[vtkusers] vtk books, which one ?

[Sebastien Auclair]

We are in fact in agreement.
I'd say that even both books aren't detailled enough.

But for a first contact, the user guide may be more relevant. (Not
necessarely enough)
----- Original Message -----
From: "N Smethurst" <nick.smethurst at free.fr>
To: "jean-charles campagne" <jcpouce at yahoo.com>;
<vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] vtk books, which one ?


> I have to disagree here. I bought the users guide first thinking it would
> be sufficient as I am on a budget too.
>
> Unfortunately, it was clear that I had made the wrong decision. I later
> bought the other book and haven't touched the user's guide since. Used in
> conjunction with the Doxygen api documentation, the "The Visualization
> Toolkit" book is the one to go for.
>
> Le Mercredi 23 Avril 2003 17:08, Sebastien Auclair a écrit :
> > "VTK User's guide" is what you probably need !
> > It is also the less expensive i think !
> > The other book is more a usecase guide.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jean-charles campagne" <jcpouce at yahoo.com>
> > To: <vtkusers at public.kitware.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 10:44 AM
> > Subject: [vtkusers] vtk books, which one ?
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > i'm sure i'm about to ask about an eternal question :
> > >
> > > i'm looking forward to buy *maybe* a book on vtk...
> > > looking at the prices and with limited budget i think
> > > i'll limit myself to one...
> > >
> > > but i can't decide which one...
> > >
> > > looking at the tables of content of each book
> > > available on the web site doesn't help me that much...
> > > although i think i'll choose the user's guide book
> > > since since i manage to read the api, but sometimes
> > > it's obscure...
> > >
> > > or maybe the "The Visualization Toolkit" volume is a
> > > must ?
> > >
> > > any advice ?
> > >
> > > thanks.
> > > jcc
> > >
> > >
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