IT programming books related reviews
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 expects you to know basic and intermediate php syntax. It isn't going to tell you how to create an array or include a file, for example. (Although if you read the code, you could find such things out indirectly).But this shows you how to do lots of tricks with the language, and even if it doesn't cover what you want to know exactly, you should be able to find answers to most questions in it.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional XML Development with Apache Tools : Xerces, Xalan, FOP, Cocoon, Axis, Xindice
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Theodore W. Leung
Rating: 4/5
Title: Professional XML Development with Apache Tools : Xerces, Xalan, FOP, Cocoon, Axis, Xindice
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Theodore W. Leung
Rating: 4/5
The book does have some typos and not all of the examples (Downloadable from the web site) will work in the form they are presented, however it does an effective job of dissecting code and quickly making you learn these complicated Apache Tools. I learned Apache Axis in two days time.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Kevin Hough
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Kevin Hough
Rating: 4/5
I found this book adequate. I had very little SQL Server experience, but with the help of this book, I aced the test (I missed only one question). Of course, you have to supplement this book with the Transcender test and/or SQL server books online to do really well. Caveat: There are a significant number of errors (typos, incorrect answers) in the book, but they should be obvious.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Secure PHP Development: Building 50 Practical Applications
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Mohammed J. Kabir, Mohammed J. Kabir
Rating: 1/5
Title: Secure PHP Development: Building 50 Practical Applications
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Mohammed J. Kabir, Mohammed J. Kabir
Rating: 1/5
This looks like a good object-oriented framework for building PHP apps, but what is up with the restrictive license that accompanies the programming examples in the book? (see the back page of the book, and the license.txt file on the disk)"You may not (i) rent or lease the Software, (ii) copy or reproduce the software through a LAN or other network system or through any computer subscriber system or bulletin- board system, or (iii) modify, adapt, or create derivative works based on the Software."I've never seen a book try to restrice the programming examples in this way.Stay away if you intend to build professional products. There are many other frameworks available for PHP OOP.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: From Access to SQL Server
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Russell Sinclair
Rating: 5/5
Title: From Access to SQL Server
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Russell Sinclair
Rating: 5/5
If you're trying to get into using Access Data Projects (.adp files) with Access 2000 and SQL Server data, this book is great in that most of the information you need is right here in one place. Russel has done us a great service, in that there is very little written about .adp's anywhere - for some reason Microsoft has kept it a "stealth" technology. I had to spend dozens of hours searching the web to come up with what's in Russell's book. In addition, Russell includes pretty much everything you need to know to get a very good start on working with SQL Server. In fact, outside of advanced SQL administration, the book is very useful as a SQL Server developer's reference. Russell has done a great job of packing a lot of useful information into this book. I've seen a number of books in the past few years with titles like "Client-Server Development in Access" that frankly were total flops. It's a hard thing to write about. But Russell has succeeded.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 3/5
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 3/5
This is not an in-depth coverage of PHP, perhaps more of an 'introduction' to PHP.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 2/5
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 2/5
If you have no coding experience this book would be a reasonable start. There is no discussion of functions or PHP libraries. I would guess that 25% of the book lists a previously stated example more than once.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Without a doubt this is one of the most valuable books I have ever purchased. The techniques and guidelines it presented I was able to immediately apply in the development of a major database component. The chapters on Statistical Functions and Runs and Sequences are worth the purchase price alone. Its not for beginners, but if you have a moderate amount of SQL experience this book can push up several skill levels.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Programming Unleashed
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Dave Martin, John Papa, Marc Israel
Rating: 4/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Programming Unleashed
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Dave Martin, John Papa, Marc Israel
Rating: 4/5
For application developers and those who write Triggers and Procedures this is the best book available, period. MS SQL is a horrible language for writing anything in, but this helps with a lot of examples and some explinations of behavior. I tried to load the InterDev environment from latest MSDN as recommended in the book and it still doesn't work so not everything in the book should be trusted. (Wasted 3 days and in the end got blue screen of death crash!) DBA's should look more to Solomon & Rankin, ISBN 0-672-31190-9 and England's ISBN 1-55558-180-3. Everyone needs Soukup's book. I am a C, C++ programmer ( and 15 other languages too ) with 25+ years programming experience. IMHO, SQL is not very hard to learn if you read. I have my 32" of books to reference and this is the one I keep open in front of the keyboard.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Fast & Easy Web Development, 2nd Edition
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 2/5
Title: PHP Fast & Easy Web Development, 2nd Edition
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 2/5
Plain and simple - THE guide to use to start programming PHP. Half way through, I was dying to get finished so I could start developing my own projects. PHP is a great language for Web programmers!
