IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book
Title: How to Use Google : The 30 Most Important Tips, Hacks and Tricks
Publisher:
Authors: Tod Sacerdoti
Rating: 5/5
Title: How to Use Google : The 30 Most Important Tips, Hacks and Tricks
Publisher:
Authors: Tod Sacerdoti
Rating: 5/5
I never knew my daily searches on Google could get so much better! In a book that truly matches my ADD (attn. deficit dis.) styles... this book is an easy read that has become a regular reference tool. Focused, Clear and USEFUL, this document has made me much more powerful and efficient on the WEB.
- Don't waste your time on other guides.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Kevin Hough
Rating: 2/5
Title: MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Kevin Hough
Rating: 2/5
I agree with much of what has been said. This book canbe useful, and would actually be an excellent book if it were not for the errors in the book. (this may sound strange "The book is good except for where it is wrong") I like the structure and format of the book, and it is an easy read. If it were not for the technical errors I would rate it 5 stars. With the technical errors, I would say it can be a useful addition to your study efforts, but should NOT be your only source. Second Editions anyone? (Or even edition 1.01 would be nice)
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-001)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Michael R. Ault, Michael Ault
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-001)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Michael R. Ault, Michael Ault
Rating: 5/5
Preparing for any exam is prone to cause a certain amount of anxiety, but with this book one should feel completely at ease going into the test. The book does a marvelous job covering the basics of SQL statements. Some of the hints and tips stray close to being obvious, but do not detract from the book overall. Some of the practice questions are almost too easy, but it's a good warmup to the real thing. This is a very complete, and ultimately useful book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 5/5
Title: Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Pearson Education
Authors: Leon Atkinson
Rating: 5/5
I don't know what to say but its style and presentation is bad. It doesn't look like a reference nor a text book. I think manual comes with php from www.php.net is better than the book. But don't take my words for it, check out book at bookstore or library and you'll see.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Google Hacking for Penetration Testers
Publisher: Syngress
Authors: Johnny Long
Rating: 5/5
Title: Google Hacking for Penetration Testers
Publisher: Syngress
Authors: Johnny Long
Rating: 5/5
An excellent book dedicated to a seemingly narrow topic. Googling is mainstream, I can't think of one person that has traveled the internet that hasn't stopped by Google.com at least once in their surfing career. Unfortunately, there are hackers that spend a lot of time on Google!
If you are responsible for securing your employer's network you can not be without this indispensable reference. For less than $50 you could save your company from exposing information that can be readily used by hackers to obtain your most prized data.
Chapters 1-2 provide you with the basics of Googling. There isn't much more information than you can get from Google's website, but Johnny does a great job of explaining the basics of Google.
Chapters 3-10 are the meat of the book. While I've used Google extensively in performing penetration tests before reading this book I've learned many new techniques to dig deeper in less amount of time.
Chapter 11 explains how you can secure your systems from hackers using Google to gather information about your company. The chapter also introduces tools such as Gooscan. It also details methods Google has in place to remove information you'd rather not have the public see.
Chapter 12 discusses automating your Google searches with the Google API. A basic understanding of computer programming is required.
The book concludes with two appendices which will help you in developing a good strategy for security testing and securing your website.
The author's writing style is straightforward and easy to read. Reading and absorbing this book is like taking a master's level course in the art of information enumeration. Highly recommended for anyone administering networks connected to the Internet.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Weekend Crash Course
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Alex Kriegel
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Weekend Crash Course
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Alex Kriegel
Rating: 5/5
useful ground-zero stuff for dummies junkies and housewives you could jump-start from here to IT steering committee
Product: Book Paperback
Title: How to Do Everything with Google
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman, Eric Fredricksen, Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman, Eric Fredricksen
Rating: 5/5
Title: How to Do Everything with Google
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman, Eric Fredricksen, Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman, Eric Fredricksen
Rating: 5/5
I have used Google for years. I was pleasently surprised to find that this book offers a bunch of tricks and tips that I was not aware of. The section on Google News was particularly enlightening. Many of the other functions of Google that I never used(image, froogle) I now understand and am impressed with thier usefulness.
All in all a good book. Great if you have never used Google, or even if you are an experienced user.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP Essentials
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
Along with Beginning PHP4 and Professional PHP Programming, I would highly recommend this book
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Web Application Development with PHP 4.0 (with CD-ROM)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Tobias Ratschiller, Till Gerken
Rating: 2/5
Title: Web Application Development with PHP 4.0 (with CD-ROM)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Tobias Ratschiller, Till Gerken
Rating: 2/5
When I first heard about this book on the authors web site (phpwizard.net), I was looking forward reading it. Based on the table of contents posted on their site, it looked like this was finally going to be a solid book about php.This book gives a wide overview of php, but is far from being an in-depth guide. To adequately cover all of the topics in this book, it would need to be 2-3 times longer. The authors claim this book is for "experienced developers", but still feel the need to cover such "advanced" topics as how to indent your code and choose variable names.The examples included in the book are weak, and not very detailed. There is one long, well explained example, but unfortunately it covers creating a web to IRC gateway with PHP - which is a neat hack, but not very relevant to the types of problems typically encountered when developing web applications with PHP (it would have been much better to feature a full blown shopping cart, or some other typical web app).There are a lot of good examples and documentation on phplib, but since good documentation on phplib is already available on the web, it's not very useful (phplib is also based on the old php 3.0, so it's strange to see so much of a book on php 4.0 dedicated to it).The book also includes a series of useless "case studies" which have absolutely no relevance to php development (besides, there are plenty of case studies on zend.com). The pages used for the case studies would have been better used to present more examples, and more detail.Overall, I think the authors had a good idea here (and it's obvious they know what they are talking about), it was just poorly executed. This book cannot be recommended to absolute beginners or experienced developers. If, however, you know PHP, but are weak in general programming practices (choosing varible names, commenting your code, security, etc) you will probably get a lot out of this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to SQL Server Architecture and Internals
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 5/5
I'm beginning to relate Ken as the Tom Kyte of Oracle. Ken writes the book excellently and provides as much meat as you can dig in. The book is excellently written and like the other two.
