书籍介绍
这并不是一本教你快速上手写代码的工具书,而是一套关于"如何真正学会一门技术"的思维训练。它用大量对话式场景、漫画插图和"犯错误"的实例,把初学者最容易踩的坑——正则表达式里 [m-z] 误匹配逗号、SUBSTRING 从 1 开始计数、INNER JOIN 用 USING 简化查询——逐一摆出来,让你在自己出错的过程中理解原理。读者反馈两极分明:有人三天粗略翻完觉得"收获不小",也有人因过多插画而分心、直言"不是 coding 的料"。正是这种设计决定了它的受众:适合愿意跟着步骤慢慢走、靠"动手试错"而非"背语法"来吸收知识的入门者;若你追求简洁高效、只想快速查阅 API,它或许显得啰嗦。它真正交付的,是一整套循序渐进的学习方法,而非零散的技巧。
作者简介
Lynn Beighley is a fiction writer stuck in a technical book writer's body. Upon discovering that technical book writing actually paid real money, she learned to accept and enjoy it. After going back to school to get a Masters in Computer Science, she worked for the acronyms NRL and LANL. Then she discovered Flash, and wrote her first bestseller. A victim of bad timing, she moved to Silicon Valley just before the great crash. She spent several years working for Yahoo! and writing other books and training courses. Finally giving in to her creative writing bent, she moved to the New York area to get an MFA in Creative Writing. Her Head First-style thesis was delivered to a packed room of professors and fellow students. It was extremely well received, and she finished her degree, finished Head First SQL, and can't wait to begin her next book.
Lynn loves traveling, cooking, and making up elaborate background stories about complete strangers. She's a little scared of clowns.
Michael Morrison is a writer, developer, toy inventor, and author of books on Java, Web scripting, game development, and mobile devices. An instructor of Web-based courses, Michael is also the founder of Stalefish Labs (www.stalefishlabs.com), a company specializing in games, toys, and interactive media.