T h e . C o d e R a n c h . J o u r n a l
April 2019 Edition
Howdy from all the CodeRanch staff, and welcome to the April edition of the Journal.
A . B e t t e r . W o r l d!
by
Paul Wheaton
A book about global solutions you can do in your backyard.Live a more luxuriant life, save money and REALLY make a difference in solving global problems.Environmentalism without sacrifice.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/better-world-book?ref=ag1x9r
A . S p o n s o r ' s . C o r n e r!
Become Java guru with IntelliJ IDEA!Save time with code generation and ensure top code quality with IntelliJ IDEA's code analysis and refactoring.
Download free at
https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
W h a t ' s . N e w?
April's promotions - thankful for the great contributions
Marshalls: Campbell Ritchie, Liutauras Vilda, Bear Bibeault, Jeanne Boyarsky, paul wheatonSaloon Keepers: Stephan van Hulst, Ron McLeod, Tim Moores, salvin francis, Carey BrownMaster Ranchers: Nicole Alderman, Mikalai Zaikin, Rob CamickRanch Foremen: Jay McGavren, Louis Muller, Moritz Lenz, Al Hobbs
I n t e r e s t i n g . C o d e R a n c h . F o r u m . T o p i c s
Functional vs Old style programming syntaxImportance of InheritanceDesign an Elevator SystemTraversing a stream of Characters
B o o k . P r o m o t i o n s . & . W i n n e r s
There's a book (or software) promotion just about every week at CodeRanch. Just ask a question in the appropriate forum and you're eligible to win a copy of the book.
We've got some promotions coming up. Check the
Book Promotions Schedule.
Some upcoming ones are:
Natural Language Processing in Action by Hobson Lane, Hannes Hapke & Cole HowardBuilding Ethereum DApps by Roberto InfanteGrokking Bitcoin by Kalle RosenbaumWell Grounded Rubyist by David Black & Leo Joseph
Book promotions winners can be found at:
A big Congratulations to our Past Winners
B o o k . a n d . R e v i e w s
We have several forums dedicated to talk about books. Here are some interesting reviews and recommendations from the CodeRanch staff in our
Book Reviews forum.
Recently reviewed books
by Jeanne Boyarsky:
AWS Certified Developer Associate Guide by Vipul Tankariya and Bhavin Parmar (5 out of 10 horseshoes)Python Continuous Integration and Delivery by Moritz Lenz (7 out of 10 horseshoes)Java in a Nutshell by Ben Evans and David Flanagan (9 out of 10 horseshoes)
The
Book Review Grid will give you an overview.
Editor's book choice for the month:
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler and Kent Beck
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