I have had this book for nearly a week, and I am over a week through this book. As long as you ignore the 'in One Hour a Day' promise, this book is amazing. The chapters do normally take longer than a day, but within the book, it gives really good tips from what I have seen. Here is the layout of a normal chapter:
Body:
Theory, explain what it is about, what it is used for, why use it.
Code, it shows the example in practice, and after each block of code, there is analysis section, that tells you exactly what the code has done and why.
Do's and Don't's, tells you what is best avoided, and what you should always remember.
Ending:
Summery, gives you a summery of what the chapter was about to clear it up.
Q&A, just like an FAQ, the author puts in questions and answers them.
Quiz, asks you questions over the chapter.
Exercises, the author gives you an objective and you code it out.
The quiz's answers are in the back of the book in appendix D, and one way to do the exercises is there with them.
The length of a chapter goes from anywhere from eight pages to 30+, and the book is 800+ pages with no fluff from what I read. I would recommend this book to any programming beginner. I programed in a few BASIC related languages before this, so I understood a few concepts easier, but this book is still an excellent reference for beginners.
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