Английская Википедия:Head First (book series)
Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Primary sources Head First is a series of introductory instructional books to many topics, published by O'Reilly Media. It stresses an unorthodox, visually intensive, reader-involving combination of puzzles, jokes, nonstandard design and layout, and an engaging, conversational style to immerse the reader in a given topic.
Originally, the series covered programming and software engineering, but is now expanding to other topics in science, mathematics and business, due to success. The series was created by Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra, and began with Head First Java in 2003.
Concept
The main idea of the series is to effectively stimulate the brain by: [1]
- Telling stories
- Visualizing
- Using attention-grabbing tactics: page layout, non-standard examples, puzzles, jokes, and other means.
By using metacognition[2] the series' authors and editors try to employ varied methods to present information and accelerate the learning process.
Books
The offerings in the Head First series are quickly expanding. The books are also delving into subjects that are not directly related to IT, such as Math (Head First Algebra, Head First Statistics), Science (Head First Physics) and project management (Head First PMP). The books are also gaining some popularity for classroom use Шаблон:Citation needed because of their novel approach to their subject matters.
The official web site for the Head First series has forums for each book as well as code downloads and sample chapters. They include:
- Head First Agile (Шаблон:ISBN) by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
- Head First Ajax (Шаблон:ISBN) by Rebecca Riordan
- Head First Algebra (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dan Pilone and Tracey Pilone
- Head First Android Development (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dawn Griffiths and David Griffiths
- Head First C (Шаблон:ISBN) by David Griffiths and Dawn Griffiths
- Head First C# (Шаблон:ISBN) by Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene
- Head First Data Analysis (Шаблон:ISBN) by Michael Milton
- Head First Design Patterns (Шаблон:ISBN) by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates
- Head First EJB (Шаблон:ISBN) by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates
- Head First Excel (Шаблон:ISBN) by Michael Milton
- Head First 2D Geometry (Шаблон:ISBN) by Lindsey Fallow and Dawn Griffiths
- Head First Git (Шаблон:ISBN) by Raju Gandhi
- Head First Go (Шаблон:ISBN) by Jay McGavren
- Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML (Шаблон:ISBN) by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman
- Head First HTML5 Programming (Шаблон:ISBN) by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Robson
- Head First iPhone Development (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dan Pilone and Tracey Pilone
- Head First iPhone and iPad Development (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dan Pilone and Tracey Pilone
- Head First Java (Шаблон:ISBN) by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates
- Head First JavaScript (Шаблон:ISBN) by Michael Morrison (Out of Print)
- Head First JavaScript Programming (Шаблон:ISBN) by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman
- Head First jQuery (Шаблон:ISBN) by Ryan Benedetti and Ronan Cranley
- Head First Kotlin (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dawn Griffiths and David Griffiths
- Head First Learn to Code (Шаблон:ISBN) by Eric Freeman
- Head First Mobile Web (Шаблон:ISBN) by Lyza Danger Gardner, Jason Grigsby
- Head First Networking (Шаблон:ISBN) by Ryan Benedetti, Al Anderson
- Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Шаблон:ISBN) by Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice and David West
- Head First PHP & MySQL (Шаблон:ISBN) by Lynn Beighley and Michael Morrison
- Head First Physics (Шаблон:ISBN) by Heather Lang
- Head First PMP (Шаблон:ISBN) by Jennifer Greene and Andrew Stellman
- Head First Programming (Шаблон:ISBN) by Paul Barry and David Griffiths
- Head First Python (Шаблон:ISBN) by Paul Barry
- Head First Rails (Шаблон:ISBN) by David Griffiths
- Head First Servlets & JSP (Шаблон:ISBN) by Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates
- Head First Software Development (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dan Pilone and Russ Miles
- Head First SQL (Шаблон:ISBN) by Lynn Beighley
- Head First Statistics (Шаблон:ISBN) by Dawn Griffiths
- Head First Web Design (Шаблон:ISBN) by Ethan Watrall and Jeff Siarto
- Head First WordPress (Шаблон:ISBN) by Jeff Siarto
Head First Labs
O'Reilly established Head First Labs, where books of the series are presented and the main idea behind the series is explained. The Labs also hosts blogs by some of their authors and hosts some applets that complement their books.[3]
Awards
The books in the series have received three nominations for Product Excellence Jolt Awards, winning in 2005 for Head First Design Patterns, and were recognized on Amazon.com's yearly top 10 list for computer books from 2003 to 2005.
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