IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Bible with CD-ROM
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Paul Nielsen
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Bible with CD-ROM
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Paul Nielsen
Rating: 5/5
If you have a multi-page Acrobat Form and want to automatically fill the form with SQL Server , optionally emailing/faxing it, PF-Merge will do that job for you, without programming. It also merges images!Thought I share the above freely downloadable treasure with my fellow Cyberfriends. PF-Merge supports over 20 database platforms and its utilities do not time-out.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Learning PHP 5
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: David Sklar
Rating: 2/5
Title: Learning PHP 5
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: David Sklar
Rating: 2/5
I picked up this book to get an overview of the PHP language itself. I was very disappointed and found the book to be overly simplistic, devoting too much time to explaining basic programming concepts (such as 'what is a variable?') and not enough time on the language itself. Its one saving grace is the detail on how to validate input to avoid problems of people including HTML or code designed to destroy your database.
So, overall its ok if you know nothing about programming, but for an experienced programmer it contains very little of value.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Cram (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Jeffrey Garbus, David Pacuzzi, Alvin Chang, David Pascuzzi
Rating: 3/5
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Cram (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Jeffrey Garbus, David Pacuzzi, Alvin Chang, David Pascuzzi
Rating: 3/5
I've got this book after I finished studying using the New Riders Book and BOL. It's OK but I did not get a real value as far as the Type of Questions or as a Cram. It may help fill one or two gaps! - But it's not worth the money! I Think the New Riders Book offered better quality and value. The Normalization examples were very confusing. Some topics were extracts from BOL without any useful aditional information or quick tips. The Section on Indexing was good. Some of the sample questions on trasactions were helpful. If you have a extra money ... buy it, else stick with BOL.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and PostgreSQL Advanced Web Programming
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ewald Geschwinde, Hans-Juergen Schoenig
Rating: 1/5
Title: PHP and PostgreSQL Advanced Web Programming
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ewald Geschwinde, Hans-Juergen Schoenig
Rating: 1/5
It's hard to argue than any book has absolutely zero value: even the world's worst book (and this one may be in the running) probably contains some useful information. However, in a worthwhile book, I expect to find a good deal of useful information, and more than that, I expect not to find false information. There are enough errors in the first 60 pages of this book that I am not going to bother reading the rest of it.Example: p. 50 shows this code segment<?php
$a=23;
$b=34;
if ($a > $b)
{
echo 'a is higher than b';
}
else
{
echo 'b is higher than a';
}
?>The merest child, although evidently not SAMS technical editors, can see the elementary error here, which occurs when $a = $b.Example: p. 53 shows this code segment<?php
$a=18;
$b=19;
if ($a xor $b)
{
echo '$a and $b are the same';
}
else
{
echo '$a and $b are not the same';
}
?>with the comment that the code will return "$a and $b are not the same".If the author's earlier comment, that "False is returned if both values are the same", is correct, then this is obviously backwards, but beyond that, what is the basis of the comparison? In other languages I'm familiar with, XOR compares two Boolean values, or possibly performs a bitwise comparison on byte values. Are the authors telling us that in PHP XOR performs the same function as the inequality operator? Or is it that in PHP even numbers are True and odd numbers are False? Or what?The most likely explanation is that this example is simply garbage, and I strongly suspect that the rest of the book, which I no longer intend to read, is the same. I don't know much about PHP, which is why I bought the book, but I know enough about other programming languages to know that I can't have any faith in what this book tells me.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional PHP4 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Deepak Thomas, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant, Andrew Hill, Chris Hubbard, James Moore, Devon O'Dell, Jon Parise, Harish Rawat, Tarique Sani, Christopher Scollo, Chris Ullman, et al
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional PHP4 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Deepak Thomas, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant, Andrew Hill, Chris Hubbard, James Moore, Devon O'Dell, Jon Parise, Harish Rawat, Tarique Sani, Christopher Scollo, Chris Ullman, et al
Rating: 5/5
I bought this book based on the reviews i read here on amazon.I had learnt the PHP language from Beginning PHP4 by the publisher.
I have now read this book from front to back and i must admit that i have gained professional knowledge on diversified PHP topics.It has already helped me at my day job in streaming my project forward in the last week or so -- I truly felt i had gained a notch above the Beginning PHP Programmer. This book is a must read for anyone who has basic mark-up and c-like programming skills.
Product: Book Mass Market Paperback
Title: McSe Exam Notes: SQL Server 6.5 Administration (Certificaiton Study Guide)
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Rick Sawtell, Lance Mortensen
Rating: 4/5
Title: McSe Exam Notes: SQL Server 6.5 Administration (Certificaiton Study Guide)
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Rick Sawtell, Lance Mortensen
Rating: 4/5
I used this book as a supplement to the Microsoft Official Curriculum. It helped reinforce many of the concepts I learned in class and left me feeling prepared for the exam, which I passed today. I plan to buy other titles in this series based on my positive experience with this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
I have several of Henderson's other books but this is by far the best. He has finally found his voice. Instead of the stilted, techno-babble most technical books serve up, Henderson's prose flows like a country river. It educates and inspires without putting you to sleep. This book shows that Henderson is a great writer in his own right and that he knows now to tell a story.The thing that's truly amazing about the book is that Henderson manages to stretch a bit as a writer while still delivering a motherloade of technical content. There are over 700 code samples on the CD! That's the most I've ever seen in a technical book, even the boring cookbooks!Henderson began writing for himself more with the first Guru's Guide book and this one continues in that fine tradition. I thought the first GG book was witty and well-written, but this one is even better. Thank you, Ken, for writing such a masterpiece. You are an inspiration to us all.Char Baxter
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
I am ordering two more of these for my company. We have many books on T-SQL but none compare to the quality of content of Henderson's work. Seems everytime we're stumped there is good content, and excellent sample code.Can't keep enough of these around for my developers.Keep-in-mind, this is not a beginner's book, but is outstanding for intermediate to advanced SQL Server developers.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Google Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest
Rating: 4/5
Title: Google Hacks
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest
Rating: 4/5
The bulk of this book deals with applications created using the Google API. Even the discussion of the API itself is limited. All of the hacks relevant to the search engine itself are contained in the Google Pocket Guide.If you are looking for ideas on what can be done with the Google API, or how to use the applications that others have written, then this book might be for you. However, if you are looking for tips and things to tinker with - hacks, regarding the search engine, do not bother with this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: McSe Readiness Review Exam 70-029: Designing and Implementing Databases With Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Mcse Readiness Review)
Publisher: Microsoft Pr
Authors: Robert Sheldon
Rating: 4/5
Title: McSe Readiness Review Exam 70-029: Designing and Implementing Databases With Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 (Mcse Readiness Review)
Publisher: Microsoft Pr
Authors: Robert Sheldon
Rating: 4/5
I must tell you that I am sutisfed with this book. You will not spend money for anything. First, it is enough large to provide you knowleadge for passing the exam.All information are usefull and details are covering every part of the exam.
