What is a Nutshell ?

[samansk]

I read many context found word "Nutshell" such as
- Perl in a Nutshell
- MacOS in a Nutshell
- Linux in a Nutshell .....and more...
What is the meaning or what's a "Nutshell".

 

[MikeLacey]

The Nutshell books are published by O'Reilly and they're good; I have several.

Go to

http://www.amazon.com

and search for any of the topics you've listed above.
Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com

 

[rycamor]

A nutshell is the shell of a nut ;-), but...

"... in a nutshell" is an English expression. It means "this is the essential information (condensed) about x". It's meant to be sort of a fun phrase--not too serious.

You can compare it to:

- a summary

- "the SHORT version"

- "just tell what I need to know, nothing more"

Normally, in conversation, if you can reduce the essence of an idea to ONE sentence, you would then say "that's it, in a nutshell". Obviously the Oreilly books take more than one sentence to explain Perl, or Linux, but the intention is to deliver a quick, but complete explanation of the subject.

Samansk -- obviously English is not your first language. What country are you from? Are you working in an English-speaking country now?

 

[samansk]

Thanks for everyone.
I'm Thai live in Thailand. (Southeast asia)

 

[RebelScum]

Thats Thailand in a Nutshell