Originally posted by Ali Pope:
I've finished reading the Developer's Notebook, and even if I consider it a good book I think it is only for start up.
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I hope the author will not be angry on my opinion :-).
I don't think the author will be. From O'Reilly's website on the Developer's Notebook series:
The Developer's Notebook series is for early adopters of leading-edge technologies who want to get up to speed quickly on what they can do now with emerging technologies. If you're a coder down to your core, and just want to get on with the job, then you want a Developer's Notebook. Coffee stains and all, these books are from the minds of developers to yours, barely cleaned up enough for print.
Seems to me to say that they're for folks who want to be on the bleeding edge of emerging technologies, kind of quick-start manuals for the more technically adept. That said, I'm looking forward to getting my copy for the exact reason you mentioned - that it'll be a good starting point towards using it.