List of programming books reviews starting with A
An Excellent Google Advertising Book
A must-have for the serious SQL Server coder
An excellent book filling a huge gap
An excellent reference
A lost classic
Authoritative exposition of relational theory
A keeper
A very useful and enlightening book for anyone using Oracle.
A Good Book for all T-SQL Programmers.
A Great Intro!
A Unique Book
Awesome
A good book
Achievement
At last... a designer's guide to web development!
A book most fundamental to Internet Literacy today
Awesome Book
Attention Newbies to SQL - - This is your Book!!!
Auto-fill forms with SQL Server2000 data ...
Awesome!
An Absolute Must for Anyone Serious about SQL Server
A very well written SEO book
A Good Manual on DTS
A first-rate guide to working with SQL Queries
An Excellent Book
A+ for Students
A very good book for SQL users.
Another outstanding Annoyances book...
A wonderful book, the best of its kind
As Described by reviewers...
Advanced best-practices EVERYONE should be aware of
A must have for serious DBA's
A great way to teach animals, sounds, and love of reading
Add me to the "5 Stars" club
All you need to dive into SQL Server depths
Almost as good as hands on
A Very Good Beginning to Intermediate MS SQL Server Text
A True Believer
A very good introductory and reference guide
A quick read
A great book for SQL!
A great book for programmers.
A wonderful book
Absolutely loaded with great commentary and examples
A Must Have Book!
A very useful piece of work and set to become a classic
Addressing the concerns of the readers
An Exceptional Value (on your time)
A guide for newbies and veterans alike
A useful book for Borland C++ Builder database programmers.
An excelent book.
A concise and friendly reference
An excellent addition to a web designers bookcase
An elegant entry point into the SQL and Oracle Universe
An outstanding guide to the Google search engine...
A must have!
A Great Resource With Real Life Examples & Code on CD
A great book for anyone wanting to learn PHP 5 and MySql
A must have book for developers & DBA's
A Note from the Author
a must have
A good book to prepare for exam
An excellent book spanning all aspects SQL Server Reporting
An excellent book written for a target audience.
A great investment for the SQL programmer
A Great Reference to Have On Hand
All you ever needed to know about DTS
A great Book
A good one this!
A great Access book, a fantastic SQL Server book.
A must for serious web surfers and webmasters
Allow Unix scripters to learn PHP in record time.
A Must-Have
A must have for anybody running Apache!
Another Great Book from The Missing Manual series...
An Oldie but a Goodie to an Intermediate Level
A perfect book for a newcomer to PL/SQL
An excellent book for beginners to learn PL/SQL
A great step-by-step to use at work, an asset to pass exam.
A Tremendous Hands-On Asset
A Perfect Book for SQLCE and NETCF
A Must Read For SQL-Beginners + Users + Programmers
A programming classic
A True Eye Opener
An excellent sequel
A great book for PHP beginners.
Absolutely the Best. Well Written.
A clear, precise guidence for DBAs. Solves all mysteries.
A "must have" for time-constrained DBA's.
A very good handy start to PHP; get it to learn.
Absolute must for newbies
A quickstart for beginners AND intermediates.
Amazing reference
Awesome Reference Guide!
A great programming book
A must have for anyone using Sql Server
A rigorous book about SQL Server
A helpful toolkit
Another great Ken Henderson SQL book
A job-saver for a new DBA
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 4/5
I have this book for more than 6-7 months. The book is very easy to undestand. PHP and MySQL are segregated in intial first chapters to give a beginner a good idea of these technologies. Then the book slowly picks up momentum and then author combines PHP and MySQL to start building a small to a full fledged website. I liked the user authentication techniques the author has used in this book.
There are full-fledged chapters which are dedicated to building large websites. A good book to have for PHP, MySQL programmer.
Title: Professional PHP Programming
Publisher:
Authors: Jesus Castagnetto, Sascha Schumann, Harish Rawat, Chris Scollo, Deepak T. Veliath
Rating: 2/5
It is out of date and so has some misleading information. Though the title says professional, it is really a beginner book. It is missing, among other things, a solid discussion of objects in PHP and discussion of sessions.
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 High Availability
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Allan Hirt, Cathan Cook, Kimberley Tripp, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Corporation, Frank McBath
Rating: 4/5
I liked some things about this book:cluster chapter
hardware coverage
Windows Server 2003 tidbitsI didn't like other things:replication coverage - way to short to be useful. Doesn't tell much about high availability in relation to replicaton.bad advice - several things they recommend even I know better than to do. I got to the point where I started ingoring the recommendations and just hunted for facts to help me form my own conclusions.performance stuff -- its to weak and not discussed as much as it should be. I think you need to really go into performance issues when you talk about high availability because poor performance makes a system less available.I guess the final word is that this is a decent book that you might want to get if SQL SERVER high availability is something you need to know about. Just don't expect a great book.
Title: Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2000 Programming Step by Step
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Rebecca Riordan
Rating: 2/5
This book has the wrong title, it should be called "SQL Server 2000 Basics". The word 'programming' should definitely be taken away from the title as only about 1/3 of the book deals with programming, in just the most basic way. This book is just an intro to SQL Server, nothing too detailed. For someone that knows nothing about SQL Server, you will learn the basics here, but you will need to buy other books to get the details.
Title: Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Cristian Darie, Mihai Bucica
Rating: 5/5
The use of PHP 5 and MySQL for e-commerce is a tested and proven combination. This book is primarily intended for the reader who already has some PHP knowledge and needs to understand how to build an e-commerce site. It does not focus on teaching either PHP 5 or MySQL but instead focuses on how to use the combination to produce an exceptional e-commerce solution.
The authors use the example of a Tshirt shop and walk the reader through every step of completely constructing a viable e-commerce site. The book covers everything from designing your site, to creating a product catalog, searching the catalog, receiving payments, catalog administration, creating a shopping basket, working with customer orders, product recommendations, storing customer information, secure connections, implementing the order pipeline, working with credit cards, and setting up product reviews.
The appendixes include detailed information on installing Apache, PHP, MySQL, and phpAdmin (for both Windows and Unix-like systems), hosting your web site, and project management.
While this is not a book about learning the PHP scripting language it does contain enough detailed code to create a functioning e-commerce site even if you don't understand how the code works. For example, on page 192 it says to "Create a new template file named admin_login.tpl in the templates folder and add the following code to it:..." This is followed by a long code listing that produces the desired results. There is a short explanation of the function of various sections of the code but nothing that details the purpose of each command, variable, etc. This is really not a problem since they state up front that the target audience is a PHP programmer who needs to learn how to build an e-commerce site, but it does deserve mention for those who have no knowledge of PHP and are considering the book.
The first thing a person might notice when thinking about purchasing this book is that there is no CD in the back containing all the many examples of source code. This could be very discouraging as the examples are extensive and rewriting them by hand without error can be a daunting task. However, Apress does make all of the examples available for download at their web site.
Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL E-Commerce is highly recommended for anyone who has some basic knowledge of PHP and MySQL and wants to capitalize on this to build a powerful e-commerce site.
