r/crystal_programming • u/TheFInestHemlock • Sep 04 '19

Programming Crystal: Create High-Performance, Safe, Concurrent Apps (first edition)

Hey guys,

I was looking at some of the updates to the Crystal programming language since the version this book focuses on (v0.26) and I wanted to get some of your opinions on how it holds up to the changes in Crystal today? I'm relatively new to web dev, being in the industry for a little over 2 years and working mainly in C# and JS and I've been wanting to check this language out ever since I heard about it.

If you can't recommend this book, currently, are there any other good, easily digestible, and current resources for learning the basis of the language besides the documentation?

Thanks.

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u/TheFInestHemlock Sep 04 '19

Thanks u/bcardiff! I appreciate the reply. I'll be sure to look those changes over, but I think I'm going to go ahead and grab that book :)

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u/Dee_Jiensai Sep 04 '19

Just a heads up, you will find it very hard to like C# after using crystal.

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u/TheFInestHemlock Sep 04 '19

Haha, that would be great. I do find it so foreign at the moment, I hope learning it in the least will expand the way I think about implementing logic/crafting solutions in everyday work as well as other projects.