Beekey Cheung is a software engineer with a large amount of enthusiasm for economics and a passion for education. He loves mentoring other programmers and is currently building an application to te...
It'd be interesting to know if developers actually prefer e-books or print. For the best books, I actually prefer print. These are the books I want to go back to and look certain things up from time to time. Flipping through pages is somehow faster for me than trying to remember the right search term.
B.S. Computer Science in 1975. Worked as Systems Analyst, Programmer and Database Administrator for 30 years. Retired, hated it, trying to come back. Updating skills in oop and new languages.
I prefer print. They are much easier to thumb through, look at several sections at the ~same~ time, to find parts you have highlighted, they just feel better in your hands. AND they look better on the book shelf.
For books that I just read for pleasure, straight through, and probably won't read again - eBooks are fine. I especially prefer ebooks when flying.
I have a thing for printed books, holding it and flipping through pages is a pleasant experience for me, but I still consider eBooks valuable when I'm reading fiction in English, as it tends to use more complex words, so the dictionary at a finger press you have on Kindle becomes very useful easy to use.
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It'd be interesting to know if developers actually prefer e-books or print. For the best books, I actually prefer print. These are the books I want to go back to and look certain things up from time to time. Flipping through pages is somehow faster for me than trying to remember the right search term.
I prefer print. They are much easier to thumb through, look at several sections at the ~same~ time, to find parts you have highlighted, they just feel better in your hands. AND they look better on the book shelf.
For books that I just read for pleasure, straight through, and probably won't read again - eBooks are fine. I especially prefer ebooks when flying.
I have a thing for printed books, holding it and flipping through pages is a pleasant experience for me, but I still consider eBooks valuable when I'm reading fiction in English, as it tends to use more complex words, so the dictionary at a finger press you have on Kindle becomes very useful easy to use.