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Product: Book - Paperback
Title: ASP.NET Unleashed, Second Edition Publisher: Sams Authors: Stephen Walther Rating: 4/5  This books covers pretty much all aspects of ASP.NET in good detail. The examples are well documented and many apply to common everyday problems. I've only two problems with the book: 1. All the source is in VB.NET. I thought the book would offer the examples in both VB and C# or at least offer an online copy of the source in C#. But I admit this is my fault since I didn't check more carefully before I bought the book. 2. The author constantly keeps refering to the samples "on the CD accompanying the book." I find this very annoying since there's NO cd accompanying the book! I'm not sure how this could've escaped the editors and the publisher. Either they knew there would be no CD and didn't care to revise the material or they didn't ship the CD. Having the source on CD is not a big deal since you can get it online, but it's just a matter of respecting the readers.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours Publisher: Sams.net Authors: Dick Oliver, Molly Holzschlag Rating: 5/5  Anybody interested in making a web page MUST buy this book! There are examples of each tag and concept, as well as a great web site which shows you real examples of all the pictures in the book. This book is great for the beginning or experienced programmer. Quick lessons at the end of chapters review everything you've learned. It is easy to find topics in the index and skim through the book to find interesting and helpful little chunks of code. This is the perfect book for someone with neither time nor patience.
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment Publisher: Microsoft Press Authors: Dan Holme, Orin Thomas Rating: 2/5  Poorly written and way out of context. My advice to anyone wishing to learn the real ins and outs of 2003 server would be to buy Mark Minasi's book - he offers much better advice geared towards the real world and his chapter on DNS is far superior to the drivel written in this publication.I particuarly dislike the monotonous tone that so often is the down fall of Microsoft publications. On the upside - this book is given it's blessing by *Microsoft* - so it must have something going for it. The section on Group Policy is not bad.However - just go to Borders and compare the difference - Minasi's book on 2003 server is *the* bible to have with regards to decent technical writing and explanantions of real world situatios with regards to 2003 server.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Crystal Reports 8.5: The Complete Reference Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Authors: George Peck, George Peck Rating: 3/5  You need to usually read several pages of a subject to find the info you're looking for in this book, but at least you don't need to read several chapters. No, it is not a hit list of functions, like one of the O'Reilly books, but it does cover a LOT of stuff useful to, yes, a beginner. I feel I have been able to move from the beginner category to a really advanced level in crystal with the aid of this book, over several months. Like I said, not bad, but you need patience. From reading some of the other reviews on this book, it seems like NOT knowing much about crystal makes this book seem a lot more useful.
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