IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional
Publisher: Apress
Authors: W. J. Gilmore
Rating: 5/5
Title: Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional
Publisher: Apress
Authors: W. J. Gilmore
Rating: 5/5
And that is about any topic. Usialy I have to go around and buy two or even three books to get all the information or understand everything about a topic. I had 3 for Visual Basic, 2 for C++ and 3 for Java. I am half way through Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional and I never felt I was missing out by not buying something else. It contains everything I need to realy become proficient in PHP and MySQL.
Thank you Mr. Gilmore!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Matt Zandstra
Rating: 1/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Matt Zandstra
Rating: 1/5
I could swear the title was "Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours". It should be "Go learn PHP somewhere else, and then read this book otherwise you'll have no clue what's going on".Get my point? This book is so mal-titled that the author should be arrested for false advertising. If you're a beginner, with no PHP knowledge, don't be fooled by the title, and look elsewhere.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Black Book
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Peter Moulding
Rating: 4/5
Title: PHP Black Book
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Peter Moulding
Rating: 4/5
I found the PHP Black Book useful and informative, but it left me wanting a reference manual. It has some helpful code examples and a lot of great insights, but it doesn't give you the level of documentation on the functions you would need to write more complex code. Buy the PHP Black Book, but buy a reference manual, too.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache: the Definitive Guide (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie
Rating: 5/5
Title: Apache: the Definitive Guide (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie
Rating: 5/5
Now you may think that there are better books out there. And there maybe. However this book is a "five star " book. I bought this book for a beginning apache class. We were able to follow the instructions and down load the Apache server from the Internet. The only problem we had was with the NIS system that was not anticipated in this book. It was a lot more important to use this book to read the flat files and see how they were related to each other. The section on Extra Modules (chapter 12) gave a way to improve the server and go outside the scope of this book. This book covered more details than I was looking for; this ways different people can use the book to target their particular needs. You can safely say:"This book has everything you need to set up an apache server."
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Authors: Joe Celko
Rating: 5/5
Title: Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Authors: Joe Celko
Rating: 5/5
I know Joe Celko, because of his sense of humour.We are bored about teachers and professors having great theorical views and poor practises. Do you need to have a constant look over your car engine while driving ? If yes, you may cause many accident, and I would'nt come with you in your car !Designing databases and using it, are two different concepts and when the primer is well done the former will automatically be a simple matter of "how to" and not a "technic" reserved to high leveled engineers ! That is, I think, just the way Joe Celko try to teach SQL to us. That is the way I teach and practice SQL and I just want to have larger view about what SQL can do, and this book answer fully to my request !Thanks Joe for all your books about SQL and databases, you are just the writer that had miss in the many passed years...
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache: the Definitive Guide (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie
Rating: 1/5
Title: Apache: the Definitive Guide (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Ben Laurie, Peter Laurie
Rating: 1/5
I gauge a book based on it's ability to answer my questions. So when I wanted to learn basic virtual host configuration on a Redhat Linux 6.1/Apache 1.3.9 system I was encouraged by the apparently in-depth treatment given to the subject. There were numerous examples given. Too bad the one for name based virtual hosts was apparently wrong, at least for my version of unix and apache. As I have only been through the first 70 or so pages of the book, perhaps it is too early to fairly pass judgement, but on the ONE question I primarly bought the book for help on, it failed me.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Unlocking OLAP With SQL Server 7 and Excel 2000
Publisher: Hungry Minds
Authors: Wayne S. Freeze, Wayne Freeze
Rating: 5/5
Title: Unlocking OLAP With SQL Server 7 and Excel 2000
Publisher: Hungry Minds
Authors: Wayne S. Freeze, Wayne Freeze
Rating: 5/5
Hi! I am Korean. ................ I can't write in English easily. I read this book in 1 month. I started D/W project and OLAP project in my company. This book have been my best helper in OLAP part. It is very easy. If you are beginner for OLAP like me, i think you will retain help too.
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 book is a must for all DBAs and developers working with SQL Server. It is full of well written explanations of how to do everything from creating the database making it perform under pressure.
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 would recommend this book for the person who is a complete novice to databases, to the person who is familiar with other database systems and needs to learn SQL Server, or the SQL Server expert who needs a good reference book on hand. I have used this book extensively for learning and developing an intranet for my firm, and plan to develop more valuable tools in the future. Good job WROX!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Database Design, Study Guide (Exam 70-29)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Rating: 5/5
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Database Design, Study Guide (Exam 70-29)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Rating: 5/5
This book is a waste of paper! It is full of errors. The examples are basic and when they are not full of errors do not illustrate or reinforce the points in the book. It does not follow a logical flow when discussing the concepts. I must agree that this one was rushed to press! It did nothing to prepare me for the exam! Nor did it give me any new information on the product. Save your $$$ and put it toward your exam (since you'll likely take it twice!)
