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Beginning Linux Programming |
Author: Neil Matthew
Published: 2007-11-05 |
List price: $39.99
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 Excellent coverage of all bases
This book is an excellent place to start with programming in the Linux environment. Its a good overview of all bases in the Linux environment, it takes every major topic in Linux programming and gives the reader a good foundation and gives enough information to help the reader know where to go from there. If you are new to Linux programming and not sure where to start, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU.
 A Big Disappointment
I have about 3 years of working with Visual Basic under Windows as a hobbyist and have been using K/Ubuntu for about a year and half at home. I wanted to get back in writing some simple GUIs for personal use and this book appeared to be the perfect match.
There just isn't any help available if you get jammed up while trying to write, compile and run your programs. Absolutely not enough detail for a newbie to get up and running. I never could get the simplest GUI programs toward the end of the book to run with GTK. Since the title states it is "Beginning" Linux Programming a little hand holding & places for help is expected. I know my problem was no doubt caused by not having the proper things loaded with Synaptic but I had no idea of what to do. After futzing with it for a week, I finally cut my losses and chucked the book in the trash.
A non-beginner would not have my trouble, no doubt, but I am a beginner. I have since been playing with wxWidgets and have had much more success.
I do guess there are NO books out there for beginners wishing to do simple apps with Linux. In general, most Linux programming books & web sites are very poor compared to what is available for Windows.
 Really a good book for begginner
Well the book is self explanotary and helps a new bee to understand easly the concepts of linux programmming
Great book
I bought this book 1996 when I was in high school. It was challenging, and now when I returned to it in 2006, I realize how much I skipped on my 96' reading. The great thing with this book (at least the 96 edition) is that is has such a nice flow. You will learn the concepts of Unix programming, introduced in a perfect order and pace.
The source code compiles with no problems.
 Not worth it
As a true beginner, I had a lot of trouble understanding the concepts in the book. It did not give nearly as many examples as were necessary nor was the presentation beginner friendly. I wouldn't recommend this book... unfortunately, I don't know of a good alternative.
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