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I have several books and most have the exact same code samples in them.
So Code Project and the internet for me.
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Use the internet all the time to find solutions. Unfortunately, any time I have an Infragistics problem, have to ask a question. One of the reason I hate 3rd party tools.
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IMO books are good as backgrounders and introductions, especially for a large topic like a programming language or framework. They also do a much better job of explaining rationale. Articles tend to be 'deep dives' into a single feature, or at best a small group of them.
Software Zen: delete this;
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That is true, which is why I now mostly depend on the internet, but have found great articles on basic stuff like threading.
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Also Good to having to read small scale books than huge ones.. Huge books typically make thing little boring.
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So am i. But physical books are very expensive and I prefer to read eBooks.
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Do you use Kindle? or other Tablet device..? I guess kindle is better for ebooks, I never have used kindles though, but android tablet.
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...But lots of articles/blog posts, videos, etc
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I too read far more articles online than books. Still, I do read paper books.
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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I think the question should be "How many books on Software Development have you read, practice, and understand in the last 12 months?"
My Reading-o-Meter
Previous -> Read "CLR via C#" by Jeffrey Richter.
Current -> Exploring WCF thru Apress' "Pro WCF" by Chris Peiris and Dennis Mulder.
Next -> Need to read "The Art of Computer Programming" by Donald E. Knuth.
My blog - My recent article
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I wonder why many people cannot cope with the choices available. You are free to suggest your poll questions(s) and if reasonably interesting will quickly be posted.
On topic: Most of the developers seem not to read books from cover to cover and more importantly, never read all chapters. If you think about it it's clear why: how could a author target exactly what you don't know yet and what you need to know exactly? So, some is balast that you don't need, and some is off-topic for your needs. Also "practice" and "understood" are very subjective, I'd leave that part out in a question.
This straw poll triggers people to confess if they (still) read books in any form or if they only rely on instant internet Q&A. It does not matter if understood, read in one go, fully read, read repeatedly, practiced, ...
Cheers
Andi
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Ok, agreed.
My Reading-o-Meter
Previous -> Read "CLR via C#" by Jeffrey Richter.
Current -> Exploring WCF thru Apress' "Pro WCF" by Chris Peiris and Dennis Mulder.
Next -> Need to read "The Art of Computer Programming" by Donald E. Knuth.
My blog - My recent article
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..."Teach Yourself C in 21 Days" and "C++ For Dummies" count? 
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I think so. 
It doesn't matter whether it's softcopy or not. 
modified 30-Jul-13 2:50am.
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Yes. But "Visual Basic For Dummies" doesn't count.
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So did you master C in 21 days???? 
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Add the remaining 10000 hours minus 21 days and you can claim to "master" it 
Cheers
Andi
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While I haven't read a single publication on programming that would strictly qualify as even an e-book, I have read at least two books worth of reference material in places like the MSDN library and java documentation, as well as manuals for programming various devices we're working with.
To iterate is human, to recurse divine.
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I never read A to Z in a book. I always focus on selected topics and concentrate on that much deeper. During last few months I mainly focused on MVC4.0 and Entity Framework books
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So, I my vote would better reflect 2 ~ 5 books.
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Yeah. Me too. I only read some chapters. But not the whole book.
Not to mention the index and the glossary and the table of contents. 
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Exactly!
I always need many books to references one point. 
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Books are good sources for finding new things and it can help to became familiar with opinion of writer but in the other hand learning with practice or doing an operation can be more helpful especially in computer science.
-Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi
/* LIFE RUNS ON CODE */
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