Stories from around the ranch

Ulf reviewed JavaFX Script by James L. Weaver and gave it 7 out of 10 horseshoes.

[The book] has two audiences: developers proficient in Java who want to learn about JavaFX, and web developers interested in building rich client applications who may not know much (or any) Java. ... Most of the book is taken up by presenting various JavaFX concepts using a single medium-sized example GUI application. ... Where some concepts don't fit that application, small additional examples are used.

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Jeanne reviewed Clean Code by Robert C Martin and gave it 9 out of 10 horseshoes.

“Clean Code” focuses on how to write “good” code. Where “good” is defined as being easy for others to read and maintain. ... The code in this book is what we should aspire to write. ... The actual content was excellent.

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