Chapter 1

[nshaw]

Good afternoon,

 

I purchased the Kindle version. I run Kindle PC with your book open on one 25" monitor and I code using NetBeans with PHP on another 25" monitor.  Two things I've noticed:

 

1.  In chapter 1, you define 3 ways to comment.  The multiline comment /* */ doesn't come across in the Kindle book correctly.  It states / (start) / (end).  Fortunately, I decided to try a C++ multiline comment and it worked.  I then saw in one of your tips later on, where the comment came through correctly so it may be a code conversion issue.

 

2.  Also in chapter 1, when you discuss arithmetic operations, none of your operators are present.  For example, in the first program, you have 30 items ($quantity) at a cost of 119.95 ($price) and you multiply the two $total = $quantity * $price.  But in the Kindle version, it comes out $total = $quantity   $price.  All equations in chapter 1 (haven't gone beyond that yet) are similarly missing the operators. 

 

Of the two, #1 could cause newcomers to programming not to use multiline comments unless they happen to move forward to your tips.  Since I didn't see it in your errata, felt I should pass these along.

 

Best Regards,

 

Nicholas.

[Larry]

Wow, Nicholas. That sounds pretty buggy. I'm sorry to hear about that and thanks for letting me know. I'll pass this feedback on to the publisher. You may want to write them directly as well.