Learning D Available for Pre-Order

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 24/06/2015 2:47 a.m., Mike Parker wrote:
> The project that has taken me away from Derelict since the end of
> February is now available for pre-order at [1]. I'm currently about 60%
> through the preliminary draft stage and, given that I've recently
> acquired a significant amount of free time in my schedule, expect to
> accelerate my pace on the remaining 40%. I need as much time as I can
> make for the revisions!
>
> I want to emphasize that "Learning D" is not aiming at those completely
> new to programming. The target reader is someone with some experience in
> a C family language. I see it as sitting somewhere between Ali's book
> and TDPL. One of my overarching goals is to help the target reader avoid
> some of the common mistakes people make when applying C++ or Java idioms
> to D.
>
> So far in the course of writing this book, I've learned that I knew less
> about the fundamentals of D than I thought I did and that the more
> difficult parts of the language aren't so difficult. The tech reviewers
> have given excellent feedback and done a fine job of correcting my
> misconceptions & mistakes. I don't know how they feel about being named
> publicly just yet, but they all have my sincerest thanks. I know how
> tiring and time-consuming it can be to do that sort of thing, as
> reviewing the English in the papers of Korean doctoral candidates,
> professors and businessmen is something I do on the side.
>
> Once it's all done, I'm going to blog a postmortem about the whole
> process. It's been very, very different from my experience with "Learn
> to Tango with D". Not a bad experience at all, just more intense and
> time-consuming than I had anticipated.
>
> [1] https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/learning-d

Oh thank goodness. It doesn't clash with my book. The way to program - 
Let's think like a D(eveloper)!
For new programmers :)