Safari vs. Codefetch on Amazon's Best Sellers
Can you rely on O'reilly's paid Safari service for the latest code from programming books? Apparently not. I knew Safari was lacking independent publishers like Pragmatic Programmers, but when I did this experiment I was surprised they don't even offer their own bestsellers. Strange. Anti-cannibalism perhaps?
We took Amazon's computer bestseller list for February 21, 2006, eliminated non-programming books, and looked at whether the books are code-searchable on Safari or Codefetch:
Book | Code on Safari? | Code on Codefetch? |
DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model | no | yes |
Head First Design Patterns | no | yes |
Ajax in Action | no | yes |
Professional ASP.NET 2.0 | no | no |
Agile Web Development with Rails : A Pragmatic Guide | no | yes |
SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide | no | no |
Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide, Second Edition | no | yes |
Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML | no | no |
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software | no | yes |
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions | no | yes |