IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Andy Harris
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Andy Harris
Rating: 5/5
This book will help anyone who has had any or no experience with programming. I found this book easy to understand and he shows great examples for almost everything. That was very important to me since I am a "show me" type of learner. Great Book!
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: 2/5
Title: McSe: SQL Server 6.5 Administration Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell, Michael Lee, Sawtell, M. Lee
Rating: 2/5
The SQL Server 6.5 Administration Study Guide presents information in a clear and consise manner. Questions are provided at the end of each chapter for review. However, neither the questions nor the content prepare you for the actual exam questions. I found that little of the material covered was up to the caliber of the actual test questions. I do not recommend this as the sole study guide for the SQL Server 6.5 Admin exam.
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Publisher: Rating: 5/5
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Publisher: Rating: 5/5
After reading this book, my programming skills leaped from Oracle kindergartener to Oracle goddess! As well as a great introduction to PL/SQL and a thorough reference, this book sits right next to my keyboard when I program. It not only covers basic PL/SQL, but also Oracle built-in packages, objects, collections, debugging, and the list goes on. Whether you're just getting started or having been programming for a while, this is an invaluable resource.
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
This is the book I've been looking for! I own lots of SQL books and all of them use no real-world examples and go very little into the actual language. (one book I have just breezed over table joining!) This book goes into great detail on the language and explains it in a easy to understand way. This is the only SQL book I've enjoyed reading. Another masterpiece from the people at WROX.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL 101
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Christopher Allen
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL 101
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Christopher Allen
Rating: 5/5
This book is very easy to follow and understand. It not only tells you what the basic concepts or commands are, but also teaches you how to use them. It's also a good reference book for OCP exam PL/SQL part. One suggestion: I'd like to see more questions after each chapter
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCDBA Administering SQL Server 2000 Study Guide (Exam 70-228)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Joyjit Mukherjee
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCDBA Administering SQL Server 2000 Study Guide (Exam 70-228)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Joyjit Mukherjee
Rating: 4/5
Considering the limited availability of MCDBA certification guides on the market, this has to be one of the better ones. The material is well layed out, and for the most part, covered in appropriate detail. However, the chapter on Replication (Chapter 13), is excessively long and could be broken up into more concise and focused chapters. Some of the exercises aren't always explained very clearly, or have too many typos, i.e. (Exercise 12-1 "Using a DTS Package to Transform Data"). Several steps for this critical exercise are missing and one needs to refer to Books Online to get the correct result. In addition, there are too many references to SQL Server 7.0 that were obviously missed during editing (particularly in Chapter 13). More hands-on exercises are needed and perhaps a greater emphasis on using T-SQL statements for performing traditional DBA tasks. However, the "Two Minute Drills" are excellent. They help test your understanding and retention of subject matter, and are good review tools. Lastly, be sure to read and follow, "Some Pointers," in the PREFACE section of the book, as this is what one needs to do to master the material, and ultimiately be successful during the 70-228 exam.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSE: SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide
Publisher:
Authors: Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell
Rating: 5/5
Title: MCSE: SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide
Publisher:
Authors: Lance Mortensen, Rick Sawtell
Rating: 5/5
This book together with the "MS SQL Server 7.0 Test Success" helped me to pass the exam on the first try. Nonetheless this is a tough cookie, and you'll have to use the actual product a lot, a lot, a lot. I highly recommend this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ray Rankins, Paul Jensen, Paul Bertucci
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ray Rankins, Paul Jensen, Paul Bertucci
Rating: 5/5
I have read the book and I am recommending this to all of my students, both as a technical reference manual and for exam prep. The book contains a concise and easy to read explainations of all the main topics in sql 2000 with scripts and a cd to boot!
Brian Light MCT,CCNA,MCSE
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski
Rating: 1/5
Title: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski
Rating: 1/5
I'm new to programming, since I started a crash course in learning PHP and Mysql. I'm now pretty decent and have built a complicated commercial site. The code ain't pretty, but it works. I have bought nearly every PHP book published (except for those which got extremely negative reviews on Amazon.) Ones I find useful are Professional PHP Programming (WROX), Beginning PHP4 (WROX), PHP Fast &Easy Web Development by Meloni, Visual Quickstart Guide, and Sams Teach Yourself PHP4. By far the best for the novice to get started is Meloni's book PHP Fast & Easy Web Development. Great great book! The Developer's Cookbook has not been helpful. It may be useful for an advanced programmer, but I find the code explanations too terse to be helpful. Whenever I find a piece of code in the book I think might be helpful, it's not explained adequately or turns out not to be quite what I wanted. Also, the index is poor, so that I can't use it as a reference. Even basic terms and concepts are often not listed in the index, so I can rarely find what I'm looking for. Using the other books I listed above, I've always been able to find code examples I needed, or at least enough hints to work out the code myself. As a result, I've only used the Cookbook a few times since I've had it, but I use the other books many times a day.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache Server for Windows Little Black Book: The Indispensable Guide to Day-to-Day Apache Server Tips and Techniques
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Matt Keller, Matthew Keller, Greg Holden
Rating: 5/5
Title: Apache Server for Windows Little Black Book: The Indispensable Guide to Day-to-Day Apache Server Tips and Techniques
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Matt Keller, Matthew Keller, Greg Holden
Rating: 5/5
Well , it helps me start from nothing-i-know-about-apache and now my site is running as i expected.So cool and smooth. No error found in the book. But anyway curious web admin will get benefit from more-detail and real world-based implementation ,for example, all modules usage in dept, custom source compliation on win32 etc. (I know that this info could be found in online docs ,right? but i'd love to read from text book) I love this book but still wondering why the authors include (p.270) pics of how to enter proxy server setting in NS/IE ? Is it that important?
