IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 5/5
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 5/5
I am very pleased with Beginning PHP 4 and it's rarely off my desk. I'd highly recommend it to anyone wanting to get a fast, no nonsense tutorial and a great reference for PHP.This book is probably not for someone creating their first Web site. It assumes that the reader can code and publish HTML. I also think it would be a good idea for prospective buyers to visit some PHP sites ... before jumping into "Begining" PHP 4. Beginning PHP 4 teaches by example so the reader learns functions and techniques VERY quickly as they build working projects. Plus, the layout of the book is such that the reader can drop into any chapter and get a brush-up tutorial and sample code.So... get a basic feel for PHP, write a few simple PHP enhanced pages on your own and you'll REALLY enjoy this book. You'll find the difference in PHP's power after reading this book is like the difference between throwing a bullet and firing one from a gun.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MySQL and PHP From Scratch
Publisher: Que
Authors: Wade Maxfield
Rating: 1/5
Title: MySQL and PHP From Scratch
Publisher: Que
Authors: Wade Maxfield
Rating: 1/5
Since reading (and returning) this book, I discovered a miracle product that makes this book redundant -- there's no reason to spend a day or more installing PHP and MySQL when you can buy software that does it automatically in less than 10 minutes. There's a company called Abriasoft (.com for their website) that makes a CD that will install MySQL, PHP, Apache, and other such programs on your computer within 5 minutes. Awesome! It will install in either Windows or Linux. I'm a beginner in PHP, and could no more install these programs myself than fly, but it was a cinch with Abriasoft. I know I probably sound like an ad, but I have no connection with ABriasoft except for eternal gratitude!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Rasmus Lerdorf
Rating: 1/5
Title: PHP Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Rasmus Lerdorf
Rating: 1/5
Don't buy this book; you won't use it. The function explanations are rarely more than a sentence, and worst of all they are many times self-referential."string urlencode(string str) - URL-ecodes a string." The function name makes that clear, but what does that mean, if you don't already know? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of referring to a book for clarification?"array pathinfo(string path) - Returns information about a certain string." Does that description clarify anything beyond the function name?They should have trimmed out more functions and included more information about the most important ones. Sadly, this is also the book used in Dreamweaver MX 2004 for online help, which is frustrating.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski
Rating: 5/5
Have any of you done Perl and worn the Perl Cookbook cover off? Then this is your book.The layout and general concept of this book is very similar to that other beloved cookbook. Some entries are nearly identical. One feature I adore in particular is multiple recipes for one task, stating which is faster/more efficient, and then telling you why. I have been scripting PHP for 2 years, mostly professionally, but many fun, personal projects as well. Not only do I wish I had this book, but I am gald that I have it now. I have been reading this thing randomly but voraciously, and I have found little gems even under the elementary topics.I will be working on 2 major projects soon, the development stage of one has just begun. One is a massive intranet site, (authentication, sessions, customization, etc.) and the other is an ecommerce site/application. I will be using this book continuously as a: 1) code reminder 2) how-to resource 3) code-refiner 4) style-refiner.I've already used it several times for custom classes - don't pass this one up!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Essential PHP fast
Publisher: Springer
Authors: Simon Stobart
Rating: 5/5
Title: Essential PHP fast
Publisher: Springer
Authors: Simon Stobart
Rating: 5/5
I learnt all the concepts of PHP in just 8 days from this book and then made a very complicated Online car booking system. I strongly recommend that if you want to learn PHP, you need only one book "Essential PHP fast by Dr.Simon Stobart".
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MySQL and PHP From Scratch
Publisher: Que
Authors: Wade Maxfield
Rating: 1/5
Title: MySQL and PHP From Scratch
Publisher: Que
Authors: Wade Maxfield
Rating: 1/5
This book was a major disappointment. I had expected to gain some knowledge on how to administrer a site with a bunch of users in the form of a mailhotel, and perhaps get to know some of the tricks of MySQL. All it does is to show how Maxfield solved _one_ particular problem.I can't think of any group to which this book should give any benifit. Experienced programmers won't learn anything new. New programmers wont get the point, and the appendix is not better than Core PHP Programming... I wish I could have my money back...
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 5/5
I was looking for a book that covers both MySQL and PHP. First I was thinking of buying seperate books but since I don't like 99% of the PHP books out there, I went for this one. I made the right choice. It's like two very good books in one bundle. It discusses MySQL and PHP seperately at first but soon you'll be accessing your secure database through the internet. It covers complex web development but it's so well written en thorough that veryone can use it, from starter to novice to expert.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle8 Pl/SQL Black Book (Black Book (Coriolis Group Books Paperback))
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Mark Gokman, Jonathn Ingram, Jonathan W. Ingram
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle8 Pl/SQL Black Book (Black Book (Coriolis Group Books Paperback))
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Mark Gokman, Jonathn Ingram, Jonathan W. Ingram
Rating: 5/5
This book is a great guide to PL/SQL, especially for DBA's and non-programmers. The reference section is especially good, and I can quickly find PL/SQL snippets to assist me.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server The Complete Reference
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Gayle Coffman
Rating: 1/5
Title: SQL Server The Complete Reference
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Gayle Coffman
Rating: 1/5
If you're interested in knowing the big picture of SQL Server 7.0, this book is for you. However, if you're like most of us DBAs and Designers, you need a little more information than "what's new with SQL Server 7.0". I want to know *how* to make the application work! I found this book to be generally useless.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Mummy (Dk Google E.Guides)
Publisher: DK Publishing
Authors: Peter Chrisp
Rating: 4/5
Title: Mummy (Dk Google E.Guides)
Publisher: DK Publishing
Authors: Peter Chrisp
Rating: 4/5
DK and Google have created a website and a book to encourage further study. This guide features age-appropriate links so children can learn more about this topic through interactive features, multimedia content, games and quizzes. They can also download images for projects.
Some of the topics in this book include:
Ancient Egypt
Masks and Coffins
Into the Underworld
Tomb Robbers
Famous Pharaohs
Peruvian Mummies
Inca Ice Mummies
An Artic Mystery
Frozen Tombs
Desert Discoveries
Modern-Day Mummies
Mummies on Display
If you have any interest in Egypt, this book is especially helpful and gives you additional links so you can go online to do further research. I think adults and children alike will enjoy seeing the artifacts and items like a painted treasure chest.
One of the strange stories in this book is about a perfectly preserved body that has now been nicknamed "Sleeping Beauty." Apparently the chemicals used to preserve her body have not been identified and she looks like she is sleeping.
Due to the content of this book, I will let you decide if this is appropriate for your child. This might be too frightening for children under the age of 9 or 10 but may be of interest to teenagers and adults.
Death is not the only focus of this book. The information about Pyramids being built to align with star constellations, archaeological discoveries and artic expeditions fill out the book nicely and give students an idea of how people lived. I found the items buried with the mummies to be even more interesting than the mummies themselves although the blue body from the bog was a little startling.
~TheRebeccaReview.com
