SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-28T09:40:12-06:00SparkFun ElectronicsCustomer #1518548 on The SparkFun Guide to Processing is here!Customer #1518548urn:uuid:723d2340-efe7-6d19-fe9a-c91df7c4ebf22019-04-22T01:16:14-06:00<p>Thanks!! Looking forward to sharing fun projects with the community!</p>
Customer #1513767 on The SparkFun Guide to Processing is here!Customer #1513767urn:uuid:05253ca2-0098-7e94-909f-c64a929e46c72019-03-30T04:59:38-06:00<p>Dear Chelsea, thank for inspiring content! Considering how quickly interest in programming is growing among the younger generation, the release of such books is an incredible success for all of us, especially students. The SparkFun Guide to Processing is a very visual and introductory textbook for writing code for those who were not familiar with programming at all. I am studying cybernetics and I know how difficult it is sometimes to 'get involved' in the essence of any knowledge from the field of development.</p>
Customer #394180 on The SparkFun Guide to Processing is here!Customer #394180urn:uuid:6af681ef-3b0a-aa87-54a8-0c67d12c18c22015-09-17T12:34:10-06:00<blockquote>
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<p>"That being said, it’s sometimes hard for Engineers to understand the importance of good grammar and correct spelling (and using the correct word, such as using “where” when it should be “were”, or “there” when the correct word is “their”, or the correct use of “me” versus “I”)."</p>
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<p>Says the author who used "loose" instead of "lose" in " You quickly loose the interest of nearly all of the Engineering students..."</p><p>Laughing with you, not at you.</p></blockquote>
suitable1 on The SparkFun Guide to Processing is here!suitable1urn:uuid:98cf2d2b-3a33-e971-9ee8-c7ef69f5f7aa2015-09-16T13:37:43-06:00<p>I purchased the book several weeks ago. I've thumbed through it and it looks to be a well written and useful addition to my library.<p>Looking forward to the "writer's cut", also.</p></p>
sgrace on The SparkFun Guide to Processing is here!sgraceurn:uuid:55d2b029-3861-ad5c-ed9c-8911463632172015-09-16T09:57:49-06:00<p>Interesting indeed, but I think it goes to more of the ease of accessibility.<p>I've always wanted to write a technical book for makers to help them get into FPGAs and enjoy the problem solving it comes with. I would want to release for free by self-publishing and letting them download it. However, a problem I see every time I look at it is, promotion/accessibility.</p><p>You self-publish, you have to promote it yourself. You don't get the structure that a well-known publisher has to promoting and distributing the book. Even for digital books, this is key. Not to mention, the book can only be accessible to where you want it. People will always copy, try to get credit for something they didn't do. Not to mention, the publisher will help fight any lawsuits/protection.</p><p>So that's my opinion. I could be completely wrong on all fronts, but that's what I've seen when I started writing my book (which will most likely never get finished/published).</p></p>
Customer #394180 on The SparkFun Guide to Processing is here!Customer #394180urn:uuid:09e28ce2-e519-7029-d98b-35539d23fda62015-09-16T09:04:33-06:00<p>It's one of the ironies of our age that massively powerful systems that have centuries of work hours in them are free, while the book that tells you how to use it (with only a few years of work hours) costs infinitely more. Literally. Try dividing $29.95 by 0 - you get infinity.<p>I'm not complaining, I'll probably buy the book when I get enough of an order accumulated to get free shipping (and I've certainly forked over enough money to O'Reilly for Linux books over the years), just saying what a weird situation we've gotten into.</p></p>