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If they don't exist, this is a good idea for anybody looking for a project to write a programming book
by basicallydan 4y ago
If they don't exist, this is a good idea for anybody looking for a project to write a programming book
- cameron_b 4y agoThere are many, but the field is still wide open. Anyone with a particular domain experience should find a market. There are lots of starting from scratch guides, and few focused guides. for subject in ["Finance", "Contact Management", "Service Desk Automation", "Web Apps from scratch", "Web Apps on someone else's API", "Baseball Metrics"]: for language in ["R", "Go", "Python3", "Rust", "Lisp"]: print(f"Examples for {subject} in {language} would make a good book.") edit: no idea how to smash indent-formatting into MD-for-HN
- Nzen 4y agoPrefix each line with two spaces, per the formatdoc page [0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc for subject in [ "Finance", "Contact Management", "Service Desk Automation", "Web Apps from scratch", "Web Apps on someone else's API", "Baseball Metrics" ] : for language in [ "R", "Go", "Python3", "Rust", "Lisp" ] : print(f"Examples for {subject} in {language} would make a good book.")
- cameron_b 4y agoThanks!