IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Java Databases: JDBC, SQL, J2EE, EJB, JSP, XML
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Kevin Mukhar, Todd Lauinger, John Carnell
Rating: 5/5
Title: Beginning Java Databases: JDBC, SQL, J2EE, EJB, JSP, XML
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Kevin Mukhar, Todd Lauinger, John Carnell
Rating: 5/5
I am not a java programmer nor want to be one at all. As an Oracle DBA I have been looking for a book that helps me to understand what java's all about and enough knowledge to help developers. Although This book doesn't deal with the latest specifications like EJB 2.0, JSP 1.3 and Servlet 2.3, it gives us a good explanations and good examples on how java interacts with databases,especially Oracle. Reading this book you can try some simple codes yourself and will get a hang of it. This is great book for a Java beginner to start with.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 4/5
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 4/5
This book has fitted my needs perfectly while setting up the infrastructure of easy2link.com, but it may not fit you. The first chapter is on installing and configuring PHP, the second chapter is on "Basic PHP Techniques," and the rest of the book is basically about database connectivity (Chapters 3-8). The only thing I found lacking was that it doesn't include information about templates. If you are creating a website, you will want to use templates! If you don't already know how to do templates with PHP, find another PHP book (which I find painful to say because of how much I have enjoyed this book). If you want to do PHP and MySQL connectivity, I would suggest that you also buy _MySQL_ by Paul DuBois.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache Cookbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Ken Coar, Rich Bowen
Rating: 5/5
Title: Apache Cookbook
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Ken Coar, Rich Bowen
Rating: 5/5
The collaboration of Apache software experts Ken Coar and Rich Bowen, Covering Apache 2.0 & 1.3, Apache Cookbook is a "user friendly" guide and comprehensive reference to the most widely used web server in the world. Offering common problems and solutions; step-by-step walk-throughs; discussion problems; sample codes; worked-out solutions; instructions for tasks such as installing the server or managing a proxy server, and so much more, Apache Cookbook is a "must-have" instructional reference for anyone charged with the responsibility of setting up or maintaining an Apache based web server.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Tuning
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Dan Tow
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Tuning
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Dan Tow
Rating: 5/5
Most all database driven applications are going to use an SQL RDBMS. Whether you wrap them in an O/R mapping layer or write the SQL directly you are going to get to SQL at some time. And often you will find that you need to be able to tune and optimize some of the critical queries for the best performance. But how do you get there?SQL Tuning covers reading the execution plans, tweaking the queries and diagramming the plans so that you can understand what the server is doing and how to optimize it. This is a unique book for O'Reilly which is a publisher most at home with works that are mainly code or API references. This book instead teaches a methodology and does it well. No quick fixes or cookbook style approaches are presented. This book teaches action through a deep understanding of the topic at hand, and if you use SQL on systems that require high performance then this is an understanding relevant to you.Here are the key chapters:Chapter two presents the internal of the database in a solid introductory manner.Chapter three teaches you how to read execution plans.Chapter four teaches you how to control those plans on Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server.Chapter five teaches you a way to diagram the plans to understand the in more detail.Chapter six shows you how to analyse those plans then then turn that into a new execution optimized execution plan.As you can see, no quick fixes here. This is a book about a methodology and how to apply it. Bravo O'Reilly and Dan Tow for this important and unique work.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: OCA/OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas, Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas
Rating: 5/5
Title: OCA/OCP: Introduction to Oracle9i SQL Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas, Chip Dawes, Biju Thomas
Rating: 5/5
I have read the book and I am totally satisfied with it. The book covers all topics which you need to pass the test. I think the questions in the book are not to hard...they meet exactly the question standart from the test. So as test preparation this book is perfect. But I also have to say: if you are new to Oracle and SQL this book will not go deep enough into the topics. You will need additional books.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0
Publisher: Apress
Authors: W. Jason Gilmore
Rating: 5/5
Title: A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0
Publisher: Apress
Authors: W. Jason Gilmore
Rating: 5/5
Before reading this book I was a very discouraged CIS student. I was losing interest and fast. Programming no longer seemed as romantic as it once was (it once did...honest). But then I read this book at it changed my entire perspective. The author has quite a knack for guiding you through the world of PHP. I even caught up on some programming concepts I never quite understood in college classes. Now, not only am I constructing advanced websites with the wonderful modularity PHP offers, but I'm also trying out my new-found knowledge on other languages as well. If you're interested in making webpages...or you're just a programmer who's itching to learn a new and fun (fun!!!) language then you need this book.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide (Book/CD-ROM Set)
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Syngress
Rating: 3/5
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide (Book/CD-ROM Set)
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Syngress
Rating: 3/5
This book covers the objectives for the SQL Server 7 administration exam in a reasonable way. However, it fails to achieve greatness because it is based on a beta version of SQL Server 7 (probably beta 3), and it came out long before anyone had seen the FINAL version of the Microsoft test. As such, the book has a few flaws and probably fails to cover some of the areas that will be important on the test. Even so, I found the book well worth the money I paid. In fact, unlike some of the other exam guides I've bought in the past, this one will stay on my shelf even after I pass.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
I'm beginning to relate Ken as the Tom Kyte of Oracle. Ken writes the book excellently and provides as much meat as you can dig in. The book is excellently written and like the other two.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSE Training Kit : Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Design and Implementation (Exam 70-229)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Microsoft Corporation
Rating: 2/5
Title: MCSE Training Kit : Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database Design and Implementation (Exam 70-229)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Microsoft Corporation
Rating: 2/5
I agree with Wayne Plourde. This book does not contain any specifics on the functions of SQL Server. Whole Chapters on Stored Procedures, Triggers and Indexes aren't very helpful. The exam is a lot more specific to the interactions between objects, not the code itself.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle9i: SQL (with an Introduction to PL/SQL)
Publisher: Course Technology
Authors: Lannes Morris-Murphy
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle9i: SQL (with an Introduction to PL/SQL)
Publisher: Course Technology
Authors: Lannes Morris-Murphy
Rating: 5/5
What can I say? I didn't know anything at all about Oracle. I read the book while taking the class with her at Troy University. I then took and passed the exam on the first try. Good stuff!
Joey Powell
Enterprise AL USA
