Where Can I Find Good Mathematica Programming Tutorials and Books?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around finding quality tutorials and books for programming in Mathematica, with a focus on application development and GUI programming. Participants share resources and personal experiences with different materials.

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Main Points Raised

  • Michael expresses a preference for Mathematica over Matlab and seeks recommendations for tutorials or books that explain programming in Mathematica, particularly for applications and GUI development.
  • One participant suggests 'Mathematica Navigator: Mathematics, Statistics and Graphics' and 'Mathematica Cookbook' as potential resources, noting the lack of comprehensive books specifically on GUI programming due to variability across software versions.
  • Michael acknowledges the suggestion of 'Mathematica Cookbook' and reiterates his interest in programming applications similar to those found on Mathematica's website.
  • Another participant provides links to external resources, including a courseware site and a Mathematica user group at Drexel, as additional avenues for learning.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the usefulness of the suggested resources, but there is no consensus on the availability of comprehensive materials specifically for GUI programming.

Contextual Notes

There is an acknowledgment of the variability in GUI programming across different versions of Mathematica, which may affect the relevance of certain resources.

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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
 
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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.
 
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.
 

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