Where Can I Find Good Mathematica Programming Tutorials and Books?

[mzu]

Hi everybody,

This is my first post in this forum. So, "Hello everybody" !
I hope someone can help me. I started to learn Mathematica a few weeks back and really like the software. I actually prefer it over Matlab but that's just my personal opinion.
I used 'Mathematica demystified' and 'Mathematica Navigator' to get started but search a good tutorial or book about programming in Mathematica. Mathematicas website has some great demonstration projects like radial engine, ... I can follow the source code used in these demo projects but look for tutorials or books which explains the programming and code of applications like these. I'm also looking for GUI programming.
I checked the help file of Mathematica which is great but some easy to understand book would be great.
Hope somebody can point me to a good book or tutorial.

Thanks a lot
Michael

 

[Bill Simpson]

Take a look at
Mathematica Navigator: Mathematics, Statistics and Graphics (3rd edition)
or
Mathematica Cookbook (1st edition)
but, as far as I think anyone knows, nobody has written what would require an entire book just to describe gui programming and it appears this would change fairly substantially from one version of MMA to the next.

 

[mzu]

Thanks for the reply. Appreciated !
I'll take a look at 'Mathematica Cookbook'. I didn't expect to find a whole book on GUI programming. The main interest is in programming "applications" as can be found on Mathematicas website. We'll see if the Mathematica Cookbook will help.

 

[jackmell]

Try this site:

http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/CourseWare/EssentialMathematica/

Also, the Mathematica user group at Drexel is good:

http://mathforum.org/kb/forum.jspa?forumID=79

 

[blue_raver22]

Hello Michael,

Welcome to the Mathematica community! There are many great resources available for learning Mathematica, from books to online tutorials. I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying the software and finding it preferable to Matlab.

In terms of books, I would recommend "Programming with Mathematica: An Introduction" by Paul Wellin. It covers the basics of programming in Mathematica and also includes a section on GUI programming. Another great resource is the official Mathematica documentation, which can be accessed through the "Help" menu in the software or online at the Wolfram Documentation Center.

If you prefer video tutorials, I would suggest checking out the "Wolfram U" channel on YouTube. They have a variety of tutorials on different aspects of Mathematica, including programming and GUI design.

I also recommend joining online communities like the Wolfram Community or Mathematica Stack Exchange, where you can ask questions and learn from other Mathematica users.

I hope this helps and happy learning!