Autolisp Programming: Principles and Techniques

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Summary: AutoLISP Programming Principles and Techniques Rawls/Hagen
Review: I am AutoCAD Programming instructor at a technical college and have used this book for several semesters.
The book is a good reference reference with a good DCL section however I feel it is lacking in "real world" applications.
Also it needs to be updates to include visual lisp functions.

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Summary: AutoLISP Programming Principles and Techniques Rawls/Hagen
Review: I am AutoCAD Programming instructor at a technical college and have used this book for several semesters.
The book is a good reference reference with a good DCL section however I feel it is lacking in "real world" applications.
Also it needs to be updates to include visual lisp functions.

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Summary: A must to get started in AutoLisp
Review: I had been working with Autocad for awhile and I always wanted
get to the next level: Customization. All the material
I had researched was for intermediate to advanced levels.
I needed something to get me started and would reward me by
allowing me to get a simple function to work. If you are new
to programming this is the book. Once you take off and get a
better understanding you can always get more information from other sources.
Do your homework and this book will get you there.

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Summary: Excellent Reference
Review: I have read the other reviews and agree with some and disagree with others. This book is an excellent reference, Appendix B is worthe price all by itself. Appendix A *IS* an alphabetized list of all the AutoLISP functions. Although it does not explain *all* uses of *all* functions, I challenge anyone to show me a book that does! A fine book that I have recommended hundreds of times to hundreds of students. When I sit down to write code, this book is always within arm's reach.

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Summary: Excellent Reference
Review: I have read the other reviews and agree with some and disagree with others. This book is an excellent reference, Appendix B is worthe price all by itself. Appendix A *IS* an alphabetized list of all the AutoLISP functions. Although it does not explain *all* uses of *all* functions, I challenge anyone to show me a book that does! A fine book that I have recommended hundreds of times to hundreds of students. When I sit down to write code, this book is always within arm's reach.

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Summary: highly suggest for the beginner
Review: I have suggested this book to many people in person and on the internet. It had a little of everything and is very good at introducing the reader to the world of Autolisp. As an experienced programmer of other languages I had many questions of how to go on, but was very pleased with it as an intro book.

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Summary: Great Intro book
Review: I taught myself AutoLISP from this book. I was not a seasoned programmer when I started, only a seasoned ACAD user. I had always wanted to learn AutoLISP, but the AutoLISP tutorial within ACAD--the garden path with tiles--made me feel stupid because I couldn't learn from it. This book was what I was looking for. It starts simple, so I gained confidence as I went. It moves at the right pace, and it covers not so easy concepts, like LAMBDA and MAPCAR. By the end I felt very confident with AutoLISP. Today, it is literally within arm's reach as I write this review. I highly recommend it as a way to learn AutoLISP.

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Summary: Out of the Classroom
Review: I took AutoLISP at Austin Community College and was given instructural materials. Although good, they were not as in depth as I needed them to be. The instructor used this book as a reference and recommended it to me as I do to others. It is a wonderful book full of information far beyond what I learned in class and has the necessary group codes and functions as well as other invaluable information listed in the appendix.

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Summary: highly suggest for the beginner
Review: My biggest complaint with this book is the lack of examples. Readers are shown only the simplest uses for commands, and are left to fend for themselves when it comes to complicated concepts. Command syntax is never fully explored, so readers are left guessing what else can be used besides the examples given. This book is average for teaching basics, but fails to hit the mark for advanced concepts.

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Summary: Basics only. Advanced concepts are sorely lacking.
Review: My biggest complaint with this book is the lack of examples. Readers are shown only the simplest uses for commands, and are left to fend for themselves when it comes to complicated concepts. Command syntax is never fully explored, so readers are left guessing what else can be used besides the examples given. This book is average for teaching basics, but fails to hit the mark for advanced concepts.