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Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by ChristianGeek » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:29 PM UTC

eatonphil wrote: post #57

adwhit wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I second this. Build a compiler from scratch. Main annoyance is that it uses SML - most readers are likely to want to use OCaml, and it's a bit fiddly translating between the two.

There are of course the C and Java implementation books as well.

Links?

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by rokob » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:30 PM UTC

Erlang and OTP in Action https://www.manning.com/books/erlang-and-otp-in-action You build an application with increasing complexity. There are some other applications that are built along the way to demonstrate some ideas in a smaller scope, but the overall structure of the book is designed around making one application better as you learn more about OTP.

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by TinyBig » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:32 PM UTC

crasm wrote: post #37

I haven't bought or started this yet, but this book on interpreters is on my todo list: https://interpreterbook.com/

This is an excellent book. It's a great follow-on to the book mentioned by OP, "Build Your Own Lisp".

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by mavelikara » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:33 PM UTC

Jekor's Haskell tutorial videos: Redo implementation in Haskell.

https://github.com/jekor/redo

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by fauria » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:34 PM UTC

zeptomu wrote: post #86

TECS: "The Elements Of Computing Systems" https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/elements-computing-systems In this book you build a (virtualized) computer. It is one of the best books I ever read.

+1, along with the author's course "Build a Modern Computer from First Principles: From Nand to Tetris" https://www.coursera.org/learn/build-a-computer

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by eatonphil » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:35 PM UTC

ChristianGeek wrote: post #101

eatonphil wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are of course the C and Java implementation books as well.

Links?

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/modern/java/

https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/modern/c/

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by algebraicgeo » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:39 PM UTC

Are there such books for algorithms?

Re: Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building one project?

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Post by drharby » Thu, Feb 16, 2017, 6:45 PM UTC

C++ design Patterns and derivatives pricing by Mark Joshi

He kinda takes a "Defense of Duffers Drift" approach towards designing iterative versions of the same project, slowly introducing concepts such as factories and singleton.