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Ivan Idris: NumPy Beginner's Guide - Second Edition (2013, Packt Publishing)

Review of "NumPy Beginner's Guide - Second Edition" on 'Goodreads'

I got a review copy of NumPy Beginner’s Guide – Second Edition from Packt Publishing. The book is relatively thick, a bit over 300 pages and packed with content.

As usual with Packt books, it starts by introducing the tools and giving detailed instructions on installing them, before diving into actual subject. The book starts easy, teaching how to create arrays and manipulate vectors. Soon more concepts are introduced starting from slicing and ending to SciPy. There is even a chapter about testing, which I found especially interesting to read.

I liked how there are pop quizzes to help the reader to check if he understood what he just read. They aren't really hard, but still quite fun. Layout of the book is clear and makes the books easy to read. There are plenty of examples and graphs in the book that help to explain the concepts.

The book is …

Volodymyr Melymuka: TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration (2012, Packt Publishing)

Review of 'TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration' on 'Goodreads'

I got a review copy of TeamCity 7 Continuous Integration Essentials by Volodymyr Melymuka from Packt Publishing (www.packtpub.com/teamcity-7-continous-integration-essentials/book) recently and I must say that it was pretty captivating to read (finished it in an evening and planning to read it again after digesting a bit). The book is about setting up TeamCity 7 for continuous integration (a subject close to my heart). While it does not go really deep into technical details, it serves as a good starting point for getting started with TeamCity 7.

The book starts by describing continuous integration and some other basic terms and concepts and continues into architecture of TeamCity and build lifecycle. These form the foundation for rest of the book as the author takes us through setting up the TeamCity and a sample project that is used to showcase how unit tests are handled and how code coverage metrics can be …