Mastering PLC Programming: The software engineering survival guide to automation programming

I am a student at East Coast Polytechnic. The author is an instructor here, so I mostly bought it to be supportive. I was actually suprised when I cracked it open to take a gander. I thought it was going to be like all of the other PLC programming books filled with the same old content and silly routines. Upon examining it's content, I put this book up there with Frank Lambs "Advanced PLC Hardware and Programming", which is anohther project based learning book that holds it weight in real world value, just as this book here. The project based learning approach is the only way to go in PLCs. This book takes a free software called Codesys and steps you through the basics, fundamentals, and advanced level concepts in a silky smooth transition. I see the future of PLCs transiitoning towards ST programming to be quite blunt- if you want a future in automation you need to learn Structured text language. You also should buy this book. If you are an engineeering student or aspiring controls or automation engineer, you need this book. The software is free and the language is the same as any other high end software such as Studio5000 or Siemens TIA. I'm going to say this one more time. You need to learn to program and debug structured text, and you need to buy this book.

A great instruction manual as well as a reference book.

A great book!!!

The author is an instructor at ECPI and I had the pleasure of being one of his students in a Python programming class. The way he explains the proper way to program in Python has poured over into this book. He takes the time to break everything down in a way it can be understood and provides explanations as to why it is better to program a specific way. Overall, great source material for PLC programming.

Good explanation