IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7 for Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Authors: Anthony T. Mann
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7 for Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Authors: Anthony T. Mann
Rating: 5/5
While this book maybe less than what a seasoned DBA maybe looking for it is non the less an excellent book. The author wrote the book using Beta 3 and I used it against RC-1 of SQL 7. There were some differences but not enough to interfere with the authors clear introduction to SQL 7.I believe you will find SQL Server 7 for Dummies to be a superb introduction to SQL 7 and as only one of two books on the subject in print at the time of this review it is the least expensive and most informative.Regards
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional Apache (Professional)
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Peter Wainwright
Rating: 2/5
Title: Professional Apache (Professional)
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Peter Wainwright
Rating: 2/5
I have to say, for the first time I feel like I have been duped by all the stars and the praises showered on this book by amazon customers. This book is good, but does not justify its exhorbitant price.Almost 70-80 % of the book is just an explanation of the httpd.conf file. (This is the configuration file for the server that controls almost all its functionality). If you read the documentation for apache (which is inside the config file!) carefully, you will see that this book just repeats the explanations in slightly modified text and larger font. To summarize, read the config file, drop the book, and save some money for Christmas.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Programacion De SQL Server 7.0 Con Visual Basic 6.0
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Willia Vaughn
Rating: 4/5
Title: Programacion De SQL Server 7.0 Con Visual Basic 6.0
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Authors: Willia Vaughn
Rating: 4/5
From my point of view it is an excellent book, since it regards every way of connecting to databases. In the one hand it is updated, and the author properly explians wether a method is proper or not, and the whole book is fool of examples, and you dont have to type them because ther is a CD-ROM included for it with all the codes.In the other hand it is focused on Netscape's browser, though it touch rather slightly Microsoft's browser, and the book could have been titled simply : "DATABASES WHITH VISUAL BASIC 6.0" because it does not explain at all the diference betwen SQL SERVER, ORACLE, ACCESS, MySQL or whatever.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Php Fast & Easy Web Development (Fast & Easy Web Development)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
Title: Php Fast & Easy Web Development (Fast & Easy Web Development)
Publisher: Premier Press
Authors: Julie C. Meloni
Rating: 5/5
This book is great... Although I do have a slight programming background, as far as PHP goes, I was an absolute beginner. I got this book and within 1 hr. I had set up a database, a table, written a custom email script, a hit counter, and basically realized that PHP is not rocket science but rather an easy to configure language. Don't be afraid to try it! All of the code in the books is available at her website, although I recommend typing it in anyway to get a feel for the syntax..GREAT book!6 stars!
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
This is an excellent book for biginners. It is very well written with a good sense of humor. The author's experience is reflected well. The book helped me understand SQL.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Building Intelligent Databases With Oracle Pl/Sql, Triggers, and Stored Procedures (Oracle Series)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Kevin T. Owens, Kevin T. Owens
Rating: 4/5
Title: Building Intelligent Databases With Oracle Pl/Sql, Triggers, and Stored Procedures (Oracle Series)
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Authors: Kevin T. Owens, Kevin T. Owens
Rating: 4/5
This is one of a number of publications I acquired when tasked with converting an existing Sybase SQL Server 11 system to Oracle. The current system relied heavily on stored procedures\functions with a fair amount of triggers. The fact that this book was laid out as well as it is made my job alot easier.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PC Annoyances, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steve Bass
Rating: 5/5
Title: PC Annoyances, Second Edition
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steve Bass
Rating: 5/5
Steve's sense of humor and style is perhaps the best in the PC business - but that's not the only (or even the main) reason to read this book. It's chock full of SOLUTIONS to those pebbles in your PC shoe that may not seem like a very big deal to Bill Gates & Co. or other industry powers-that-be, but can literally drive you (and me) CRAZY!
If there were any justice in the PC cosmos, Steve Bass would be rich and Bill Gates would be a LOT more helpful - but things being as they are, I'll settle for knowing that Steve Bass is enormously helpful and that buying this book just might help encourage him to write another (and another and another...)
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Prep (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Brad Schulz, Greg Woody, Jose Amado-Blanco, Pam Barker, Christopher Leonard, Christopher A. Leonard, Pamela Barker
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Prep (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Brad Schulz, Greg Woody, Jose Amado-Blanco, Pam Barker, Christopher Leonard, Christopher A. Leonard, Pamela Barker
Rating: 4/5
I really liked the chapter on Indexes, this book was laid out very nicely. Definitely a book to have on your shelf while you're working on the SQL 7 Implementation Exam.Watch out for the CD exam though, in the edition I have the exam had a lot of questions on it and there didn't seem to be a way to go thru just a subset of questions...
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 5/5
Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Luke Welling, Laura Thomson
Rating: 5/5
The biggest reason that I would suggest that you NOT buy this book is that there is no errata, no support and no response from any of the authors or publishers when you try to contact them about a question. I don't know about you but I find it frustrating when I have a question about a book that I am working through and there is absolutely no where to go. Every other programming manual I have used has had an errata page and most will either have a forum or someone will respond to your emails if you send in a question. This book has none of those. I have not tried the other books that other people have recommended in addition to or instead of this book, but I suggest that you check those out first before you buy this book.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 4/5
Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Authors: Ken Henderson
Rating: 4/5
I found the advise and guidance this book offers to be top-notch. Anyone and everyone developing for SQL Server should read this book. My only gripe is that the examples aren't as practical and applicable as I'd hoped. The author over uses temporary tables in sample code, and doesn't give good examples of how cursors could be used for complex calculations that aren't easily expressed with the Select statement. I think this is because he is so adiment about not using them.
