I've been a fan of Packt books for several years. I also like the Apress books.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Mike Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbmiller%2Bl@gmail.com">mbmiller+l@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I hadn't heard of them before, but they publish a bunch of books for use with "Open Source" software programs:<br>
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<a href="http://www.packtpub.com/books/all/open-source" target="_blank">http://www.packtpub.com/books/<u></u>all/open-source</a><br>
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I learned about it from the posting below about their new Octave book.<br>
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Mike<br>
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:10:36<br>
From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <<a href="mailto:jordigh@octave.org" target="_blank">jordigh@octave.org</a>><br>
To: Octave Maintainers List <<a href="mailto:octave-maintainers@octave.org" target="_blank">octave-maintainers@octave.org</a><u></u>>,<br>
Octave-help <<a href="mailto:help-octave@octave.org" target="_blank">help-octave@octave.org</a>><br>
Subject: New Octave for Beginners book<br>
<br>
Allow me to advertise this book:<br>
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<a href="http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-confident-octave-user-packt%E2%80%99s-latest-book" target="_blank">http://www.packtpub.com/news/<u></u>become-confident-octave-user-<u></u>packt%E2%80%99s-latest-book</a><br>
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It's a book intended for absolute Octave beginners. I had the distinct<br>
pleasure of being a technical reviewer for the book, and heartily<br>
recommend it to students and practitioners alike who want a gentle<br>
introduction to Octave. The book begins with the very basics, from<br>
installing Octave and elementary flow control operations to more<br>
sophisticated applications like numerical solutions of elliptic PDEs,<br>
statistical description of data, and Fourier analysis of signals. It<br>
also covers more advanced programming topics such as how to create<br>
standalone C++ applications with mkoctfile or how to prepare<br>
Octave-Forge packages. I myself learned a thing or two about Octave as<br>
I was reviewing this book.<br>
<br>
If you or someone you know would like a printed guide on Octave beyond<br>
what Octave's own documentation can offer, consider this book.<br>
<br>
- Jordi G. H.<br>
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