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Re: Question about IDL books [message #47348 is a reply to message #47295]

Tue, 07 February 2006 09:38

David Fanning
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pimpk24@hotmail.com writes:

> is your book written in a way that caters to people totally new to idl,
> or does it presume some knowledge in order to get the most out of it?
>
> and the same for Liam's (if you know)

My book caters to people totally new to IDL, but
probably familiar with some programming language.
It is not an "intro to programming" book. (If you
are interested in something like this, I can recommend
Ken Bowmann's new book, An Introduction to Programming
with IDL.) I've used my book for years in all my
introductory and intermediate IDL classes.

Liam's book is better written if you like a structured
approach to programming. I'm too impatient for long
discussions about "data types". "See it, do it," is my
motto. :-)

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		Question about IDL books By: pimpk24 on Sun, 05 February 2006 09:44
		Re: Question about IDL books By: Benjamin Hornberger on Tue, 07 February 2006 11:21
		Re: Question about IDL books By: David Fanning on Tue, 07 February 2006 09:38
		Re: Question about IDL books By: liamgumley on Tue, 07 February 2006 09:36
		Re: Question about IDL books By: liamgumley on Tue, 07 February 2006 09:34
		Re: Question about IDL books By: pimpk24 on Tue, 07 February 2006 09:30
		Re: Question about IDL books By: David Fanning on Mon, 06 February 2006 06:21
		Re: Question about IDL books By: Peter Clinch on Mon, 06 February 2006 02:03
		Re: Question about IDL books By: David Fanning on Sun, 05 February 2006 13:52
		Re: Question about IDL books By: David Fanning on Sun, 05 February 2006 13:40
		Re: Question about IDL books By: pimpk24 on Sun, 05 February 2006 13:18
		Re: Question about IDL books By: David Fanning on Sun, 05 February 2006 12:01

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