There are two books available that cover basically this same subject, but they use very opposite approaches in doing it. (The other book is the Nutshell reference from O'Reilly. See the review of that book here.) This book adopts a tutorial approach.

Source code for many of the chapters is available online at the publisher's web site or at the authors' web site. But it isn't clear why the source code for all chapters isn't available or when source for a particular example is available.

If you prefer on-line reference information, the O'Reilly book is a better choice. But if you want to be able to read well written and complete explanation and you work better with an actual book in your hands, this book is the one you want.

About the Authors

Mike Snell and Lars Powers are co-owners of a software development company and this is their first book.