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Category Archives: books
Book Errata Page: The C# Helper Top 100
This is the errata page for my book The C# Helper Top 100, The 100 most popular posts at csharphelper.com. If you find mistakes, please post them here in the Leave a Reply box at the bottom of the page. … Continue reading
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Book Discussion Page: The C# Helper Top 100
This is a discussion page for my book The C# Helper Top 100, The 100 most popular posts at csharphelper.com. Please post questions, thoughts, and suggestions here in the “Leave a Reply” box at the bottom of the page. I … Continue reading
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Table of Contents: The C# Helper Top 100
This is a brief summary of the book’s table of contents. Introduction Part I. Serialization 1. Read a CSV File into an Array (1) 2. Use JSON to Serialize and Deserialize Objects (49) Part II. Graphing 3. Draw a Graph … Continue reading
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New Book: The C# Helper Top 100
I’m happy to announce my latest book, The C# Helper Top 100, The 100 most popular posts at csharphelper.com. It describes the 100 most popular posts on the C# Helper web site. This is my 32nd book and my second … Continue reading
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Book Review: Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games
Super Scratch Programming Adventure! Learn to Program By Making Cool Games $24.95, 160 pages, 2012 By the LEAD Project No Starch Press ISBN 13: 978-1593274092 A great, non-threatening introduction to programming This book’s subtitle is, “Learn to program by making … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra
(Occasionally I post reviews of book that I think may interest programmers, in this case admittedly only those with a mathematical inclination.) The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra $24.95, 264 pages, 2012 By Shin Takahashi No Starch Press ISBN … Continue reading
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Solution: The 40 pound stone puzzle
This is the solution to The 40 pound stone puzzle. If you haven’t read the puzzle yet, click here before you read the solution. This puzzle similar to some of the puzzles in my book Interview Puzzles Dissected. The … Continue reading
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Puzzle: The 40 pound stone
This is a variation of a puzzle given on Car Talk. It’s similar to some of the puzzles in my book Interview Puzzles Dissected. A farmer uses a double-pan balance and a 40 pound stone to measure 40 pound weights: … Continue reading
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Five hats puzzle solution
If you haven’t read it yet, read the Five hats puzzle. Recall that the warden has three white hats and two black hats. If the first prisoner, Art, saw two black hats, then he would know that he had a … Continue reading
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Five hats puzzle
This “hats puzzle” was described on December 26, 2016 on NPR’s Car Talk show. Sadly Tommy died in 2014 and the show was a rebroadcast so this puzzler has probably been used before. My book Interview Puzzles Dissected doesn’t include … Continue reading
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