IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Rob Tiffany
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server CE Database Development with the .NET Compact Framework
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Rob Tiffany
Rating: 5/5
Well, I had pretty high expectations on this book. I never did any PDA development before the Compact Framework, and I was browsing PDA books one day. I came across Rob's last book and bought it just because it was so interesting. Dan Fergus had told me about Rob's new book (and if you haven't bought Dan's new book, the Definitive Guide to the Compact Framework, but it with this one b/c they are both MUST haves) and I figured it'd be really cool.i was right. Why? Well, Rob is, if nothing else, informed and interesting. He makes you want to read more. he covers all of the normal Pitfalls and Gotcha's that you normally encounter with CE development (and yes, there are a few).His discussion on Security alone justifies buying this book. Everything else is icing on the cake. And very good icing it is.Of the few people that truly understand a complex subject, even fewer know how to teach others. Rob is unquestionably one of these individuals, and his book is a bargain at any price!Bill ...
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning E-Commerce with Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server 7.0 and MTS
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Matthew Reynolds
Rating: 1/5
Title: Beginning E-Commerce with Visual Basic, ASP, SQL Server 7.0 and MTS
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Matthew Reynolds
Rating: 1/5
I have read certain books i'e Noel Jerkes, ASP unleashed which are for itermediteat to advance but they easy, clear to undertsand than this one. I have also seen reviews problem of custom dll's which abolutely write. Using Stored procedures like Noel's books make you understand the topic.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Eric Rosebrock, Eric Filson, Eric Filson
Rating: 5/5
Title: Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together
Publisher: Sybex
Authors: Eric Rosebrock, Eric Filson, Eric Filson
Rating: 5/5
What a great way to get started in the LAMP world.
This book serves to bring the computer minded people into the LAMP world. You'll learn everything you need to get a system up and running. When you run into the roadblocks, have no fear. This book goes on to show you where you can get extra help in those situations where you keep banging your head on the wall. I was able to get qMail up and running quickly, the Apache/MySQL/PHP install went in seemlessly. Great work!!!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure & XML Programming, Second Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Dejan Sunderic
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure & XML Programming, Second Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Dejan Sunderic
Rating: 5/5
It bothers me that many of the best books on the latest Microsoft technology (.Net, SQL Server) are written by non-native-English speakers. I am amazed by the quality of writing by Francesco Balena and Dino Esposito, and now I would add Dejan Sunderic to my list of favorite authors.This book is beautifully lucid, broad in scope, and thorough. If you need access to an intelligent treatment of Transact-SQL in its various applications (stored procedures, triggers, XML, etc.), you should seriously consider this book. Your money and time would be well spent!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Itzik Ben-Gan, Tom Moreau
Rating: 1/5
Title: Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000
Publisher: Apress
Authors: Itzik Ben-Gan, Tom Moreau
Rating: 1/5
Gotta be the worst database book I ever read. Just terrible. Bad writing, silly examples, stupid topics. Total waste of money.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Robert Vieira
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Robert Vieira
Rating: 5/5
I have the SQL 7 version and it's THE BEST book I ever saw on SQL Server. I've been a consultant for 8 years now and the days of the dedicated DBA are mostly gone from what I can see. I really hated databases, but needed to design/code one for my current project and this book was all I needed. The author even has best practices that show he's really been using and thinking about this stuff on a daily practice. Very clear and useful book for the experienced programmer that has to wear the development DBA hat now too. Since the web has really dumbed down COM design (can't have large complicated COM components with events and callbacks in the middle tier...I love database work and find the design aspects really fun and exciting. Also, ignore the 2 star review below...the guy clearly doesn't know where to look to find the right information. This is a SQL server book, not an ODBC API quick ref.
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
This book is full of great info and is easy to read, with good examples.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Visual Basic SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Thearon Willis
Rating: 5/5
Title: Beginning Visual Basic SQL Server 7.0
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Thearon Willis
Rating: 5/5
I bought this book about a week ago and have only made it through chapter 7 -(Intro. To Stored Procedures) and I am loving every minute of the book. The author has a great deal of knowledge and can convey that knowledge in a very simplistic way to those of us who are new to this. I have been developing in DAO for about 3 1/2 years and have always wanted to learn SQL Server especially with visual basic. This book gives some great short-but-detailed-enough examples to give you a full understanding of the topic in question. The author does an especially good job in explaining how to write stored procedures and execute them from within your VB code. I always knew what stored procedures were but didn't know how to make them work from within my code. Also, gives a great walk through intro on the different ways to connect to SQL server (using NT authentication or SQL Server authentication-with a great explanation of each.) Also, other books always assumed you knew the exact details in installing SQL server and in setting up DSN connections. Mr. Willis goes over these steps thoroughly with a great explanation of whats going on as well as bits of advice as to the advantage of using them in your applications. Also explained what DSN-less connections are and how they are used. I could go on and on...trust me - BUY THE BOOK! I would suggest that Wrox follow this writing style with all of their books. Mr. Willis doesn't try to entertain me with any jokes and doesn't sound as if he is lecturing Einstein either. Just a doggone good book! Buy it -you won't regret it!
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Robert Vieira
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming
Publisher: Wrox
Authors: Robert Vieira
Rating: 5/5
I used this book and Thearon Willis' "Beginning SQL Server 2000 for VB Developers" (also from WROX) to study for the Designing and Implementing Databases using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (70-229) test. Robert Vieira definitely knows SQL Server. I also have his Professional SQL Server 7.0 Programming book. I have read his 2 books religiously from cover-to-cover. The first 12 chapters of this book provide a solid foundation in SQL Server 2000 but Vieira augments those chapters with some advanced thinking. Chapter 12 - Stored Procedures is probably the heart of the book and this chapter is one of the best in the book. I have read this chapter several times and learned something new every time. Chapter 13 through Chapter 18 contain advanced SQL Server 2000 features and Vieira does an outstanding job explaining them. I found a lot of questions on the exam came from those chapters. Chapters 19 and 20 are concerned XML and how this technology is constantly changing. The author does an outstanding job of explaining XML. The chapters toward the end of the book are concerned with advanced features that an administrator might need to know but the knowledge is helpful in my employment and I use DTS almost every other day. In order to comprehend SQL Server 2000, these chapters should definitely be read. That would have been impossible without Chapters 21 through 31. This book rates as a 5-star in my book and I highly recommend this to any serious SQL Server developer and/or administrator. I will also be using this book for the 70-228 exam.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 4/5
Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features
Publisher: O'Reilly
Authors: Steven Feuerstein
Rating: 4/5
If you're wondering about what's new in Oracle8i at the PL/SQL level and you don't want to skim through the Oracle doc's once more, this book offers a fine resum?.I like the book because it gave me that "I'm-up-to-date"-feeling again.No PL/Vision commercials in here.
