Reviews

Author: gvwilson

docs/colophon/index.html

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <h1>Colophon</h1>
 <li>
 <p>The colors in this theme
     are lightened versions of those used in <a href="https://third-bit.com/colophon/">classic Canadian postage stamps</a>.
-    The art in the title is by <a href="https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2023-05-31_software-design-by-example/">Danielle Navarro</a>
+    The art in the title is by <a href="https://art.djnavarro.net/">Danielle Navarro</a>
     and used with her gracious permission.</p>
 </li>
 <li>

docs/intro/index.html

@@ -258,27 +258,72 @@ <h2 id="intro-praise">What People Are Saying</h2>
 <p>Here&rsquo;s what people said about the JavaScript version of this book <span class="bib-ref">[<a class="bib-ref" href="../bib/#Wilson2022a">Wilson2022a</a>]</span>:</p>
 <ul>
 <li>
-<p><a href="https://jessitron.com/2023/02/20/book-review-software-design-by-example/">Jessica Kerr</a>:
-    &ldquo;<em>Software Design by Example</em> is the book I&rsquo;ll recommend to every new dev…
-    It is nice to you.
-    It wants you to succeed…
-    It&rsquo;s a bridge from &lsquo;learn to program&rsquo; to working programmer.&rdquo;</p>
+<p><a href="https://sback.it/">Alberto Bacchelli</a>:
+    I&rsquo;ve been using this book to teach software design to an undergraduate class of 250 students,
+    and the students and I love it!
+    The positive impact of the book is evident from the improvements in student grades
+    and the quality of their practical assignments,
+    reflecting the substantial learning that&rsquo;s taking place.
+    It&rsquo;s been a joy to see them feel so equipped and inspired.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
-<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/109985276835264400">Jenn Schiffer</a>:
-    &ldquo;I am v much enjoying gvwilson&rsquo;s book <em>Software Design by Example</em>.
-    It makes me miss teaching, it would be such a fun text to use!&rdquo;</p>
+<p><a href="https://naomiceder.tech/">Naomi Ceder</a>:
+    This is my new favorite book on the art of writing software.
+    There is so much  to like about it—the way it leads the reader to explore and develop their understanding,
+    the choice of projects and examples,
+    the clarity of the instruction,
+    the Creative Commons license,
+    and much more.
+    It will be my first recommendation for people looking to really learn professional development,
+    either on their own or in a classroom setting.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
-<p><a href="https://emilygorcenski.com/post/book-report-software-design-by-example-by-greg-wilson/">Emily Gorcenski</a>:
-    &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of books on programming
-    but fewer books that couple software development with effective and practical use of tools,
-    presenting a language not as a main course but as a part of an engineering ecosystem.
-    Greg Wilson&rsquo;s book hits all the right notes in bringing together theory, pragmatism, and best practices.&rdquo;</p>
+<p><a href="https://www.juliaferraioli.com/">Julia Ferraioli</a>:
+    Blending computer science with sound software engineering practices (with citations!)
+    is difficult enough on its own,
+    but this book guides the reader through practical design patterns that they can put into practice.
+    The addition of historic anecdotes gives readers extra context for what they&rsquo;ve learned
+    and brings theory back to practice.</p>
 </li>
 <li>
-<p><a href="https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2023-05-31_software-design-by-example/">Danielle Navarro</a>:
-    &ldquo;The book is really bloody lovely.&rdquo;</p>
+<p><a href="https://jenniferplusplus.com/">Jennifer Moore</a>:
+    The book is an excellent guide for anyone going from &ldquo;just programming&rdquo; to building larger projects.
+    It&rsquo;s like a choose-your-own adventure,
+    but the adventure is learning to build very complex software as a composition of much simpler patterns.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p><a href="https://jennschiffer.com/">Jenn Schiffer</a>:
+    This book is both a great refresher if you&rsquo;ve not worked with Python in a long time,
+    or your next textbook if you know just enough to be a little dangerous and want to level up.
+    The exercises being tool-based means the experience gained will instantly feel applicable
+    to whatever you end up using the language for.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p><a href="https://www.benormal.info/">Sue Smith</a>:
+    I know I can share this book with folk in the confidence that
+    they&rsquo;ll get a guided experience that&rsquo;s both accessible and comprehensive,
+    leaving them with real world software skills.
+    Teaching using examples makes the techniques meaningful and tangible to the learner
+    which is in itself a great motivator,
+    and the use of tooling examples is a bonus.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p><a href="https://chelseatroy.com/">Chelsea Troy</a>:
+    Rather than stacking up isolated examples divorced from practical use cases,
+    this book teaches concepts the way we use them: in collaboration with one another.
+    Filled with both pragmatic advice and juicy historical nuggets,
+    this book just might manage to do the thing I&rsquo;ve tried to do in classrooms for half a decade:
+    transfer basic engineering skills
+    while conveying what it&rsquo;s like to manage complex software projects.</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p><a href="https://hazelweakly.me/">Hazel Weakly</a>:
+    This is an absolutely marvelous book.
+    Very rarely do insightful diagrams,
+    contentious syntax disambiguation,
+    and thoughtful attention to how humans learn and absorb information come together in a coherent package like this.
+    It is exactly the sort of book I wish I&rsquo;d had at the start of my programming journey;
+    it would&rsquo;ve saved me from countless lessons learned the hard way.</p>
 </li>
 </ul>
 <h2 id="intro-acknowledgments">Acknowledgments</h2>

info/links.yml

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
 # B
 
-- key: bs4
-  url: https://beautiful-soup-4.readthedocs.io/
-  en: Beautiful Soup
+- key: bacchelli_alberto
+  url: https://sback.it/
+  en: Alberto Bacchelli
 - key: beuchat_odin
   url: https://www.drafolin.ch/
   en: Odin Beuchat
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 - key: brubeck_matt
   url: https://limpet.net/mbrubeck/
   en: Matt Brubeck
+- key: bs4
+  url: https://beautiful-soup-4.readthedocs.io/
+  en: Beautiful Soup
 
 # C
 
@@ -61,6 +64,9 @@
   url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
   en: CC-BY-NC License (full text)
   direct: true
+- key: ceder_naomi
+  url: https://naomiceder.tech/
+  en: Naomi Ceder
 - key: clarkes_laws
   url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
   en: "Clarke's Laws on Wikipedia"
@@ -121,6 +127,9 @@
 
 # F
 
+- key: ferraioli_julia
+  url: https://www.juliaferraioli.com/
+  en: Julia Ferraioli
 - key: flake8
   url: https://flake8.pycqa.org/
   en: Flake8
@@ -148,9 +157,6 @@
 - key: gnu_make
   url: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/
   en: GNU Make
-- key: gorcenski_emily
-  url: https://emilygorcenski.com/post/book-report-software-design-by-example-by-greg-wilson/
-  en: Emily Gorcenski
 - key: gutenberg
   url: https://www.gutenberg.org/
   en: Project Gutenberg
@@ -202,9 +208,6 @@
 
 # K
 
-- key: kerr_jessica
-  url: https://jessitron.com/2023/02/20/book-review-software-design-by-example/
-  en: Jessica Kerr
 - key: kilo_editor
   url: https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo/index.html
   en: kilo text editor
@@ -232,15 +235,18 @@
 - key: marthas_rules
   url: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/088610998600100206
   en: Martha's Rules
+- key: moore_jennifer
+  url: https://jenniferplusplus.com/
+  en: Jennifer Moore
 
 # N
 
 - key: nano
   url: https://www.nano-editor.org/
   en: Nano text editor
 - key: navarro_danielle
-  url: https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2023-05-31_software-design-by-example/
-  en: Danielle Navarro
+  url: "https://art.djnavarro.net/"
+  title: "Danielle Navarro"
 - key: nginx
   url: https://nginx.org/
   en: nginx
@@ -406,7 +412,7 @@
 # S
 
 - key: schiffer_jenn
-  url: https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/109985276835264400
+  url: https://jennschiffer.com/
   en: Jenn Schiffer
 - key: scons
   url: https://www.scons.org/
@@ -423,6 +429,9 @@
 - key: sinel_joseph
   url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Claude_Sinel
   en: Joseph Sinel
+- key: smith_sue
+  url: https://www.benormal.info/
+  en: Sue Smith
 - key: snakemake
   url: https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/
   en: Snakemake
@@ -447,6 +456,9 @@
 - key: textualize_fraction
   url: https://www.textualize.io/blog/7-things-ive-learned-building-a-modern-tui-framework/
   en: "A clever use of the `Fraction` package"
+- key: troy_chelsea
+  url: https://chelseatroy.com/
+  en: Chelsea Troy
 
 # U
 
@@ -473,6 +485,9 @@
 - key: wave
   url: https://wave.webaim.org/
   en: WAVE
+- key: weakly_hazel
+  url: https://hazelweakly.me/
+  en: Hazel Weakly
 - key: write_yourself_a_git
   url: https://wyag.thb.lt/
   en: Write yourself a Git

src/intro/index.md

@@ -202,24 +202,65 @@ All contributors are required to abide by our Code of Conduct
 
 Here's what people said about the JavaScript version of this book [%b Wilson2022a %]:
 
--   [Jessica Kerr][kerr_jessica]:
-    "*Software Design by Example* is the book I'll recommend to every new dev…
-    It is nice to you.
-    It wants you to succeed…
-    It's a bridge from 'learn to program' to working programmer."
+-   [Alberto Bacchelli][bacchelli_alberto]:
+    I've been using this book to teach software design to an undergraduate class of 250 students,
+    and the students and I love it!
+    The positive impact of the book is evident from the improvements in student grades
+    and the quality of their practical assignments,
+    reflecting the substantial learning that's taking place.
+    It's been a joy to see them feel so equipped and inspired.
+
+-   [Naomi Ceder][ceder_naomi]:
+    This is my new favorite book on the art of writing software.
+    There is so much  to like about it—the way it leads the reader to explore and develop their understanding,
+    the choice of projects and examples,
+    the clarity of the instruction,
+    the Creative Commons license,
+    and much more.
+    It will be my first recommendation for people looking to really learn professional development,
+    either on their own or in a classroom setting.
+
+-   [Julia Ferraioli][ferraioli_julia]:
+    Blending computer science with sound software engineering practices (with citations!)
+    is difficult enough on its own,
+    but this book guides the reader through practical design patterns that they can put into practice.
+    The addition of historic anecdotes gives readers extra context for what they've learned
+    and brings theory back to practice.
+
+-   [Jennifer Moore][moore_jennifer]:
+    The book is an excellent guide for anyone going from "just programming" to building larger projects.
+    It's like a choose-your-own adventure,
+    but the adventure is learning to build very complex software as a composition of much simpler patterns.
 
 -   [Jenn Schiffer][schiffer_jenn]:
-    "I am v much enjoying gvwilson's book *Software Design by Example*.
-    It makes me miss teaching, it would be such a fun text to use!"
-
--   [Emily Gorcenski][gorcenski_emily]:
-    "There's a lot of books on programming
-    but fewer books that couple software development with effective and practical use of tools,
-    presenting a language not as a main course but as a part of an engineering ecosystem.
-    Greg Wilson's book hits all the right notes in bringing together theory, pragmatism, and best practices."
-
--   [Danielle Navarro][navarro_danielle]:
-    "The book is really bloody lovely."
+    This book is both a great refresher if you've not worked with Python in a long time,
+    or your next textbook if you know just enough to be a little dangerous and want to level up.
+    The exercises being tool-based means the experience gained will instantly feel applicable
+    to whatever you end up using the language for.
+
+-   [Sue Smith][smith_sue]:
+    I know I can share this book with folk in the confidence that
+    they'll get a guided experience that's both accessible and comprehensive,
+    leaving them with real world software skills.
+    Teaching using examples makes the techniques meaningful and tangible to the learner
+    which is in itself a great motivator,
+    and the use of tooling examples is a bonus.
+
+-   [Chelsea Troy][troy_chelsea]:
+    Rather than stacking up isolated examples divorced from practical use cases,
+    this book teaches concepts the way we use them: in collaboration with one another.
+    Filled with both pragmatic advice and juicy historical nuggets,
+    this book just might manage to do the thing I've tried to do in classrooms for half a decade:
+    transfer basic engineering skills
+    while conveying what it's like to manage complex software projects.
+
+-   [Hazel Weakly][weakly_hazel]:
+    This is an absolutely marvelous book.
+    Very rarely do insightful diagrams,
+    contentious syntax disambiguation,
+    and thoughtful attention to how humans learn and absorb information come together in a coherent package like this.
+    It is exactly the sort of book I wish I'd had at the start of my programming journey;
+    it would've saved me from countless lessons learned the hard way.
 
 ## Acknowledgments {: #intro-acknowledgments}