IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Rob Vieira
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Rob Vieira
Rating: 5/5
It is a wonderful book to keep as a reference. The author flows with your mind, answers the questions you are going to ask next, makes you feel at home , gives you a good feel,and acts as a perfect reference.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSE: SQL Server 2000 Design Study Guide (Exam 70-229)
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Marc Israel, J. Steven Jones, Marc Israel, Steve Jones
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCSE: SQL Server 2000 Design Study Guide (Exam 70-229)
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Marc Israel, J. Steven Jones, Marc Israel, Steve Jones
Rating: 4/5
This books covers the design and development of SQL Server. Alone, it doesn't completely prepare you for the exam, but with some additional practice, you should be able to pass.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache Jakarta-Tomcat
Publisher: Apress
Authors: James Goodwill
Rating: 1/5
Title: Apache Jakarta-Tomcat
Publisher: Apress
Authors: James Goodwill
Rating: 1/5
This is quite possibly the worst book ever written. It is certainly the worst book I have ever read. It has absolutely no useful information at all. It's hard to imagine that someone would write a book on a J2EE server and provide ABSOLUTELY NO INFORMATION on how to configue a JDBC datasource. Although it does tell you how to use mySQL for Tomcat user info instead of using the default xml file. Thanks for that completely useless piece of information. It provides no information on what parts of JSP/Servlet dev. are specific to Tomcat and which are part of the standard. I could write several pages citing hundereds of other reasons why this book ..., but I think I have wasted enough of my time. Don't trust any reviews on here. If someone has given this book more stars than the minimum allowed they are probaly working for the publisher. I only wish amazon.com had negative ratings so I could give this product an accurate review.If you are looking to get into JSP/Servlets avoid this text. Pick up the Sun "core" book and read the documentation for Tomcat. And, if you happen to see the author of this book, kick him square in the nuts. Several hundred times.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 2/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 2/5
After reading the rave reviews, I was disappointed with the book. In initially KH has a go at books that fill their pages with screen shots. However half the book is filled with ugly Courier code slabs of not only repetitive code but also repetitive result sets. Notwithstanding that some of the code is useful to browse, it is usually pretty ordinary to someone like me who has been writing T-SQL for 10 years. Also some of it is just showmanship as KH often admits that there are better and more efficient ways of getting the required result (either with code or tools). I ended up reading the book in a few hours and then putting it on the shelf where it will probably now collect dust which is unfortunate after laying out US$50 after postage.
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: 4/5
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: 4/5
Lots of examples of complicated/advanced SQL. Not for people who need to learn SQL
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Graphics Handbook
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Jason E. Sweat, Allan Kent, Mitja Slenc
Rating: 1/5
Title: PHP Graphics Handbook
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Jason E. Sweat, Allan Kent, Mitja Slenc
Rating: 1/5
Learning a subject by deciphering grammatical mistakes and typographical errors, and debugging code is hard enough. Going to the publisher's website and discovering that there are no submissions for errata, and that the source code download is broken spills what motivation may be left to read the rest of the book right out of the sails.After scanning the book's index and table of contents, I had high hopes for the knowledge that I'd gain by spending the 40 bucks or so for the book, but am now searching for the receipt because I don't have time to be an unpaid QC person for Wrox. The publisher should be embarrassed to pass off a book that was obviously not prepared for final print when the deadline came rolling around.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP by Example
Publisher: Que
Authors: Toby Butzon
Rating: 1/5
Title: PHP by Example
Publisher: Que
Authors: Toby Butzon
Rating: 1/5
I have been on QUEs web site and been trying to get the corrections for this book for a while but its a no go. QUE sends me the standard try the web site-which is worthless. The errors start from early on (even the table of contents says "Getting started with programming HP" missing the leading P.) I have been able to slug through but you better know a fair bit of HTML and programming if you are to tackle this book (you will have to correct the mistakes yourself) <if anyone figures out whats wrong with ch07ex08 let me know I am going over it and found several mistakes but after a day I am starting to think there is something big I am missing>
I have learned more from Programming PHP by Oreilly. and by reading and altering portions of SquirrelMail.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle Web Applications: Pl/Sql Developer's Introduction
Publisher:
Authors: Andrew Odewahn
Rating: 5/5
Title: Oracle Web Applications: Pl/Sql Developer's Introduction
Publisher:
Authors: Andrew Odewahn
Rating: 5/5
If you're starting to become involved with making your Oracle databases available over the web this is a must read. You can dig out the information presented here from the Oracle manuals and tech sites but ... in just 200 pages the relevant information is collected and organized. Take a weekend to read this book before you start working with the web. You'll learn what pieces are available to you and how they fit together...
Product: Book Paperback
Title: A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0
Publisher: Apress
Authors: W. Jason Gilmore
Rating: 5/5
Title: A Programmer's Introduction to PHP 4.0
Publisher: Apress
Authors: W. Jason Gilmore
Rating: 5/5
Before reading this book I was a very discouraged CIS student. I was losing interest and fast. Programming no longer seemed as romantic as it once was (it once did...honest). But then I read this book at it changed my entire perspective. The author has quite a knack for guiding you through the world of PHP. I even caught up on some programming concepts I never quite understood in college classes. Now, not only am I constructing advanced websites with the wonderful modularity PHP offers, but I'm also trying out my new-found knowledge on other languages as well. If you're interested in making webpages...or you're just a programmer who's itching to learn a new and fun (fun!!!) language then you need this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski
Rating: 2/5
Title: PHP Developer's Cookbook (2nd Edition)
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Sterling Hughes, Andrei Zmievski
Rating: 2/5
This is a singularly useless book. I bought it because I liked the concept of a "cookbook," a collection of PHP recipes, which I expected to be common tasks. Instead, it is organized by programming concept.The authors say they assume a basic level of PHP or programming knowledge, but their idea of basic is very uneven. You'll find much better resources for common tasks online.
