You may have noticed some changes to the Nodejitsu Handbook on Github. That’s because we’ve completely revamped the entire handbook thanks to the new version of blacksmith. As great as the old handbook was it had some problems: It was just one big Markdown file. The build system was archaic. There was a lot of …
Category Archives: Book Review
Book Review – Essential C# 4.0
Earlier this year saw the release of .NET 4.0, Visual Studio 2010, and C# 4.0. With this release, like so many others, came a flurry of new books. Today’s review will be covering one such book – “Essential C# 4.0” by Mark Michaelis. Before we get started, I need to make it clear that we …
Book Review – Essential C# 3.0
As SOTC has grown larger as a programming blog, we are always looking for ways to expand the range of our content – and so when we started getting asked to do some book reviews, we thought it would be a great way to branch out. So read on to see the very first SOTC …
Online Drawing Tools for Illustrating Children’s Books
ownloadable art programs online. No single free program will meet all of your needs, but downloading several of these programs can create a robust toolset. GIMP GIMP is a powerful freeware bitmap art program. It duplicates many of the functions available in Photoshop, the art industry standard, and is available for Linux, Mac and PC. …
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Book Review – Learning Cocos2D
Learning to program is hard and one of the ways to make the process easier is by reading and using books. With our book reviews here at Switch On The Code we try to help you figure out which books are the best for any level of developer. In this review I’m going to go …
Book Review – iOS Programming, The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, 2nd Edition
It’s been a while since we’ve done a book review, and it’s time to rectify that. In this installment I’ll be reviewing The Big Nerd Ranch’s Guide to iOS Programming (2nd Edition). The Big Nerd Ranch has created a series of books around Mac, iOS, and Objective-C programming. This book is the latest in that …
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Book Review – Essential C# 7.0 – 6th Edition
We are always looking for ways to expand the range of our content – and so when we started getting asked to do some book reviews, we thought it would be a great way to branch out. So read on to see book review – a review of “Essential C# 7.0 (6th Edition) (Addison-Wesley Microsoft …
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