IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: iSeries and AS/400 SQL at Work
Publisher: Mc Pr Llc
Authors: Howard Arner
Rating: 5/5
Title: iSeries and AS/400 SQL at Work
Publisher: Mc Pr Llc
Authors: Howard Arner
Rating: 5/5
Anyone working with AS400 query should look into buying this book. Not only does Howard explain how SQL works, he also gives working examples with the sample data included on the CD. Now using AS400 query seems a little odd and very cumbersome.His writing is laid out very well and easy to read. While reading this, I felt that he was actually there explaining the chapters to me as a one on one instructor.Great Job!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself PL/SQL in 21 Days (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Jonathan Gennick, Tom Luers
Rating: 1/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself PL/SQL in 21 Days (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Jonathan Gennick, Tom Luers
Rating: 1/5
If you, like me, are distracted by printing errors and mistakes, then do not buy this book. Wait for a (much?) later printing. I cannot learn from such a book. This is one of the most disappointing book buys I have made.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Create Dynamic Webpages Using PHP & MySQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: David Tansley
Rating: 3/5
Title: Create Dynamic Webpages Using PHP & MySQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: David Tansley
Rating: 3/5
I suppose as a beginner, my knowledge is already pretty advanced. At least, the concepts are familiar. Typos in the editing aside, this book isn't bad. I thought the CD was a waste, since all of this software is easily obtainable on the web, and contributed to the cost of the book.I had already purchased Beginning PHP 4 from wrox and everything covered in Mr Tansley's book was available in there. I thought that book was superior as a reference and introduction to the concepts of PHP and mySQL, and would recommend it first.If you are looking for a book (as I still am) that details more database development on the backend to create a site, this is not the book. Don't be mislead by the title to assume into believing it marries mySQL and PHP from the beginning.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic & SQL Server: William R. Vaughn (Microsoft Programming Series)
Publisher: Microsoft Pr
Authors: William Vaughn
Rating: 3/5
Title: Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Basic & SQL Server: William R. Vaughn (Microsoft Programming Series)
Publisher: Microsoft Pr
Authors: William Vaughn
Rating: 3/5
This book does cover a lot of technical details about how VB and SQL server work together. However it is filled with non working examples, lacks practical examples, contains boring and unnecessary history, assumes that you have worked with VB and SQL from VB 3.0. The book is more the author's experiences wth development at Microsoft and not the real day to day application for us programming consultants who need answers and fast. I have spent 10 hours with the book and only have managed to read 40% of it because of it is slow reading. There is an enormous amount of repetition in the book. The abundance of sidebars such as the IMHO detract from continuity. Also I have 3 hours into the first example in chapter 2 which was published incorrectly.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-001)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Michael R. Ault, Michael Ault
Rating: 3/5
Title: Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-001)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Michael R. Ault, Michael Ault
Rating: 3/5
Preparing for any exam is prone to cause a certain amount of anxiety, but with this book one should feel completely at ease going into the test. The book does a marvelous job covering the basics of SQL statements. Some of the hints and tips stray close to being obvious, but do not detract from the book overall. Some of the practice questions are almost too easy, but it's a good warmup to the real thing. This is a very complete, and ultimately useful book.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSE System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Jeffry Byrne, Jeffrey Byrne
Rating: 2/5
Title: MCSE System Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 7
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Jeffry Byrne, Jeffrey Byrne
Rating: 2/5
My copy is going back to the vendor. The other guy (I'm number two to review in this forum) was ticked off about the extras. I usually catch the holes about a book before I buy it.The main problem with the book is the number of errors. There are so many errors that you need to know what facts in order to get anything out of this book. Identfy the errors and you could learn a lot in the process.Chapter 10 Qestion # 2 (amoung the right answers) The CHECK constraint is often used to, "A": Place a check mark in a box!The stored procedure "__________________" (blank/missing) does not do something? A True/False questions.The datatypes listed on pages 290-293 are the datatypes for SQL 6.5 and before not SQL Server 7.I'd be happy to help with a book. I've trained instructors and trained at Microsoft University. One more pass on this book (80 hours) would turn it around.I know of only one book that is better than/adds to the Microsoft SQL docs: WROX SQL Server 6.5 Admin. The Sharon Dooley parts are gems.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 1/5
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 1/5
I just recieved this book today and spent some quality time looking through it. As with most WROX books, the examples are useful, real-world presentations and I was pleasantly surprised to see some screenshots that used Mozilla as well as Internet Explorer, illustrating the truly cross-platform, cross-browser compatibility of the language. Thanks to the WROX team for another outstanding reference, and of course thanks to Rasmus Lerdorf for giving us the best platform-agnostic, HTML-embedded, server-side web scripting language available to date.
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
This book is a must-have reference for any PHP coder.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: A Visual Introduction to SQL
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: David Chappell, J. Harvey Trimble
Rating: 5/5
Title: A Visual Introduction to SQL
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: David Chappell, J. Harvey Trimble
Rating: 5/5
Are you brand new to SQL? Do you need to Understand, Learn, and Apply SQL to your job or personal use? I would highly recommend this book! I am only half way through the book and I have learned so much, in so little time. Now I can apply what I have learned in the book to my job. =)
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Eric Rosebrock, Eric Rosebrock, Sybex
Rating: 2/5
Title: Creating Interactive Web Sites with PHP and Web Services
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Eric Rosebrock, Eric Rosebrock, Sybex
Rating: 2/5
The title of this book is unfortunately misleading. If you believe, as I do, that "Web Services" has something to do with SOAP (or more specifically, nuSOAP or other PHP-specific library) then prepare to be disappointed if you buy this book!
The closest thing you will find is a short discussion of the Amazon API and Google translation services, a slim 24 page chapter out of the entire 400+ page book. These are both already documented online.
The rest is an intermediate-level discussion of common PHP applications, which are addressed as well (if not better) in a number of other books...
Not recommended.
Postscript: Based on the ratings for this review, I felt it necessary to add the following clarifying comments:
This book is a decent introduction to general PHP web programming. However (and most PHP newbies would not know this), "Web Services" is a VERY specific programming term used to describe some relatively advanced concepts, e.g. Remote Procedure Calls between hardware-agnostic servers.
So what we have here is a book that explicitly claims to provide some specific, advanced programming knowledge. THE BOOK DOES NOT DELIVER ON THE PROMISE IMPLIED BY ITS TITLE! No matter how good an introductory book this is, readers should be warned that they will not come away with any increased knowledge of "Web Services". Caveat Emptor.
