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Python in the Spotlight

Python Offerings from The Pragmatic Programmers — June has been a month filled with Python for The Pragmatic Programmers — both for the Bookshelf and for articles on Medium. Let’s take a look at all things Python. Python Articles Proving the wide range of uses for Python, we have articles for you on shortcuts in Python, Raspberry Pi for…

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Literary Fest

Codebar and The Pragmatic Bookshelf Talks and Deals for a Good Cause — Do you believe in a tech community made up of diverse voices and experiences? From June 21st through June 24th, The Pragmatic Bookshelf is teaming up with codebar to bring free tech talks on topics ranging from Python, Go, and Elixir to technical writing, team management, and even home automation. This event takes place over four fun-filled days.

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The Hero’s Journey

Connecting with Readers — Would you be surprised to hear that even technical books tell stories? Not all of them, of course, but at The Pragmatic Bookshelf we strive to connect with readers through what we call the hero’s journey. If you have a tech story to tell, we’d like to hear from you. What Is the Hero’s Journey? …

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Highlights from May Books

Excerpts from the latest books on Medium from The Pragmatic Bookshelf — In May, we added five new titles to the list of complete books from The Pragmatic Bookshelf that you can read entirely on Medium. I’ve selected an article from each book to give you the flavor of the content you will find in the complete book. In each case, the…

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The Pragmatic Programmers on Medium, May in Review

New books, new articles — In May, we published articles from two Pragmatic Bookshelf authors, and we released five new books in Medium article format. We also published another article to help aspiring book authors. Catch up by clicking one of the following headlines. Articles Python’s Attribute Lookup by Miki Tebeka Rev those brains and get ready to solve…

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Herbert Wolverson

Keep Up with Articles, Books, and More by Herbert Wolverson — Biography Herbert Wolverson has worked as a programmer and indie game developer since the late 1990s. He’s taught programming and IT skills at a variety of levels, contributes to multiple open source projects, and is active in the game development scene. Connect with Herbert Wolverson via the following sites and resources: …

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Modern Front-End Development for Rails, Second Edition

By Noel Rappin — Noel Rappin has updated his best-selling Rails front-end book. The second edition, covering Rails 7, is now in beta: Modern Front-End Development for Rails, Second Edition Improve the user experience for your Rails app with rich, engaging client-side interactions. Learn to use the Rails 7…pragprog.com Improve the user experience for your Rails app with rich, engaging client-side interactions. Learn to use the Rails 7 tools and simplify the complex JavaScript ecosystem. It’s easier than ever to…

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Modern Front-End Development for Rails, Second Edition

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April in Review

Catch Up on Articles from The Pragmatic Programmers — The big news for April is that we released nine new PragProg books, which you can now read entirely on Medium. We launched April with an endearing article featuring an interview with Hank about Dog Driven Development (DDD) — an April Fools’ Day teaser. We published three new articles under…

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Mike Riley

Keep Up with Articles, Books, and More by Mike Riley — Biography Mike Riley is a professional software developer, DevOps engineer, emerging information technologist, and the author of several Pragmatic Bookshelf titles including Portable Python Projects and Programming Your Home. He is also Pragmatic Bookshelf’s Hardware and IoT series expert. Mike is also a contributing editor and author of hundreds of technical…

Mike Riley

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New Books from The Pragmatic Bookshelf on Medium

April 2022 — Nine new books are now available on Medium for subscribers. Enjoy some programming challenges with our Brain Teaser books by Miki Tebeka. Brush up on your asynch JavaScript skills with Modern Asynchronous JavaScript by Faraz Kelhini. Learn command-line programming in Go with Ricardo Gerardi. Read two new books by Dmitry…

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