[colug-432] Reading Linux Books: Mix Theory and Practice

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:16:57 -0400, Joshua Kramer <joskra42.list at gmail.com> wrote:

> a) 3-4 chapters, where the first half of each chapter explains the
> theory behind one aspect of the project, and the second half of the
> chapter explains how to recreate what I did.
> 
> b) 3-4 chapters, each chapter covering the theory behind one aspect of
> the project, and a final chapter saying, "here's how I built this."

Read "The C Programming Language" by K&R. 

c) Go for finer granularity of mixing theory and practice. 
   Don't wait until later chapters  or even latter half of a 
   chapter, to apply the theory.