IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself PL/SQL in 21 Days (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Jonathan Gennick, Tom Luers
Rating: 5/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself PL/SQL in 21 Days (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Jonathan Gennick, Tom Luers
Rating: 5/5
I generally agree with the other reviewers on this book - despite some errors, it is a solid set of PL/SQL lessons. Great results can be produced by using the book as designed (download a copy of Personal Oracle, and spend three hours a day hacking the &@:=#! out of it). However, these favorable reviews can be misleading, as they lack a "Who is this book for?" section. Unlike many "Teach Yourself" titles, this is not good reading for the absolute novice. To get the most from this book, you should have:1. Functional and theoretical knowledge of at least one high-level programming language.2. A good understanding of database theory and terminology.3. Some experience with SQL (and ideally with Oracle, but if you can make Access do tricks, you'll be fine).4. Three weeks off. ;-)
Product: Book
Title: PHP and MySQL For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Publisher:
Authors: Janet Valade
Rating: 1/5
Title: PHP and MySQL For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Publisher:
Authors: Janet Valade
Rating: 1/5
Well, after hearing so much about this book I decided to go out and buy it. I must say that this book taught me one thing. The opening and closing tags for using PHP. It is obvious to me that the authors of this book think they know how to teach a beginnner PHP but they are sadly mistaken. I must need PHP and MYSQL for morons then, because I still have no idea when to use what on PHP and MySQL. I have also gone on to but 2 more books on the subjects and still up to this day after 2 months of reading I am no further than where I started. I usually have to read a book once or twice before I grasp it, but not this one or any other for that matter. PHP is easy for those who know it and not for those who don't.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Itzik Ben-Gan, Tom Moreau
Rating: 4/5
Title: Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Itzik Ben-Gan, Tom Moreau
Rating: 4/5
In reading through the many reviews on this book, I notice that we have a bi-modal distribution. Intermediate users love it, and truly advanced users give it low marks.The sub-title on the back cover is a better clue to what this book is about than the title -- "Practical T-SQL Solutions to Common Problems."If you've sorted through your initial newbie issues about SQL and SQL Server and want to take your skills to the next level, you will find this book extremely worthwhile. If you're already an advanced T-SQL type looking for deeper insights, you'll probably be dissapointed.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ray Rankins, Paul Jensen, Paul Bertucci
Rating: 1/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ray Rankins, Paul Jensen, Paul Bertucci
Rating: 1/5
This book might be useful, but the build quality is so low it is not worth the effort to find out. After two attempts and 2+ weeks of wasted time I have yet to receive a copy that is not missing from 1423-1470. Do yourself a favor and stick with O'Reilly (at least the book will not be missing parts). If you think you are going to use the index to find something, don't waste your time A-D is missing. Lets say you want to look into auto increment.....alter table....hmm hard to guess how many topics are between A and D.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Daniel Lopez
Rating: 4/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Daniel Lopez
Rating: 4/5
I picked up the book when moving to Red Hat 8, which includes Apache 2 by default. My knowledge of web administration is limited to Apache 1.3 and this book does a good job of explaining what has changed which is what I was looking for. The book covers everything you would expect from a beginner Apache book such as installation, configuration, logging and some others that I did not such as PHP, mod_perl and Tomcat. I only use PHP, so I cannot comment on the others. I liked the simple, no-nonsense approach of the author to the topics and you can also tell he knows his stuff.
The SSL chapter is the best one I have read on the topic.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 4/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 4/5
If you are reading this book to learn, the examples provide easy understanding to the most common SQL statements for both selecting and manipulating data. Its worth trying the examples as a learning tool, and the scripts and populated Microsoft Access database is available from the authors web site (along with a few errata). If your using it as a reference, the nicely layed out contents, pages, and index provide for finding the information quickly. ASP programmers who are writing SQL to access databases for the web will particularly find this a useful guide to constructing the SQL SELECT statements to retrieve data. The book mentions more advanced features such as stored procedures and triggers which will at least give you a taste of things to learn. I suspect that as readers databases grow slower, however they may be searching for more information on indexing and keys.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Michael K. Glass, Yann Le Scouarnec, Elizabeth Naramore, Gary Mailer, Jeremy Stolz, Jason Gerner
Rating: 4/5
Title: Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Michael K. Glass, Yann Le Scouarnec, Elizabeth Naramore, Gary Mailer, Jeremy Stolz, Jason Gerner
Rating: 4/5
I have one word to say, Finally! This book is perfect for the newbie to PHP, Apache, MySQL. Though it only touches the surface of the AMP model it really gets you to roll your sleeves up and dig in. The code is explained very well and shouldn't give any troubles to someone who wants to learn how to build dynamic sites utilizing AMP. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because i haven't finished the book yet and did find a couple of errors in some of the codes. Though it was challenge, I was able to work through them as it should be when learning to program! However,I did feel the book was worthy of a good review and some "atta boys" way to go WROX!This book is great, I mean "AWESOME" and worth every penny!that's my take,
I'm out <><
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server Backup and Recovery: Tools and Techniques
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Frank McBath
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server Backup and Recovery: Tools and Techniques
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Authors: Frank McBath
Rating: 5/5
Frank McBath has successfully filled a gap in the reference book section with this complete guide to SQL Server 2000 Backup and Recovery. With its in-depth content and real world examples, McBath's book provides a comprehensive look at everything you will need to know about SQL Server backup and recovery. He highlights common problems and provides practical workarounds. One of the great things about this book is that it is not so general that you would be hard-pressed to find useful examples. McBath gives you the commentary, the code and the specific content that you can use at work. This is definitely the kind of book that every SQL Server DBA should have!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
This is the best SQL Server-related book I have ever read. It beats the other Transact-SQL books hands-down. Two of my favorite things about it are its in-depth coverage of row-positioning problems such as statistical calculations and its exhaustive listing of undocumented Transact-SQL syntax. These alone make this a must-have for any serious SQL Server developer. This book is a future classic. It goes on my shelf between Soukup's Inside SQL Server and Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Portable DBA: SQL Server
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Damir Bersinic, Stephen Giles
Rating: 5/5
Title: Portable DBA: SQL Server
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Damir Bersinic, Stephen Giles
Rating: 5/5
This is an essential book for anyone who works with, or is curious about SQL. This book covers all aspects of SQL from installation to Back Up and restoration scenarios. Covering all flavors of SQL from version 6.5 to current this book is compact and contains an unbelievable amount of knowledge into less than 500 Pages. I could not get over how detailed and clear this book is. After having read many other books on these topics it was truly refreshing to read a technical book that succinctly touched on all aspects of administrating a SQL box.It was unfortunate to discover that some of what I had thought was good techniques were proved to be flawed, and when after implementing the suggestions in this book I was thrilled to see an increase in efficiency of Data Calls, and Network Load. It is clear to see that the authors of this book have carefully and clearly defined all that could be needed in a small easy to reference book. This book is a necessity for any desk where SQL Server is running. It is a small cost to pay for so much knowledge, well worth every cent.
