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
I just got done putting all of my other PHP developer books on the shelf. The author does an excellent job of providing rich explanations, relevant coding examples, and insight to a broad range of topics that all PHP5 developers will use. Don't get me wrong, there is no fluff in this book, its all PHP and MySQL muscle.I'm constantly drawn back to advanced topics such as XML, LDAP, web services, SOAP, OOP in PHP5, advanced MySQL, and secure programming in PHP. Key concepts are amazingly well presented and easy to understand. This resource has already made a positive impact on how my applications are developed. Not to take away from the beginning developer, there are chapters for warming up to PHP and MySQL. Within no time you'll be writing PHP code and have at your fingertips an excellent resource for building advanced PHP and MySQL web applications. A+++++++ for the author.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Visual Basic Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with ASP and SQL Server
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Noel Jerke
Rating: 2/5
Title: Visual Basic Developer's Guide to E-Commerce with ASP and SQL Server
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Noel Jerke
Rating: 2/5
When I bought this book my aim was to learn the new technologies that will aid me through my quest of learning how to design and develop an E-Commerce sites, but I was disappointed.To Begin with, the name of the book does not reflect the actual content of the book, and I don't know why the author has chosen a name with Visual Basic where almost two third of the book is simple asp codes along with ADO and stored procedures. On the other hand, the 725 pages of the book is mostly wasted with code listing which are very similar except the name of the stored procedure in some cases, or the database operation. This was quite useless especially when there is a CD accompanying the book.Furthermore, It would have been much more useful if the author has focused on building web application using the DNA model via designing and creating COM components and utilizing MTS. More emphasis on using Site Server would have been a great help.Finally, I cannot say that the book was a total loss, as for me it was, but maybe for beginners in ASP it might be useful. If you know your way in asp, ado, and SQL stored procedure don't waist your money on this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Practical Microsoft SQL Server 7
Publisher: Que
Authors: Rob Kraft
Rating: 4/5
Title: Practical Microsoft SQL Server 7
Publisher: Que
Authors: Rob Kraft
Rating: 4/5
I thought the book was very good for beginning users. I found especially useful the introduction to SQL chapters and the planning chapters. Including a CD with some sample tutorials would be very beneficial. Overall, I feel the book did a good job on SQL.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 5/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 5/5
I'm so tired of the "XXX for Dummies" and "XXX in 500 easy lessons" books -- they are usually either so general as to be useless, or require so much prior knowledge as to be redundant.Forta's book is none of the above! I had to learn the bare essentials of SQL (enough to be conversant and somewhat functional) in under a week, and this book was the ticket. There's enough information and detail to be useful and accurate, without the jargon and technical minutiae only the hard-core techies *really* need or want. It's organized logically, and the table of contents and appendices are wonderful!I have been able to avoid using the "official" [1200+ page] SQL documentation for my application/system because of this book, and for that I am very grateful! I highly recommend it.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Rational Guide to: SQL Server Reporting Services (Rational Guides)
Publisher: Rational Press
Authors: Anthony T. Mann
Rating: 3/5
Title: The Rational Guide to: SQL Server Reporting Services (Rational Guides)
Publisher: Rational Press
Authors: Anthony T. Mann
Rating: 3/5
Its a very low cost, quick-to-market overview of the product, and so I applaud Mr. Mann and the folks at Rational Press for that. However, its nothing more than a rehash of the Microsoft marketing information and technical documentation freely available from www.microsoft.com/sql. If you don't have an internet connection, then by all means by the book. Otherwise, you won't be gaining much at all by picking up this guide.
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
This book is not his basic volume in SQL, but his advanced volume. It helps you along explaining different issues with an excellent explanation of NULLS, their pros and their cons. It gives examples of solving problems in different SQL ways. A great buy.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Database Implementation Online Training Kit: McSe Training for Exam 70-029 (It-Online Training Kit)
Publisher: Microsoft Press Rating: 4/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Database Implementation Online Training Kit: McSe Training for Exam 70-029 (It-Online Training Kit)
Publisher: Microsoft Press Rating: 4/5
Hello Fellow Travellers,Just recently purchased SQL 7.0 Design On-line training kit. If you don't like to read thick tomes, then this is for you. I was expecting a book with a cd, but the book is actually the Readiness review for 70-29. Everything is on the CD. It is a audio/video/text training kit for SQL. I really didn't know what to expect when I purchased it. It is a hands-held approach to SQL 7.0 Design. The MS Press Interactive training. It has lesson plans, little quizes for each lesson and you can read along as the pleasant voices tell you the lesson. It allows to do hands-on during the lessons. I like it.I think it is good supplement to the SQL 7.0 Design training kit that comes with the SQL 7.0 eval. You need to install and get some real hands-on still. The On-line recommends at least 1 year of relational db exp in order to fully benefit the lessons. I doubt that the people who purchase these books really have any exp (like myself) Only bad thing is the price. I don't really like the readiness review books. So, for a cd seems a bit pricey with the readiness book. And No SQL eval software. Marketing gimmick I don't like.The Online was a nice review from SQL 70-29 design training kit. I learn much better when I can see, hear, and read at the same time. However, it is an OVERVIEW of the test subjects. Not a Manual how to pass the test. I don't think any of the training kits were ever meant to be that way. I passed 70-28 sql admin using training kit, hands-on, BOL (this is the best resource for SQL) and Transcenders. 900/1000. I plan to do the same with 70-29 and 70-19. This works for me, but...my mcse+i mct ccna ccda
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 5/5
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 5/5
Many SQL Server books give you the same information included already in Books Online. Perhaps with different words, or different order, but nothing completely new. Inside SQL Server 2000 is an excellent complement for Books Online, TechNet and MSDN. It covers similar topics, but it digs into the internal operations, explaining how SQL Server actually works, with unique information only available in this book.I always want to know how things work internally, because it helps me to understand the behaviour of a system. In many cases, the published interface doesn't tell you exactly how the system work, and it could drive you to some misunderstandings. Here is where Inside SQL Server helps you. Kalen's unique access to the Dev team, she even has a desk in the same building as the dev team, gives her an unique position to write about the deepest features, and if you add her excellent teaching skills, you can get this unique result, where the hardest topics can be learned in an unusually easy way.Chapter 3 "SQL Server Architecture" is a gem altogether. I couldn't do my work without it.The "Internal Storage" section from Chapter 6 "Tables" is a classic, with renewed information for SQL Server 2000. As a SQL Server instructor, I don't see how I could teach without this information.Chapter 8 "Indexes" has been modified a lot, to cover in a deeper detail the structure of SQL Server 2000 indexes. It helps you to understand why the Query Optimizer selects one specific query plan, and how SQL Server access data through indexes. Chapter 9 "Modifying Data" is another special part of this book. If you want to know how page split works, how SQL deletes, updates and insert rows, and you want to see what actually happens inside the data page, this is your chapter, as it is "my" chapter.However, the best part of this book, in my opinion, is the last part: "Performance and Tuning". You can argue that this is not a section for every database administrator or programmer, but if any SQL Server professional wants to convert a database system into an excellent system, this section is a must. Kalen has been involved in the creation of the excellent SQL Server Performance Tuning courses for versions 6.5 (MOC 665) and 7.0 (MOC 2013) and this section covers in great detail all the main topics a serious SQL Server professional should know.If you are new to SQL Server, buy another book first, and learn as much as possible. Once you think you know everything about it, buy Inside SQL Server, and you will see how much you still have to learn.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server The Complete Reference
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Gayle Coffman
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server The Complete Reference
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Gayle Coffman
Rating: 5/5
If you're interested in knowing the big picture of SQL Server 7.0, this book is for you. However, if you're like most of us DBAs and Designers, you need a little more information than "what's new with SQL Server 7.0". I want to know *how* to make the application work! I found this book to be generally useless.
Product: Book
Title: How to Use Google : The 30 Most Important Tips, Hacks and Tricks
Publisher:
Authors: Tod Sacerdoti
Rating: 1/5
Title: How to Use Google : The 30 Most Important Tips, Hacks and Tricks
Publisher:
Authors: Tod Sacerdoti
Rating: 1/5
I agree with Saltz, Don't Waste Your Money!. I usually read these reviews before buying. This time I didn't and boy do I wish I had. This "book" is out dated and probably never did have any useful information that is not available of the Google site. And guess what the arrow on the cover is covering up? The list price is $1.99. When did Amazon start charging MORE than the cover price?
