Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[jmh530 via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 at 01:02:28 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:


[snip]


Thanks for the reply.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[jmh530 via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 21:10:28 UTC, John Colvin wrote:


When you want to have control over the process of loading a 
library e.g. if you want it to be an optional dependency at 
runtime.


I've seen the example in the book. I'm just not sure why you 
would want an optional runtime dependency.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 20:32:57 UTC, jmh530 wrote:

I'm not sure when you would want to use dynamic bindings.


When you want to have control over the process of loading a 
library e.g. if you want it to be an optional dependency at 
runtime.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 22:00:32 UTC, jmh530 wrote:

On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 21:10:28 UTC, John Colvin wrote:


When you want to have control over the process of loading a 
library e.g. if you want it to be an optional dependency at 
runtime.


I've seen the example in the book. I'm just not sure why you 
would want an optional runtime dependency.


Anything in your application / library that relies on resources 
that may or may not be available on the user's system. E.g. 
plugins the user wants to load.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[jmh530 via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 17:21:24 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:


Thanks guys! That kind of feedback is a good Christmas present 
:)


I'm working through the book now. I'm liking it.

I'm on Chapter 9, which has the Connecting D with C material. At 
the beginning of the chapter you define some terms: dynamic vs. 
static linking, dynamic/static libraries, and dynamic/static 
binding. I think the way you explain these terms assumes that 
someone already has quite a bit of computing knowledge. I googled 
the dynamic/static library stuff and there are some simpler 
explanations online that I can understand. There's less material 
out there on dynamic/static bindings, the way you're talking 
about it. I think I get what you're saying about static bindings, 
but I'm not sure when you would want to use dynamic bindings.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 21:10:28 UTC, John Colvin wrote:

On Tuesday, 12 January 2016 at 20:32:57 UTC, jmh530 wrote:

I'm not sure when you would want to use dynamic bindings.


When you want to have control over the process of loading a 
library e.g. if you want it to be an optional dependency at 
runtime.


For me, the big benefit is that it eliminates the link-time 
dependency on the C library. I don't have to worry about whether 
the dev package is installed on Linux, or the COFF/OMF issues on 
Windows. Reducing dependencies like this makes avoids several 
potential build issues, something particularly good for open 
source projects. You can download the source for an SDL-based 
game, for example, and not worry about which version of the SDL 
development libraries you need to build it.


Another benefit is that the app doesn't need to fail if a 
particular version of a library is not available. For example, 
DerelictUtil, the library which provides the loader for all of 
the Derelict bindings, allows the ability to continue loading if 
certain functions are missing. You can choose to use those 
functions if present and fallback on something else if they 
aren't. If you've ever used OpenGL, you're probably already doing 
this. You can use version 4.x if it's available and fallback to 
3.x if it isn't; extensions are loaded on an as-needed and 
as-available basis. A dynamic binding allows this sort of 
behavior with any library.


One of the entries in, IIRC, Game Programming Gems 2, talked 
about solving the DLL Hell problem with dynamic loading. For me, 
it really just boils down to more convenient builds. I tend to 
prefer it over static or dynamic linking. In fact, dynamic 
linking doesn't even enter the picture for me in D. If I need a 
shared library, I'll just load it myself.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 19:09:22 UTC, Kingsley wrote:
On Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 17:58:52 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:


Really appreciate the attention to detail that went into it.


This is a fantastic book - thanks very much to Mike for all the 
effort and attention he put into the book :) - I have learned a 
lot from it.


Thanks guys! That kind of feedback is a good Christmas present :)

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Kingsley via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 17:58:52 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 06:17:17 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

[...]



Got "Learning D" as a present, still reading.

I must say I didn't expect to learn much after the D Cookbook 
or TDPL.

Wrong!

The content matches perfectly with the stuff I hadn't 
understood well enough.


Just like D it has a lot of value in small details, like "this" 
template parameters, detailing opEquals, details on align, DVM 
introduction...
The chapter on Ranges is extremely helpful and should help 
overcome my "range anxiety". Other chapter are similarly 
thorough on Voldemort types or slices.


Really appreciate the attention to detail that went into it.


This is a fantastic book - thanks very much to Mike for all the 
effort and attention he put into the book :) - I have learned a 
lot from it.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Guillaume Piolat via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 06:17:17 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable 
process, I wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on 
Nov 27. Today, I finally got that notification. Despite there 
already being a thread on the topic here in this forum, please 
forgive me for taking the opportunity to make my "official" 
announcement :)


'Learning D' is available from the publisher's website[1], 
where a sample[2] can also be viewed for those who want to try 
before they buy. It's also available from Amazon[3].



Got "Learning D" as a present, still reading.

I must say I didn't expect to learn much after the D Cookbook or 
TDPL.

Wrong!

The content matches perfectly with the stuff I hadn't understood 
well enough.


Just like D it has a lot of value in small details, like "this" 
template parameters, detailing opEquals, details on align, DVM 
introduction...
The chapter on Ranges is extremely helpful and should help 
overcome my "range anxiety". Other chapter are similarly thorough 
on Voldemort types or slices.


Really appreciate the attention to detail that went into it.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 13:14:32 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 11:26:42 UTC, Joakim wrote:


Is it just me or does the free sample link just show the first 
two paragraphs of each section, which are available for every 
section in the book?  Would be nice if a whole section or two 
were made available.


If you create an account, you can read more of it online. I 
realize not everyone would want to do that. There was a 
discussion about releasing Chapter 3 as a free sample and 
publishing Chapter 6 in the 'articles' section on their site. 
I've asked my editor what's going on with that, as I can't find 
any links for either.


OK, Chapter 6, 'Understanding Ranges' is available at [1]. 
They've edited it a bit to make it work as an article, so it 
isn't exactly as it appears in the book, but it's close enough.


Chapter 3, 'Programming Objects the D Way' is available as a 
sample from the book page at [2] *if* you are not logged in *and* 
you do not have a cookie cached. If you are logged in, you see a 
'Read Online' button, but it's 'Free Sample' if you are not. If 
you have a cookie cached, clicking 'Free Sample' will log you in 
and take you to the same place as 'Read Online'. Otherwise, it 
will take you to the same web app, but will allow you to only 
read Chapter 3.


[1] https://www.packtpub.com/books/content/understanding-ranges
[2] https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/learning-d

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 19:58:22 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

On 12/01/2015 09:53 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

Congratulations! You may want to announce it in social news as 
well

(twitter, facebook, reddit, hackernews). -- Andrei


https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3v0vw8/book_release_learning_d_by_michael_parker_is_now/

Mike, I hope you will be able stay on that Reddit thread with 
an "AMA".


And of course, congratulations! :)

Ali


He lives in Korea. They're 15 hours ahead of CDT, making it 5:30 
am right now. He may be asleep. (I used to live in Korea, so I 
dealt with this all the time.)

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 12/01/2015 12:33 PM, bachmeier wrote:

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 19:58:22 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

On 12/01/2015 09:53 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


Congratulations! You may want to announce it in social news as well
(twitter, facebook, reddit, hackernews). -- Andrei


https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3v0vw8/book_release_learning_d_by_michael_parker_is_now/


Mike, I hope you will be able stay on that Reddit thread with an "AMA".

And of course, congratulations! :)

Ali


He lives in Korea. They're 15 hours ahead of CDT, making it 5:30 am
right now. He may be asleep. (I used to live in Korea, so I dealt with
this all the time.)


I know. I was about to say "don't publish on social news before he's 
awake" but the news was out already. :)


Ali

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 12/01/2015 01:17 AM, Mike Parker wrote:

Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable process, I
wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on Nov 27. Today, I
finally got that notification. Despite there already being a thread on
the topic here in this forum, please forgive me for taking the
opportunity to make my "official" announcement :)

'Learning D' is available from the publisher's website[1], where a
sample[2] can also be viewed for those who want to try before they buy.
It's also available from Amazon[3].

Thanks to Walter for kindly providing a Foreword and to all the
reviewers for their valuable feedback.

The source will be downloadable from the publisher's website, but I
intend to put up a repository on GitHub to make sure it stays up to
date. I'll be posting more about the book on my blog[4] in the near future.

If you know any C-family programmers who are interested in learning D,
this book was written with them in mind. I hope people find it useful.

[1] https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/learning-d
[2]
https://www.packtpub.com/packtlib/book/Application%20Development/9781783552481

[3]
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-D-Michael-Parker/dp/1783552484/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8=1448948127=8-1=learning+d=sl1=aldacron-20=b0490265742705a2e3dd6fd25536b006

[4] http://dblog.aldacron.net


Congratulations! You may want to announce it in social news as well 
(twitter, facebook, reddit, hackernews). -- Andrei

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 12/01/2015 09:53 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


Congratulations! You may want to announce it in social news as well
(twitter, facebook, reddit, hackernews). -- Andrei


https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3v0vw8/book_release_learning_d_by_michael_parker_is_now/

Mike, I hope you will be able stay on that Reddit thread with an "AMA".

And of course, congratulations! :)

Ali

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d-announce]

V Tue, 01 Dec 2015 06:17:15 +
Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
 napsáno:

> Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable 
> process, I wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on Nov 
> 27. Today, I finally got that notification. Despite there already 
> being a thread on the topic here in this forum, please forgive me 
> for taking the opportunity to make my "official" announcement :)
> 
> 'Learning D' is available from the publisher's website[1], where 
> a sample[2] can also be viewed for those who want to try before 
> they buy. It's also available from Amazon[3].
> 
> Thanks to Walter for kindly providing a Foreword and to all the 
> reviewers for their valuable feedback.
> 
> The source will be downloadable from the publisher's website, but 
> I intend to put up a repository on GitHub to make sure it stays 
> up to date. I'll be posting more about the book on my blog[4] in 
> the near future.
> 
> If you know any C-family programmers who are interested in 
> learning D, this book was written with them in mind. I hope 
> people find it useful.
> 
> [1] https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/learning-d
> [2] 
> https://www.packtpub.com/packtlib/book/Application%20Development/9781783552481
> [3] 
> http://www.amazon.com/Learning-D-Michael-Parker/dp/1783552484/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8=1448948127=8-1=learning+d=sl1=aldacron-20=b0490265742705a2e3dd6fd25536b006
> [4] http://dblog.aldacron.net

http://wiki.dlang.org/Books should be updated :)

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-announce]

Sorry to steal your thunder. I assumed I wasn't keeping up. I 
actually went to that website because I had just noticed Kai 
Nacke's book announcement from July, and there was your book, at 
half price.


I strongly recommend Learning D to anyone wanting to learn more 
about D. Count this as a five star review. Well worth the money.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d-announce]

V Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:27:35 +
bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-announce
 napsáno:

> Sorry to steal your thunder. I assumed I wasn't keeping up. I 
> actually went to that website because I had just noticed Kai 
> Nacke's book announcement from July, and there was your book, at 
> half price.
> 
> I strongly recommend Learning D to anyone wanting to learn more 
> about D. Count this as a five star review. Well worth the money.

+1 :)

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Luis via Digitalmars-d-announce]

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Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Abdulhaq via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 06:17:17 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable 
process, I wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on 
Nov 27. Today, I finally got that notification. Despite there 
already being a thread on the topic here in this forum, please 
forgive me for taking the opportunity to make my "official" 
announcement :)


'Learning D' is


Congratulations! It looks good.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 06:17:17 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable 
process, I wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on 
Nov 27. Today, I finally got that notification. Despite there 
already being a thread on the topic here in this forum, please 
forgive me for taking the opportunity to make my "official" 
announcement :)


[...]


Is it just me or does the free sample link just show the first 
two paragraphs of each section, which are available for every 
section in the book?  Would be nice if a whole section or two 
were made available.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 09:02:39 UTC, Daniel Kozak wrote:



http://wiki.dlang.org/Books should be updated :)


Done! Thanks.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 11:26:42 UTC, Joakim wrote:


Is it just me or does the free sample link just show the first 
two paragraphs of each section, which are available for every 
section in the book?  Would be nice if a whole section or two 
were made available.


If you create an account, you can read more of it online. I 
realize not everyone would want to do that. There was a 
discussion about releasing Chapter 3 as a free sample and 
publishing Chapter 6 in the 'articles' section on their site. 
I've asked my editor what's going on with that, as I can't find 
any links for either.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 13:24:09 UTC, Rory McGuire wrote:
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Mike Parker via 
Digitalmars-d-announce < digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> 
wrote:


Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable 
process, I wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on 
Nov 27. Today, I finally got that notification. Despite there 
already being a thread on the topic here in this forum, please 
forgive me for taking the opportunity to make my "official" 
announcement :)




Hi Mike,

PacktLib access only started working today so perhaps it was in 
some sort of pre-release phase?


-Rory


No idea. All I know is I got an email today saying that it was 
released on the 27th. It's been available for pre-order for 
several months now.

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 12/1/15 9:36 AM, Mike Parker wrote:


No idea. All I know is I got an email today saying that it was released
on the 27th. It's been available for pre-order for several months now.


FWIW, I just got an email today from them that it is now published. So 
you aren't the only one.


The email did not mention a publishing date.

Looking forward to reading the final version! And hopefully I can track 
you down at a future dconf to have it signed :)


-Steve

Re: Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce <
digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:

> Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable process, I
> wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on Nov 27. Today, I finally
> got that notification. Despite there already being a thread on the topic
> here in this forum, please forgive me for taking the opportunity to make my
> "official" announcement :)
>

Hi Mike,

PacktLib access only started working today so perhaps it was in some sort
of pre-release phase?

-Rory

Official Announcement: 'Learning D' is Released

[Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce]

Due to a minor mix up at the end of an otherwise enjoyable 
process, I wasn't notified that 'Learning D' was released on Nov 
27. Today, I finally got that notification. Despite there already 
being a thread on the topic here in this forum, please forgive me 
for taking the opportunity to make my "official" announcement :)


'Learning D' is available from the publisher's website[1], where 
a sample[2] can also be viewed for those who want to try before 
they buy. It's also available from Amazon[3].


Thanks to Walter for kindly providing a Foreword and to all the 
reviewers for their valuable feedback.


The source will be downloadable from the publisher's website, but 
I intend to put up a repository on GitHub to make sure it stays 
up to date. I'll be posting more about the book on my blog[4] in 
the near future.


If you know any C-family programmers who are interested in 
learning D, this book was written with them in mind. I hope 
people find it useful.


[1] https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/learning-d
[2] 
https://www.packtpub.com/packtlib/book/Application%20Development/9781783552481
[3] 
http://www.amazon.com/Learning-D-Michael-Parker/dp/1783552484/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8=1448948127=8-1=learning+d=sl1=aldacron-20=b0490265742705a2e3dd6fd25536b006

[4] http://dblog.aldacron.net