| Re: Object Graphics Book. [message #31996 is a reply to message #31990] |
Wed, 04 September 2002 10:00   |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Matt Savoie writes:
> I'm looking for feedback on Ronn Kling's new book _Power Graphics with IDL_.
> I've been to the web site, and looked at the table of contents, but I'm just
> a bit hesitant to drop the money with out touching the product.
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> I'd really like to hear how it improved or didn't improve your understanding
> of object graphics. So far I've just plugged away using _Objects & Object
> Graphics_. Which is so... Let's just say there is no author listed.
Ronn's book is sub-titled "A Beginners Guide to IDL Object Graphics",
and it is really just that. If you are just starting out on this
difficult topic, probably teaching yourself about 3D graphics as
you go, then this book can be an invaluable reference. If you
follow his advice you will at least see *something* in your
graphics window, and if you read carefully you might even
understand *why* you see something. (You are not likely to learn
this from the IDL documentation, unless you plan on shedding a lot
of blood.)
It is not (and doesn't claim to be) a book about writing
good object-oriented programs. That book is still to be
written, I guess. :-)
Bottom line, if you are starting out with object graphics
and are frustrated beyond belief and don't know where to
turn, this is the book for you. If you are just frustrated
writing object graphics programs...well, that's pretty much
par for the course. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say fifty well-spent dollars can often improve
the quality of your life immeasurably.
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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