IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Rob Vieira
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Rob Vieira
Rating: 5/5
I used this book to prepare for exam 70-029 and have passed with a score of 857. It covers all the topics required for this exam. It is not exactly exam oriented, but makes your foundation of SQL server very strong. I also used transcender to prepare for this exam.I like Mr Vieira's sense of humor (the key, the whole key and nothing but the key so help you Codd) :-) I didn't have any experience in sql server and found this book very helpful as my first book of sql server.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: OCP Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL Exam Guide
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Jason Couchman
Rating: 1/5
Title: OCP Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL Exam Guide
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Jason Couchman
Rating: 1/5
I am a relative new DBA having self-taught just about everything via books or online resources. And of course, I want to get a bigger paycheck by being an OCP -- so Intro to SQL is test#1 on the path.Prior to Oracle, I have worked exclusively in Open-source DB such as PostgreSQL and MySQL as well as the occational side-gigs using MS SQL server. As you know, since Oracle implements many non-ANSI standard SQL syntax, I knew I needed help to pass the test. Although this book is a good reference to build baseline knowledge, it alone will not be enough. For example, syntax such as "where x = ANY|ALL (subquery)" or INTERVAL YEAR TO MONTH were not even mentioned. And, the exam prep CD is totally inadequate. To make a long story short, this is good for baseline knowledge, but if you seriously want to pass the test, consider investing in test prep software from company such as selftestsoftware.com after reading through this book. The self test software are a bit pricy, but it worth every penny. After the multiple practice test and learning mode, I passed with an 85%. Yahoooo!!! ;) Good luck!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Php Fast & Easy Web Development (Fast & Easy Web Development)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
Title: Php Fast & Easy Web Development (Fast & Easy Web Development)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
This is an extraordinarily helpful and well-written book for the person who wants to move from static web pages to data driven pages. Each step is carefully explained in detail, and each chapter builds a useful category of web page, so that you find yourself moving very quickly into doing useful work. I started out learning PHP with a different book and was bogged down with esoteric details, but when I went back to PHP with this book everything fit and everything worked. For those who do not yet have Apache, PHP and MySql on their machines, the book furnishes a CD with these programs for both Linux and Windows, along with the usual detailed explanation of how to install and configure them. At some point you will probably want to get a more advanced book to do wild and crazy things, but if you are like me, you will still find yourself coming back to this one to be sure you got it right. Great book!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Workbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Workbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
If there is any book which will "fine-tune" one's knowledge of PL/SQL, this is it. It is written in Feuerstein's inimitable style which will keep you engaged with the book much longer than any other peer book of it's kind. There is so much to learn from this book really - and it applies to beginners as experts alike. This book explores the tiniest nuts and bolts of PL/SQL in an exercise-like format which gives the reader a chance to ponder on the problem before he/she looks up the answers. And I must add, you are in store for a lot of surprises when you look up the answers in the second half of the book ! (escpecially in the experts' section)
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 4/5
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 4/5
Being a web designer for over 2 years, I have found the want and need to better understand the back-end of the web. I found myself designing pages and sites that I knew if I had the knowledge, I could make better navigable and provide more interaction with the user.
I had heard a little about PHP, being Open-Source and quite scalable. I decided to purchase this book because I knew that most web applications utilize some form of database.
Although there are some quite apparent gramatical and syntactical errors, this book is the perfect level for those who know about programming, and the concepts that are required (OOP etc...) It provides several real-world examples of web applications and how the authors went about developing said projects. If you have a understanding of a programming language (not just HTML) and how RDBMS works, then this book is perfect solution for you.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: McSe: SQL Server 6.5 Administration Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell, Michael Lee, Sawtell, M. Lee
Rating: 1/5
Title: McSe: SQL Server 6.5 Administration Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell, Michael Lee, Sawtell, M. Lee
Rating: 1/5
I found the book useful as a beginning introduction to SQL admin. However, the questions and exercises did not prepare me for the exam. (Having passed all my Novell tests and the first four MS test the first time,I was surprised not to pass this one the first time, even after much effort.) They were far easier than the actual exam. This might be useful if one were to combine it with the SQL books online as well as another training source.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 5/5
This book is great! Whatever I need about PL/SQL,
I found it in this book, with a detailed example,which fits
my needs exactly! It might not be suitable for beginners though,
you lose your patient reading before you learn the essential
of PL/SQL. Keep one on your desk for reference.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional PHP Programming
Publisher:
Authors: Jesus Castagnetto, Sascha Schumann, Harish Rawat, Chris Scollo, Deepak T. Veliath
Rating: 3/5
Title: Professional PHP Programming
Publisher:
Authors: Jesus Castagnetto, Sascha Schumann, Harish Rawat, Chris Scollo, Deepak T. Veliath
Rating: 3/5
This book gives a nice overview of PHP and a few very useful real-world examples in the last chapter. The problem is, however, that once you start writing PHP code you need to look up certain functions and you won't find them all in the book (Perl style regular expression functions, for example)...Therefore, although it serves as a good introduction into the subject, there are other - less expensive - books out there for this purpose.
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: 1/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Stored Procedures, XML, and HTML (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 1/5
I haven't even made it all the way through the book, but feel confident giving this book 5 stars just on the strength of the XML coverage. Henderson does an excellent job of taking a simple HTML page and stepping through how you would logically turn it into an XML document, including DTDs, XML Schemas, XSLT and more. Before I bought this book, I had no idea of the relation of all of those separate files, but it's all clear now.He also goes into great detail about the FOR XML clause, and the different options available. The section about using a universal table with FOR XML EXPLICIT to create complex XML documents is great.Beyond XML, the topics are all great -- arrays, unoducmented procedures, functions and tasks, tips on programming style and efficiency, ...the list goes on.All the while the writing style is very personal and to the point. He doesn't waste space with a ton of screen shots or overly-long result sets.Highly recommended.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional Linux Programming
Publisher: Peer Information Inc.
Authors: Neil Matthew and Richard Stones, Brad Clements, Andrew Froggatt, David J. Goodger, Ivan Griffin, Jeff Licquia, Ronald van Loon, Harish Rawat, Udaya Ranawake, Marius Sundbakken, Deepak Thomas, Stephen J. Turnbull, David Woodhouse, Richard Stones, Christopher Browne
Rating: 4/5
Title: Professional Linux Programming
Publisher: Peer Information Inc.
Authors: Neil Matthew and Richard Stones, Brad Clements, Andrew Froggatt, David J. Goodger, Ivan Griffin, Jeff Licquia, Ronald van Loon, Harish Rawat, Udaya Ranawake, Marius Sundbakken, Deepak Thomas, Stephen J. Turnbull, David Woodhouse, Richard Stones, Christopher Browne
Rating: 4/5
I bought the Beginners Guide to Linux Programming and I really liked that book. This book is a very good follow-up, but it doesn't give the reader more programming tips.
It covers many topics which makes this book a great reference for anyone who deals with Linux and even other flavors of Unix on a day to day basic. Buy this book if you are looking for a reference book on developing software on Linux that covers advanced topics.
