The Pragmatic Programmers are as good as it gets! They are smart; they listen; and they deliver. Plus, they are very creative and fun to work with. In short, they get results.
-- Scott Streigel, former SVP and COO, Aetna/US Healthcare
[Pragmatic Unit Testing] is the best introduction to unit testing that I've ever read! Excellent!
-- Maik Schmidt, ATX Europe
Other books on CVS I've seen give lots of information on the command set, but don't really give you a complete scenario. That's what makes [Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS] so good.
-- Bret Pettichord, Consultant and Author
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 Learn to Program
It's now easier to learn to write your own computer software than it has ever been before. Now everyone can learn to write programs for themselves--no previous experience is necessary. Chris Pine takes a thorough, but light-hearted approach that teaches you how to program with a minimum of fuss or bother. Starting with small, simple one-line programs to calculate your age in seconds, you'll see how to have your webpage send you email, to shuffle your music more intelligently, to rename your photos from your digital camera, and more. You'll learn the same technology used to drive modern dynamic websites and large, professional applications.
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Ruby on Rails Project -- Rails is a new open source web-application framework that provides everything needed to build real-world applications, using fewer lines of code than other development environments. It's a full-stack framework, so all layers are built to work seamlessly together and you can use a single language from top to bottom. Everything from templates to control flow to business logic is written in Ruby. For more on Ruby, see the upcoming book by the Pragmatic Programmers, contributors to the Rails Identity Project, Programming Ruby, 2nd Edition. 
Jolt Winner! Pragmatic wins a Jolt Productivity Award at the 14th Annual Jolt Product Excellence Awards.
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