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Safari Books On line (English version)
Jul 1st
After a long experience with O’Reilly, we decided to try their service “Safari Books Online”. This article will explore the pros and cons of this courageous service, which we believe will give you many satisfactions.
La versione italiana di questo articolo è disponibile a questo link.
Clojure Review
Feb 6th
This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Programming Languages
Book review by Stefano Fago: This book introduce one of most interesting language of new wave of functional programming. You will find a complete overview of clojure language focusing in functional paradigm that can be the real obstacle for a standard developer. The author try to follow you on learning different subject with a lot of examples but sometimes it need more reflection and time to master some arguments and a syntax that may seems obscure. The book is a good starting point to introduce you to a new More >
Erlang Book Review
Jul 19th
This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Programming Languages
After reading an interesting article on Erlang and Java interoperability, I have decided to dedicate my spare time to Erlang.
O’Reilly has just published a wonderful book on Erlang, so I decided to dive into it.
Producing Open Source Software
Apr 17th
Some times ago I have the lucky to read “Producing Open Source Software“:
[...] a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software. The book is released under an open copyright: it is available in bookstores and from the publisher (O’Reilly Media), or you can browse or download it [...]
Valuable parts, which we suggest to read:
Open source is a value, especially here in Italy, where the small consulting firms have no time/ no hope of developing strong commercial reality.
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Gomorra di Saviano
Jun 30th
Ho appena finito di leggere il libro “Gomorra” di Roberto Saviano, preferendolo al film. Il testo è denso, e in alcuni punti leggermente frammentario. “Gomorra” però è un ottimo esempio di quel giornalismo sul campo, fatto da un giovane ragazzo (Saviano è nato nel 1979) che non si accontenta e arriva fino nel cuore della realtà in cui vive. E’ un tipo di giornalismo che ricorda molto Enzo Biagi, e che fa additato come esempio ai giovani scrittori di oggi come di domani.
All’inizio non avevo molta voglia di leggere “Gomorra”, perché pensavo dicesse le solite cose che si sanno sulla More >
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