Yea, I agree. I was planning get one but didn't get a chance. Even if we can't pre-order, it would be great if they release some info about when the next batch will be available.
I bookmarked these articles when I was trying to search for algorithms to implement in a news website that I wanted to develop as a side project. But I haven't taken a closer look at them yet. Hope these help.
Hey James, very inspiring read. I've been following your story and progress on the fastlane forum and glad to see that you had a successful launch! I've also been learning to program myself but my language of choice was python and django for framework. You are right that it takes some time to get through that initial learning curve but once you reach that first stage and figure out how to get past everytime you get stuck, it gets pretty exciting and fun. Congrats and best of luck to you!!
I was a novice in programming and wanted to try web development so I chose python and Django as my starting point. I started learning Django by first doing the poll app tutorial found on the official Django documentation page. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/
After that, I felt I had a good grasp of Django but wanted to get a more complete experience of building a simple but powerful web app so I purchased this book - http://www.amazon.com/Django-Website-Development-Ayman-Houri.... I really learned a lot from this book since not only did it provide me with a better understanding of the Django framework, it also helped me learn how to build all the nice features like tagging, search and integrate other technologies such as JQuery.
Now, I am trying to develop my own app using the book as a guide and I am having a lot of fun with it!