After reading seven languages in seven w e e k s, i. A pragmatic guide to learning programming languages. During my journey through these seven languages i publish a blog post for each language. Jokes aside, i was inspired to learn new languages, and to read seven seven languages in seven weeks. In this book youll get a handson tour of clojure, haskell, io, prolog, scala, erlang, and ruby. A pragmatic guide to learning programming languages by bruce a. The book includes exercises for each of the seven programming languages. A pragmatic guide to learning programming languages pragmatic programmers 1 by bruce a. Well get our hands dirty by solving problems in each language and practice learning new languages. Lua, factor, elm, elixer, julia, minikaren, and idris. A while ago, i was thinking about which programming language i wanted to learn next. After some functional programming on day two, its time for the third and final day of scala in seven languages in seven weeks scala, day 3. Discover how pure functional programming in haskell is different from the lisp.
While other language primers take you through basic installation and hello, world, we aim higher. I love how much the author bruce tate is really pushing us to look. Seven languages in seven w e e k s expanded my way of thinking about problems and reminded me what i love about programming. Each language in seven more languages in seven weeks. Whether or not your favorite language is on that list, youll broaden your perspective of programming by examining these languages.
Lua, factor, elixir, elm, julia, minikanren, and idris. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Youll learn something new from each, and best of all, youll learn how to learn a language quickly. Tate the pragmatic bookshelf raleigh, north carolina dallas, texas prepared exclusively for montelymard. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and. Where those designations appear in this book, and the pragmatic. Pressestimmen i have been programming for 25 years in a variety of hardware and software languages. Rather than serve as a complete reference or installation guide, the book hits whats essential and unique about each language. In seven weeks series, this book was obviously successful, and still remains so seven years after its original publication.
After reading seven languages in seven weeks, i am starting to under stand how to evaluate languages for their. Seven languages in seven weeks a pragmatic guide to learning programming languages bruce a. Contribute to blackguebooks development by creating an account on github. It is part of seven in seven series and it approaches seven different programming languages.
You should learn a programming language every year, as recommended by the pragmatic programmer. During my journey through these seven languages i publish a blog post for each language on my blog. In my previous post, i went through the day 1 ruby problems from seven languages in seven weeks. If you are a interested in languages then there is no doubt that this book, which. Exercises from seven languages in seven weeks nick knowlson. Seven languages in seven weeks this repository contains my solutions to the exercises of the book. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. But if one per year is good, how about seven languages in seven weeks. At first i was doubting between scala, ruby or perhaps clojure. Today, ill share my solutions to the day 2 problems and some more thoughts about ruby. Seven languages in seven weeks the pragmatic bookshelf. Im talking about seven languages in seven weeks, thats seven programming languages. I originally learned ruby and many other programming languages. I have been programming for 25 years in a variety of hardware and software languages.
New programming languages arm you with the tools and idioms you need to refine your craft. As for clojure itself, its a dialect of lisp that runs on the jvm. So i decided to pick up seven languages in seven weeks. Seven languages in seven weeks presents a meaningful exploration of seven languages within a single book. Seven languages in seven weeks a pragmatic guide to learning programming languages this pdf.
A pragmatic guide to learning programming languages by bruce tate online at alibris. Today, tate actually talked about a lot of the stuff that i talked about yesterday. Seven more languages in seven weeks slsw2 is a great book to get exposure to new languages obviously. Bruce tate presents an introduction to the ruby, io, prolog, scala, erlang, clojure, and haskell programming languages. I want to separate the essence of programming from the notation. Seven programming languages in seven weeks bennington. Traviskaspar software engineer, northrop grumman i have been programming for 25 years in a variety of hardware and software languages. I just finished ruby day 2 in my seven languages in seven weeks book. Out of the seven languages in this book, ruby is the one i was most familiar with previously. Tate the pragmatic bookshelf dallas, texas raleigh, north carolina. I recently read seven seven languages in seven weeks by bruce tate.
Each language in seven more languages in seven weeks will take you on a stepbystep journey through the most important paradigms of our time. By day, ian dees slings code, tests, and puns at a portlandarea test equipment manufacturer. He is the author of more than ten books, including seven languages in seven weeks, and is the series editor of the seven in seven series. Youll learn seven exciting languages lua, factor, elixir, elm, julia, minikanren, and idris. After two lengthy chapters on the object oriented and functional programming. A pragmatic guide to learning programming languages by tate.
The idea is good but this sort of book cant help but cause controversy. I just finished day 2 of haskell from my seven languages in seven weeks book. In this class were going to learn the basics of one programming language each week for seven weeks. If you did not know, programming in lisp gives you instant geek cred. Seven languages in seven weeks gilles leblancs blog. Tate, youll go beyond the syntaxand beyond the 20minute tutorial youll find someplace online. Review of the seven languages in seven weeks david sergey. After reading seven languages in seven weeks, i am starting to understand how to evaluate languages for their objective strengths and weaknesses. However, the content on each language is not exactly masterful. I found the book to be an interesting read and would recommend it to people wanting to do check out several languages in a short amount of time. Ruby, io, prolog, scala, erlang, clojure, and haskell. After reading seven languages in seven weeks, i am starting to understand how to evaluate languages. For example the choice of languages would keep any group of language. Early praise for seven more languages in seven weeks im tired of learning new programming languages and thought.