TITLE: Textbooks on SINGULAR and Macaulay 2
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Recently, I'm tired of those theoretical parts on commuative algebra. So I hope that someone could recommend me some good textbooks on SINGULAR and Macaulay 2. And I'm wondering whether SINGULAR is better that  Macaulay 2?
Thank you in advance!

REPLY [10 votes]: It is not true that Singular and Macaulay 2 use the same "computational engine (singular)"
As far as books are concerned - 
"Computational Algebraic Geometry'', by Hal Schenck is fantastic. Cambridge University Press, (2003).
http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Algebraic-Geometry-Mathematical-Society/dp/0521536502