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FOSS book: programming essentials with Guile Scheme

6 points| ArneBab | 1 month ago |draketo.de

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ArneBab|1 month ago

From the preface:

Why this book?

Providing a concise start, a no-frills, opinionated intro to programming from first define to deploying an application on just 64 pages.

What is Scheme?

Scheme is a programming language — a Lisp — that follows the principle “design not by piling feature on top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses and restrictions that make additional features appear necessary”.