IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language (3rd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Judith S. Bowman, Sandra L. Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Practical SQL Handbook: Using Structured Query Language (3rd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Judith S. Bowman, Sandra L. Emerson, Marcy Darnovsky
Rating: 5/5
I have had this book for about a year now and I still use it quite regularly. It's really a great reference book. If you want to know how to do any kind of a join this book will show you in terms that are easy to understand. Because of this book there isn't a SQL statement that I can't wright. It's quite outstanding even if it's not a wrox book ;)
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 5/5
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 5/5
I've passed by this book by so many times on my trips through my local bookstore and now that I've finally bought it I find myself asking why? Why didn't I check this book out sooner?! Wrox Press's Beginning PHP4 is great. As a beginner myself, I couldn't reccomend this book highly enough for anyone interested in delving into the world of Open-Source server-side scripting. This is a must have for any web developer just starting out with PHP.
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
It's right there on the cover: Oracle PL/SQL. And that's what this book explains, from the very beginning. You can't learn PL/SQL without knowing SQL, so a substantial portion of the book covers SQL techniques that are necessary to write good PL/SQL code. Each chapter has dozens of exercises, so by the end of the book you have worked through hundreds of experiments, samples, and exercises. It's all hands-on. The sections on PL/SQL programming cover functions, procedures, packages, and triggers...all the tools you need to make Oracle dance to your tune.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Mastering SQL
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Martin Gruber
Rating: 4/5
Title: Mastering SQL
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Martin Gruber
Rating: 4/5
Mastering SQL caught my attention when i noticed that the same author wrote that lovely book 'Understanding SQL', so i decided to give it a trial. I got the book about 3 weeks ago and it has been of great help towards my preparation for the exam MCP 70-029. The only problem is that the example codes do not run on Windows, and that means typing in the codes manually for those of us using Windows. I hope the author puts this in mind when he starts working towards the second edition. Apart from that, its a great book, especially for beginners like me and for the database experts, its a good reference material too!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 1/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 1/5
O'Reilly publishes good reference books. I always look for one of their books first when I am looking for a book in a given subject area. No one book in their Oracle series has it all, though. Each book covers it's subject area in depth...just make sure you get the right book! If you like the "Whatever For Dummies" kind of books, then O'Reilly books aren't for you. My only knock is that there are more books in the Oracle series than is really necessary...marketing at it's worst! Some of the seperate PL/SQL related books should have been combined into one volume.
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
I've made this book the curriculum in the "Intro to SQL" class I teach. It works well in a classroom, and the author was good enough to send me a couple of extra exercises I could use in tests. At 420 pages, the book has plenty of substance to fill the 10-week course I teach.The book is organized very logically, so when readers get to a new section, they have already learned all the background they need for that new section to make sense. And the Table of Contents is laid out clearly, so it's easy to find a specific technique. After the classes, I watch when students use this book to refresh their memory of how to do a particular task - they locate the information they need quickly. I've dropped other SQL books from my course list, because this is the only SQL reference the students need.
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
This book gets into the nuts and bolts of day-to-day tasks that a SQL Server admin goes through. It's a great reference book to keep on your desk and close to you at all times.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 7 Administration
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Rick Sawtell, Lance Mortensen, Joseph L. Jorden
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 7 Administration
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Rick Sawtell, Lance Mortensen, Joseph L. Jorden
Rating: 4/5
This book is the condensed version of the big hardcover SQL 7.0 Administration Study Guide also published by Sybex. As a matter of fact, at least half the content was lifted word for word from the big book, moreso than in other Exam Notes books I've used. This book was helpful as a supplement to the MOC but if you already have the big book from Sybex, you can skip this one. The book does a good job of covering each exam objective as put forth by Microsoft and is fairly well readable.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Jonathan Gennick, Sanjay Mishra
Rating: 4/5
Title: Oracle SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Jonathan Gennick, Sanjay Mishra
Rating: 4/5
This is a great book for the occaisional SQLLoad user--it'll tell you everything you need to know to use the tool, but after taking some oracle certification courses, I discovered more about the SQLLoader utility that's not covered in this book. I'm sure Oracle publishes a better book, but this one should suit you fine.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Web Application Development with PHP 4.0 (with CD-ROM)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Tobias Ratschiller, Till Gerken
Rating: 5/5
Title: Web Application Development with PHP 4.0 (with CD-ROM)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Tobias Ratschiller, Till Gerken
Rating: 5/5
I think this book is a must for every PHP programmer who would like to upgrade their skill to advance level. This book is not for a novice.If you would like to know the "in and out" of PHP, and becoming expert in PHP, you must buy this book :)
