Author Topic: [FREE] Packt Book of the Day (Read 19,616 times)

4wd · « **on:** November 18, 2018, 10:32 AM »

Free at Packt for the next ~15 hours as of this edit, you need to create an account - they also have other permanently free books, (eg. Python, R, etc).

^ That's a link.

Might help someone find out what their other half has been up to ...

IainB · « **Reply #1 on:** November 18, 2018, 04:42 PM »

@4wd: Thanks for that link.

Interesting writeup on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Windows-PowerShell-Scripting-administrative/dp/1787126307
Looks like it could be a pretty useful and educational reference book.

IainB · « **Reply #2 on:** November 18, 2018, 10:24 PM »

Well, I assiduously tried to register on that website and get the free download of that book, but I was defeated by the unbeatable combination of an execrable webpage design and a Google Captcha. The page consistently failed in both Slimjet and IE.
Waste of time.

4wd · « **Reply #3 on:** November 19, 2018, 12:00 AM »

I used Puffin on my phone with no problems, throw-away gmail address, fake name.

Also worked a previous time using Vivaldi and Nada email address.

Just tried it now with another throw-away email, worked fine, (2 mins before deal expired).

What had to be allowed:

And TBH, didn't read any reviews, was more like: ooooo->Powershell->*FREE*->MINE!!!!

BTW, thinking about the sign up process, all three times I've done it I've had no ReCaptcha to play with:

Fill in details + Submit = access immediately (No ReCaptcha, no email verification, nothing)

And that's with uBlock Origin, uMatrix, Cookie AutoDelete, and a Hosts file that's ~500kB full of ad/analytics/malware/etc blocked domains.

wraith808 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 19, 2018, 02:44 AM »

Yeah... I got it easily also, and thanks for the notification! There's a lot of other free books there also.

4wd · « **Reply #5 on:** November 19, 2018, 03:07 AM »

Microsoft Power BI Cookbook - current free deal for the next ~21 hours.

Won't bother posting a separate thread, just check the site every 24 hours for the next giveaway.

4wd · « **Reply #6 on:** November 19, 2018, 03:48 AM »

Visual Studio Code + PowerShell Stack Overflow Search extension ... ebook has already paid for itself

Remember to turn off telemetry if you don't want it.

Deozaan · « **Reply #7 on:** November 19, 2018, 05:24 AM »

I've had a "Packt Free Learning" tab open in my browser since around 2014-2015 or so, and check it almost every day.

A somewhat recent change is that I do occasionally have to fill out a Re-Captcha when trying to claim a free book, even when logged in, and even though I have in the past purchased books using that account. But I've never had any trouble with any of it. Not sure why that happens, but it hasn't stopped me from getting any books I wanted.

4wd · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2018, 01:01 AM »

Picked up Mastering Docker earlier this month, was trying to get to understand Docker and how to use it, and this ebook has been really good.

Just need to reconfigure my system to use Hyper-V instead of VirtualBox now ... needed a reinstall anyway

4wd · « **Reply #9 on:** November 26, 2018, 04:50 AM »

BUMP

Docker on Windows is the current one, see OP.

wraith808 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 26, 2018, 03:45 PM »

Quote from: 4wd on November 26, 2018, 04:50 AM

BUMP

Docker on Windows is the current one, see OP.

Thanks! I would have missed it otherwise... great find!

Tuxman · « **Reply #11 on:** November 26, 2018, 07:38 PM »

Docker makes me sad. 70s UNIX tools wrapped in a gigantic binary file with a comic-style logo added on top of it, and suddenly it is "the next big thing". Bah, kids today.

wraith808 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 26, 2018, 08:56 PM »

iterative

4wd · « **Reply #13 on:** December 05, 2018, 02:06 AM »

BUMP

Mastering Docker is today's freebie.

Deozaan · « **Reply #14 on:** December 05, 2018, 07:38 AM »

Sounds like this thread needs to be renamed to something like [FREE] Packt Book of the Day.

Unless you don't mind updating the title to the current deal every so often. That sure is helpful.

4wd · « **Reply #15 on:** December 05, 2018, 09:50 AM »

Quote from: Deozaan on December 05, 2018, 07:38 AM

Sounds like this thread needs to be renamed to something like [FREE] Packt Book of the Day.

Nah, just thought those that were interested in the Docker on Windows ebook might be interested in today's offering.

This might help: Web Alert

wraith808 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 05, 2018, 02:24 PM »

Quote from: 4wd on December 05, 2018, 09:50 AM

Quote from: Deozaan on December 05, 2018, 07:38 AM
Sounds like this thread needs to be renamed to something like [FREE] Packt Book of the Day.

Nah, just thought those that were interested in the Docker on Windows ebook might be interested in today's offering.

It might still be good to rename in case there's an offering that someone thinks would be good to put in here to bring people's attention to it.

Quote from: 4wd on December 05, 2018, 09:50 AM

This might help: Web Alert

Cool app!

4wd · « **Reply #17 on:** December 11, 2018, 08:45 AM »

BUMP

Windows Forensics Cookbook - see OP

wraith808 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 11, 2018, 04:23 PM »

At this point, it might be good to just do what Deo said, and just make this like the humble, steam, gog threads...

4wd · « **Reply #19 on:** December 18, 2018, 12:28 AM »

Packt Christmas Sale - every book and video is only $5.00 each

Deozaan · « **Reply #20 on:** March 05, 2019, 05:15 AM »

It seems Packt's free learning has had some changes this year.

Now there are free videos instead of just eBooks.

But more importantly, now it seems you don't get free downloadable eBooks anymore. You only get HTML access to the books.

4wd · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2019, 07:08 AM »

Quote from: Deozaan on March 05, 2019, 05:15 AM

It seems Packt's free learning has had some changes this year.

Now there are free videos instead of just eBooks.
But more importantly, now it seems you don't get free downloadable eBooks anymore. You only get HTML access to the books.

Any code examples are still downloadable but I've kind of stopped looking since having to read a book online is a P.I.T.A.

They do have a mobile app though that allows offline reading ... might look at that at some point, (but pretty useless unless I invest in a new tablet with Android 4.4+).

Deozaan · « **Reply #22 on:** March 05, 2019, 07:24 AM »

Quote from: 4wd on March 05, 2019, 07:08 AM

I've kind of stopped looking since having to read a book online is a P.I.T.A.

I've had a tab open to their free learning page and checked it almost daily for the past 4 years or so. (First order was from Dec. 2014.)

I think it's time to finally close that tab. . .