IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional PHP4 XML
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Luis Argerich, Chris Lea, Ken Egervari, Matt Anton, Chris Hubbard, James Fuller, Charlie Killian
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional PHP4 XML
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Luis Argerich, Chris Lea, Ken Egervari, Matt Anton, Chris Hubbard, James Fuller, Charlie Killian
Rating: 5/5
I echo the praise already given in detail by the other reviewers here. This book gives an excellent detailed account of XML technology as well as the application of XML in combination with PHP. I was completely new to XML and found the text easy to follow and the concepts were easily applied by examining the example code. Please note that this is NOT a book for those new to PHP, it is for an experienced PHP programmer (in my opinion). It does give an overview of many aspects of PHP, but if you are brand new to PHP, I would recommend starting with a Beginning PHP text. Beginning PHP4 by Wrox is an excellent place to start. There are several others. If you're familiar with PHP, though, and looking to expand your skills or your project to include XML, this text is the place to look.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional PHP4 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Deepak Thomas, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant, Andrew Hill, Chris Hubbard, James Moore, Devon O'Dell, Jon Parise, Harish Rawat, Tarique Sani, Christopher Scollo, Chris Ullman, et al
Rating: 5/5
Title: Professional PHP4 Programming
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Deepak Thomas, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant, Andrew Hill, Chris Hubbard, James Moore, Devon O'Dell, Jon Parise, Harish Rawat, Tarique Sani, Christopher Scollo, Chris Ullman, et al
Rating: 5/5
I had been meaning to learn a scripting language to build up the skillsets on my CV.I borrowed this book from a friend over the weekend-- within 4 hours i got thru with the first 5 chapters.The installation instructions were fantastic and the section on "Installation Problems" saved me the hassle of posting queries on mailing lists.I have now gripped half of the book in 1 day and i am looking forward to owning it soon.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional PHP Programming
Publisher:
Authors: Jesus Castagnetto, Sascha Schumann, Harish Rawat, Chris Scollo, Deepak T. Veliath
Rating: 4/5
Title: Professional PHP Programming
Publisher:
Authors: Jesus Castagnetto, Sascha Schumann, Harish Rawat, Chris Scollo, Deepak T. Veliath
Rating: 4/5
This book was just what I was looking for to launch a new dynamic website I am building. Clear concise writing and good examples make this book an invaluable reference.
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 worked my way through a number of SQL books while studying for my MCDBA and this is, without a doubt, the best SQL book I've owned. The coverage is extensive and very thorough and the examples are very clear. I have it on my reference shelf at work and it's one I keep referring to whenever I need a quick explanation or want to get pointed in the right direction.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Microsoft(r) SQL Server(tm) 2000 Analysis Services Step by Step
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: OLAP Train, Reed Jacobson
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft(r) SQL Server(tm) 2000 Analysis Services Step by Step
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: OLAP Train, Reed Jacobson
Rating: 5/5
I would recomend this book to any one who wants to learn quickly about Analysis Services. Has a very clear and simple lessons teaching you all the advanced techniques of OLAP.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure Programming
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Authors: Dejan Sunderic, Tom Woodhead
Rating: 2/5
Title: SQL Server 2000 Stored Procedure Programming
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill
Authors: Dejan Sunderic, Tom Woodhead
Rating: 2/5
Not too bad, but I feel like this book barely covers the basics, and goes nowhere near advanced topics. If you need the basics, check out Rob Vieira's Professional SQL Server 2000 Programming - the SQL 7 version of his book was by far the best place for beginners to learn SQL Server programming.
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
I've been looking for a book like this for about five years. I wanted something that went beyond the Microsoft documentation. Something that told me all the little details they usually left out. Well I finally found it. This book gives it all. Its loaded with good examples. It doesn't just tell you how to do something. It shows you. I couldn't believe you could do all the stuff you can do with just Transact SQL. I guess it comes down to knowing what your doing. One more thing: I learned more from the tuning chapter than I have in some whole books on the subject. It was great. This is the best SQL book around.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 1/5
Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ben Forta
Rating: 1/5
I needed to learn a little SQL to be able to run scripts in my new job. This book is not as elementary as I'd hoped. It is well formatted and easy to read, but lost me not too many pages in.
I was okay with the Select and Where queries, but got to page 30, where it said the following statement as it related to using single quotes - "The single quotes are used to delimit a string. If you are comparing a value against a column that is a string datatype, the delimiting quotes are required" HUH??????
Sorry, close book right here. Nothing identified what that meant. I need a classroom and an instructor. Once I learn what all this is about, I will write a book for people like me.
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: 5/5
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: 5/5
I have asked around a lot for good books to help prepare for this tough exam. I took the MOC course from this book's #1 author (Chris Leonard). He is a GREAT teacher, and I learned a lot in the course. But I learned even MORE from his book! Chris said during class that a lot of folks have trouble finding a good book on this subject and he could "at least vouch for this one." Well, I can too! This book is much, much better than the other prep material I've seen for this exam. The folks who wrote it are big-time real-world DBAs, and they are able to pass on their wisdom very effectively. If you're window-shopping for a SQL core database skills book, this is it! I passed the exam using this book as my main review tool, and I intend to still use this book as a reference frequently. This is the best book I've ever come across for being a combination exam preparation tool PLUS a good reference.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Data Warehousing with Analysis Services
Publisher: Peer Information Inc.
Authors: Chris Graves, Mark Scott, Mike Benkovich, Paul Turley, Robert Skoglund, Robin Dewson, Sakhr Youness, Denny Lee, Sam Ferguson, Tony Bain, Terrence Joubert
Rating: 3/5
Title: Professional SQL Server 2000 Data Warehousing with Analysis Services
Publisher: Peer Information Inc.
Authors: Chris Graves, Mark Scott, Mike Benkovich, Paul Turley, Robert Skoglund, Robin Dewson, Sakhr Youness, Denny Lee, Sam Ferguson, Tony Bain, Terrence Joubert
Rating: 3/5
Been a Wrox fan for some time. This is the worst book their team has produced. The material is cursory at best and totally theoretical. Very few practical examples. Never thought I would point to an MSPress Step-by-Step book, however it is far superior to this junk.
