IT programming books related reviews
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
some of the stuff in the beginning of the book is a little easy if you have learned javascript or another programing language. But it has a great introduction on setting up apache MySQL and PHP. I tried a couple of web based tutorials but they all just had a single page on setting up apache, was very easy to follow, had apache set up in less than half an hour. It has lots of examples of MySQL in the book, with screen shots. There is even a section on figuring out error messages, so you can get your scripts working... Great book...
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Kevin Hough
Rating: 3/5
Title: MCSD: SQL Server 6.5 Database Design Study Guide
Publisher: Sybex Inc
Authors: Kevin Hough
Rating: 3/5
I have already picked through Ken Hough's other book (VB Developer) so I was excited about this one. I haven't been disappointed. I installed SQL Server and have been working through the chapters. END
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache Server for Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Authors: Ken A. L. Coar
Rating: 4/5
Title: Apache Server for Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Authors: Ken A. L. Coar
Rating: 4/5
Well, considering Apache was written for UNIX/Linux, I would give this book my recommendation. For those wanting to run the Win32 port of Apache, look for a Win32 specific book! There is at least one listed on Amazon ;o)
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
I already knew some Access but knew virtually no SQL 7.0. This book was great for a beginner like me. I think I now know enough to be dangerous. The concepts were explained concisely and simply. I think I could tackle a hardcore SQL 7 book and understand it.
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 recently bought this book and one titled Advanced Transact-SQL by Itzik Ben Gan. This is by far the better of the two. Compared to this book, Advanced Transact-SQL is a beginner's book. This book leaves out the BOL repeats and the strangely formatted code that takes up half a page and gets down to business quickly. The writing is crisp, witty, and will keep you engaged -- not an easy task for a book like this. I've read some good technical books in my time, but this is by far the best, SQL or otherwise.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 5/5
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 5/5
As a relative newcomer to the Microsoft SQL Server world, I have been very impressed with this introduction. I cannot comment on whether or not this SQL Server 2000 edition adds enough to the SQL Server 7.0 version to justify purchasing it if you already own the older edition, as I have never seen the earlier one. I found Delaney's discourse easy to follow, thorough, well-organized, and altogether the best introduction I have found. By all means, supplement this book with more specialized works on Transact SQL or DTS, but start here. The CD-ROM contains a 90-day evaluation version of SQL Server 2000, so with this book you can be up and running the software as you learn from the text. Definitely a best buy.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Apache Jakarta-Tomcat
Publisher: Apress
Authors: James Goodwill
Rating: 5/5
Title: Apache Jakarta-Tomcat
Publisher: Apress
Authors: James Goodwill
Rating: 5/5
[...] First of all, there is only one chapter dealing with Servlets and JSP's, which is very helpful in describing deployment. Second, this is the first and only book dealing with Tomcat to date, so it probably won't contain every answer you are looking for. But compared to the documentation you get with Jakarta, this book is a volume of encyclopedias!
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
The thing that blew me away about this book is how well written it is. Henderson has a way of explaining the most difficult concepts is prose that is nitpickingly detailed, yet friendly and readable. The explanation and examples of tsql functions that do statististical calculations was marvelous. Absolutely excellent. The same is true of the rest of the book. It's definitely head and shoulders about the other tsql books out there, especially the one I got last week by Moreau and co. which I am considering returning.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Professional Apache (Professional)
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Peter Wainwright
Rating: 3/5
Title: Professional Apache (Professional)
Publisher: Wrox Press
Authors: Peter Wainwright
Rating: 3/5
As good as it may look at first there are problems under the surface. The book is printed in 2000 meaning that PHP installation is out of date, for instance. Moreover, the 40+ pages about JServ integration are pure junk as the product JServ no longer exists and has been replaced by a totally different product (Tomcat). Also, there are several things that are not discussed at all even though they are referred to (the htdocs directory, for instance). As somebody stated all of this information can be found more up-to-date in the Internet now. I like the book, however :-)
Product: Book Paperback
Title: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Authors: Larry Ullman
Rating: 4/5
Title: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Authors: Larry Ullman
Rating: 4/5
I've never met an author who actually answered queries to his website but Larry Ullman gave me one suggestion after another while I struggled with a problem. It took about ten replies from him before I finally got it solved. His replies were so timely the problem was resolved within a week.As a novice PHP writer I've tried several books, most of them more expensive, but this is one of the best. Two criticisms: there is too much detail. I'd like to fool around with one or two lines of code at a time, building it up gradually into something that really works. Ullman breaks it down pretty well, but his bites are still a bit too big for me.The other criticism is in design. Examples of code from the book are reproduced in about four-point text, so keep your magnifying glass at the ready.Still, if you want to make web pags like the one you're reading, you'll be able to do most of it with this book.
