What the publisher’s blog tells about the trends of the IT community
Publisher Peter has long and actively been blogging on Habré. Of course, this is an important channel for promoting our computer literature. However, we are not limited to advertising goals and carefully monitor domestic technological trends. I suggest you look at the habra community from the point of view of the book publisher. In this case – not an example of the most read corporate blog posts for March 2019 – March 2020. If you like it, next time we’ll do it from a different angle: based on readers’ bookmarks.I did not begin to cunning with a criterion of selection of posts. I took the threshold proposed by the Habr itself of 15 thousand views to get into the green zone “excellent”. Over the previous 12 months, 14 posts have stepped over the mark. I will list them, briefly introduce them to their contents, thoughts and facts about this. We will go from new to old.
CES 2020, IBM and the first true commercial use of the new quantum computer
15.6 thousand views, 67 bookmarks
My copyright material for the next successes of IBM, which is currently the locomotive of creation and introducing quantum computing. Here, the pre-order of the book “Development Using Quantum Computers” was announced, which was almost sold out (several dozen copies remained in the warehouse). Both the post and the book met our expectations and forecasts: quantum computing has successfully moved from the field of promises and breakfasts to early use. The Russian-speaking IT sector was the first, with the exception of Anglophones, to receive and will continue to receive systematic information in order to “occupy slippers”. And our readers take this opportunity.
The book “The Way of Python. Black belt for development, scaling, testing and deployment ”
17.4 thousand views, 146 bookmarks
Announcement of a good book of a good publisher No starch press in popular language Python. Actually, what could have gone wrong here? But the start is good, the Python is popular, there are a lot of people who want to improve their skills. Comments are redundant.
Come and pick up books in English
15.7 thousand views, 18 bookmarks
The Russian proverb says: one move is equal to two fires. Well, we did without disasters. At the end of summer, our editorial staff moved to another room, which means that the library of originals of the books licensed by us also moved. I explain: most publishers send licensees not only text and book layout files, but also 1-3 copies in paper. They, as a reference source, can be used by the editor and layout designer. Naturally, some time after the publication, we need only one copy, just in case. Another 1-2 just take up space on the shelf. When we moved, we put down several boxes of unclaimed English-language originals and decided to give them to those who need them.
Conclusion: English-language literature is really in demand, at least for nothing.
The book “Kali Linux. Penetration and Security Testing
18.2 thousand views, 155 bookmarks
There is an opinion that our people have gone through a lot, and therefore tend to ignore security threats. Well, cybersecurity is less concerned. The interest was caused not only by the publication, but the book itself had already managed to be reprinted. A worthy continuation among our publications on Linux in general, Kali Linux in particular and security in general. We have a novelty not yet announced on the Habré: Bash and cybersecurity: Linux command line attack, defense and analysis. There will be others. You need it, we see and do it.
The book “Grok deep learning”
17.6 thousand views, 150 bookmarks
The continuation of the already legendary bestseller Grokay algorithms (144 thousand views, for a second!) Aroused the expected interest. We are already preparing new samples of basic literature in various fields, laced with good illustrations. This applies not only to the new books of the Grokay series. In general, we noticed an interest in increasing the share of visual forms. However, we have a big question for the readers – do you need colored books? Full-color printing significantly increases the price tag in the printing house. Does willingness to pay for their improved appearance and perception follow the general demand for illustrations? Tell us when a rise in price in favor of color is guaranteed to be in demand.
The book “Kotlin. Programming for professionals “
15.5 thousand views, 77 bookmarks
Not so long ago, Google suggested using Kotlin as the main language for mobile developers. And we have already prepared and offer our readers the best that is on the market now. The book of Josh Skin and David Greenhal is based on the popular Kotlin Essentials course from the publisher Big nerd ranch. Readers accepted the novelty with optimism. Once again, it was confirmed that IT specialists are ready to learn and retrain, the market offers new languages and technologies, which are based on competitiveness. We are ready to continue to pay attention to small languages, frameworks and technologies. While you want to study, we will supply you with materials. This applies to Go, Flutter, Rust, quantum computers, etc.
Tell us what promising areas we are missing and we will try to fix it.
The book “Microservices. Development and refactoring patterns »
24.7 thousand views, 109 bookmarks
One of the most successful new products in 2019. Not only received significant attention on Habré, but also good sales. This is not the first book about microservices, but the topic is now clearly on the rise. We are actively expanding the range, mainly due to all related issues, such as API and Kubernetes. Much more work and will come out a little later.
Self-documenting code is (usually) nonsense
26.4 thousand views, 105 bookmarks, 213 comments
The battle of the good and the best continues! A good holivar provides food for the mind. Khabravchians once again reminded that there is no unique right way to make something. We try to maintain a balance between books on the “right” methodology and pragmatic manuals.
Stop zealous with comments in code
22 thousand views, 121 bookmarks, 193 comments
Previous holivar on the same topic. The conclusions are general.
Unity: an endless procedurally generated city obtained using the WFC algorithm (wave function collapse)
18.7 thousand views, 241 bookmarks
Interesting material about the possibilities of procedural generation of content (in this case, locations) in game dev. Despite the very good statistics of the post – the comments were mixed. I have in mind the literature on procedural generation in game dev. I’ll ask the question directly: do our readers need such a book?
Is the book “Java Concurrency in Practice” relevant in the days of Java 8 and 11?
15.6 thousand views, 84 bookmarks
Every time we look at an already “old” but good book, doubt wakes up in us – is it not out of date? Is it worth the risk? Of course, only potential readers will give the best answer. To date, the book has already been published.
We also published the “Modern Java Language. Lambda expressions, threads, and functional programming. ”
In which cases it is worth using Django (and in which it is not necessary)
20,4 thousand views, 115 bookmarks
Whoever said that about the drawbacks of Django and the benefits of alternative web frameworks, but the numbers speak for themselves. The patient is more likely alive, vacancies at hh are several hundred. Learning from scratch is a reasonable investment – a moot point. However, it does not seem that in a year all this will turn into a pumpkin.
Agile: the biggest ideological issue in IT
18.3 thousand views, 69 bookmarks
The topic of management and development methodology is very complex and controversial. On the one hand, the very obvious “do it right – it will be normal”, on the other hand, the need for control and planning. Systems of varying degrees of utility are born and mutate, but obviously Agile is the one that has the greatest impact on the industry.
The book “Perfect Algorithm. The Basics
18.6 thousand views, 153 bookmarks
One of the basic books of modern IT literature. Well-known Tim Rafgarden and his book series. Once again, you confirm the demand for good books by good authors, even when it comes to the basics, in principle, all familiar. By the way, the novelty of the series has just been released: “The perfect algorithm. Greedy algorithms and dynamic programming. “
Share your opinion, talk about missed trends and unmet demand. You can send your suggestions and manuscripts to the editors at comp@piter.com or me on david@piter.com
