I used to buy related books every month. I used to subscribe to WDJ/MSDN. Now being lazy, i just rely on CP articles and lounge gossip. :rolleyes:
Weiye Chen Time may have changed my life, but my heart remains the same to you... Time may have changed my heart, but my love for you never change...
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Oops I forgot about CP :)
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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I used to buy related books every month. I used to subscribe to WDJ/MSDN. Now being lazy, i just rely on CP articles and lounge gossip. :rolleyes:
Weiye Chen Time may have changed my life, but my heart remains the same to you... Time may have changed my heart, but my love for you never change...
I too :)
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
Sarath. wrote:
How you are used to increase your knowledge?
Learn by doing,msdn & codeproject (and a few e-books)
Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
CodeProject, obviously, but also blogs, language specific sites, newsgroups, and I also buy a few books, which my company will pay for if they're relevant. I recently purchased Exceptional C++ and More Exceptional C++ by Herb Sutter for example. Now I just need some time to read them! :)
Kicking squealing Gucci little piggy.
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Oops I forgot about CP :)
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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CodeProject, obviously, but also blogs, language specific sites, newsgroups, and I also buy a few books, which my company will pay for if they're relevant. I recently purchased Exceptional C++ and More Exceptional C++ by Herb Sutter for example. Now I just need some time to read them! :)
Kicking squealing Gucci little piggy.
The name resembles Effective C++ and More Effective C++. How do you rate those books?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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The name resembles Effective C++ and More Effective C++. How do you rate those books?
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
Sarath. wrote:
The name resembles Effective C++ and More Effective C++. How do you rate those books?
Very highly. I have a lot of time for Scott Meyers. However, people seem to get very "religious" about which C++ "guru" they follow and forget that these books are just guidelines and though many of the things they recommend are very good practice, there are always exceptions to these rules. :) I actually have the HTML version of both Effective C++ and More Effective C++, and find I use this format more than the printed copies (which I often forget to carry around - I work from home a lot of the time and tend to forget them). BTW, I also have Effective STL which is also highly recommended.
Kicking squealing Gucci little piggy.
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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Sarath. wrote:
The name resembles Effective C++ and More Effective C++. How do you rate those books?
Very highly. I have a lot of time for Scott Meyers. However, people seem to get very "religious" about which C++ "guru" they follow and forget that these books are just guidelines and though many of the things they recommend are very good practice, there are always exceptions to these rules. :) I actually have the HTML version of both Effective C++ and More Effective C++, and find I use this format more than the printed copies (which I often forget to carry around - I work from home a lot of the time and tend to forget them). BTW, I also have Effective STL which is also highly recommended.
Kicking squealing Gucci little piggy.
Rob Caldecott wrote:
I also have Effective STL which is also highly recommended.
I never read that
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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Meditation.
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs
norm .net wrote:
Meditation.
That is the best way I guess.:)
Abhishek It is impossible to change your past. But it is very possible to ruin your present by worring about the future. -Chankya
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
Generally I don’t read more than I need to do the job at hand. If I ever have time, I just go about reading whatever interests me. Not necessarily to do anything with programming. :)
Abhishek It is impossible to change your past. But it is very possible to ruin your present by worring about the future. -Chankya
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
I buy a lot of books, I typically read something tech in bed at night, and if I am travelling ( although this trip I am more working on the notebook during flights )
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
Sarath. wrote:
How you are used to increase your knowledge?
For programming, by doing. Reading just doesn't cut it for me. I have to put stuff into practice to really know it. Other stuff, well, I basically just read Science News and take it from there when something is interesting. And quite frankly, I learn a lot of stuff just visiting the lounge every day! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
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How you are used to increase your knowledge? Online articles, books, magazines, periodicals or the latest trend blogs? I used to read the some technical blogs related to C++ and MFC. I used to read books but I don’t have the collection of the books which describes on the latest technologies. Still my old books are worth reading like effective C++ and code complete. I’m a regular reader of MSDN Magazine ( online ) and msdn itself. I also used to read Dr.Dobb’s Journals. The great wikipedia also helps me alot
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern
While you can pick up a lot from reading (articles, books, blogs, whatever), it won't really stick until you put it into practice. One of the big problems that I have found is that there is a lot of stuff out there that is not particularly good. It seems that, nowadays, any idiot can post simplistic solutions to simplistic problems. I've found that the best way to learn is to read about something, and then try to do it using realistic examples. I remember the old Wrox press books that used to have a form with a big button in the middle that said "Click Me". Where is the real world use for that? How does this teach me to make an application that is usable? - Sorry rant over... Anyhoo - read it, then try it. Be prepared to do the same thing in six or seven different ways as you find better ways to do it. OT - but have you noticed how many people in the lounge read a lot of science texts? It seems that you can't have an interest in computing without being a bit of a science geek:-D
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Sarath. wrote:
How you are used to increase your knowledge?
For programming, by doing. Reading just doesn't cut it for me. I have to put stuff into practice to really know it. Other stuff, well, I basically just read Science News and take it from there when something is interesting. And quite frankly, I learn a lot of stuff just visiting the lounge every day! Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithMarc Clifton wrote:
And quite frankly, I learn a lot of stuff just visiting the lounge every day!
It's really worth in participating some technical and non-technical communities. technical communities worth for technical learning of new things or it can fill the gap in our knowledge while non-technical communities are really giving many inputs for our day-to-day life. It's really a combination of cultures, style, expression which we can choose in between. Even I used to read you posts which always increasing my vocabulary.
-Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin
My blog - Sharing My Thoughts, An Article - Understanding Statepattern