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Highly recommended
Outstanding. I kept finding reasons to come back to it.
This is the third book I have read on game programming this year, and it is comfortably the best of them. A few of the examples could be more realistic, but the underlying points come across clearly. There is a section near the end that ties several earlier ideas together in a way I had not seen before. This is the book I wish had existed when I started working with game programming.
Genuinely excellent — I finished it in a week and immediately started again.
I have been working with data visualization for a few years now and I still found plenty here that was new to me. The chapters on data visualization are the strongest — the examples are stripped down but complete, and I could follow along without constant guessing. A few of the examples could be more realistic, but the underlying points come across clearly. I found myself making notes in the margins, which is always a good sign. An easy five stars from me. I look forward to whatever the author writes next.
Good value. Not perfect, but I would buy another book from this author.
I came to this book already familiar with the basics, and it still had plenty to offer. The author avoids over-explaining, which keeps the pace up but means you need to pay attention. I found myself making notes in the margins, which is always a good sign. Recommended, with the caveat that it is not a gentle introduction.
Good value. Not perfect, but I would buy another book from this author.
This is the third book I have read on javascript this year, and it is comfortably the best of them. The author avoids over-explaining, which keeps the pace up but means you need to pay attention. The examples are small enough to type out and experiment with, which is exactly what I want from a book like this. Some of the material is available elsewhere, but rarely presented this clearly. Four stars, and I suspect a second edition could easily push it to five.
Strong content, uneven pacing. I would still recommend it.
I had been on the fence about this one for a while, and I should have bought it sooner. I appreciated the honesty about what the book does not cover — it saved me from expecting things that were not there. The author avoids over-explaining, which keeps the pace up but means you need to pay attention. Recommended, with the caveat that it is not a gentle introduction.
