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# Q Tips: Fast, Scalable and Maintainable Kdb+

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- **What is this?** Q Tips: Fast, Scalable and Maintainable Kdb+ by nick psaris
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## Customer Reviews

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    Excellent, Long-Needed Book for People Interested in KDB+
  

*by S***M on Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2015*

This book is outstanding.KDB+ is a very powerful system, but newcomers can be intimidated by two things: its steep learning curve and the seeming lack of organized introductory material.  When I was learning KDB, I considered two resources to be indispensable: First Derivatives "KDB+ Reference Manual" and Boror's "Q for Mortals."  Psaris' new text is a VERY welcome addition to that collection.Psaris' book will gently start you with the basics, and then lead you into more powerful examples.  The book is very well organized, and I especially enjoyed his explanations as to the rationale as to why KDB does things the way it does.  KDB's error messages ("`type"?) can be cryptic, but Psaris' book helped my understanding quite a bit.I bought a copy for myself, but I also bought a copy for my colleague because this book is a godsend for people new to Q.  If you're in the same position I was in - experienced in C/C++/Java (but not in any array programming languages); some development/DBA experience in Oracle or MySQL and you think KDB will be more of that same (it most certainly will not); and you have to learn KDB+  - this book will help you immensely.

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    I found it very hard to learn KDB and Q ...
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2015*

I found it very hard to learn KDB and Q purely from the wiki as the provided tutorials focus on low level language details and not how to approach or structure a project.If you are serious about learning KDB, "Q Tips" will be a worthwhile investment.

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    Too hard to follow for the novice
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2017*

I find this book exceedingly hard to follow to the point that I believe it defies its purpose to serve as an introductory treatment. I skipped over some sections on in chapters 2 and 3, figuring that I'd fill in the holes later, but in chapter 4 on functions I got terminally frustrated. It's too difficult to follow the author, at least for me and I should say that I have a pretty serious programming background stretching decades across academia and the financial industry. At times it is apparent that the author is not trained as a mathematician or engineer/scientist as he doesn't seem familiar with elementary mathematical concepts, which leads to poor wording of his explanations. But this isn't fundamentally the problem. The overall pace of presentation of the material is too fast for a q novice. It's too bad as I think the book's project is in principle terrific. I really wanted to like this book.I recommend the alternative "Q for Mortals" instead, which offers much more readable presentation.

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