Ask HN: Need a book recommendation

3 pointswaffenklang15y ago3 comments

Hi!

A friend of mine is a really good designer mostly for DTP and Layout. Usually we both work as a team. Me programming and he "designing" but he's moving.

I want to make him a gift, to motivate him learning programming. Not low level, but programming which is useful for designers like him. E.g. Scripting for DTP programs or writing macros or little tools (in ruby/python e.g.)

So I search a book for him to start.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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sky8715y ago· 1 in thread

I would suggest "Processing, a programming handbook for visual designers and artists" by Reas, Fry. It is a lovely book for visual designers with lots of (mostly short) snippets side by side to graphic outputs doing cool stuff, all organized by themes

waffenklangOP15y ago

But isnt it just for the processing language and the processing tools?

My intention was on ordinary dtp programs like CS suite. (so propably jscript?)

ashleyreddy15y ago

If he's on windows get him a book on powershell. It great for automating tasks.

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