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Title: Spring in Action (In Action series) Publisher: Manning Publications Authors: Craig Walls, Ryan Breidenbach Rating: 5/5  There's been a bit of a rush of books about the Spring Framework recently with a number of publishers releasing their own titles one after another. Without having read those other books, I feel confident in saying "Spring in Action" won't let you down. It's a wonderful introduction to the framework and a handy reference for those desperate moments with the Spring configuration files. What I especially like about "Spring in Action" is the style of writing. The book is largely about how to configure this and that and still I read most of the book in one sitting. The text flows well and the humor sprinkled throughout adds a nice touch. The other good things about this book include a good coverage of the Spring Framework itself. Only some parts of the Acegi security framework have been left out, as far as I can tell, and those features (ACL's and run-as) are not what I'd call essential so it didn't bother me much. In addition, the authors give a good comparison (brief, but a good overview) of Spring and other technologies and frameworks such as EJB, Struts, WebWork, Tapestry, PicoContainer, HiveMind, etc. Furthermore, the authors show you how to integrate with these other frameworks (except for the other IoC containers) and view technologies like JSP, JSF, Velocity and FreeMarker. Add to that, the index looks very comprehensive which is an important detail for a book that one might use as a reference afterwards. So, what separates this book from perfection? For one it had a lot of little typos, the text did exhibit a bit of repeat (didn't I just read this sentence on the previous page?) here and there, and I feel like mixing multiple ViewResolvers was covered too lightly. I don't consider these to be big issues, though, and I won't hesitate for a second in recommending "Spring in Action" for someone looking to get started with the framework.
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Title: The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Authors: Ken Henderson Rating: 5/5 We have been looking for over a year for a textbook for our SQL Server DBMS classes. At long last, we finally found one. I'm an assistant prof. here and teach most of the third and fourth year database classes. This book is the first one I've found that I'd consider college-level material. Written in clear, understandable terms, this is the first SQL Server book I've seen that successfully balances the practical with the theoretical. Most technical books go too far to one side or the other, especially non-academic books. Not this one, though. It informs and educates, trains and teaches, all at once. If you want to understand how an industry-leading DBMS like SQL Server *really* works, get this book.
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Title: Thinking in C++, Volume 1: Introduction to Standard C++ (2nd Edition) Publisher: Prentice Hall Authors: Bruce Eckel Rating: 3/5  The content of this book is definately top notch, however presentation of this material isn't ideal for a computer novice. Not to say its unreadable, but it leaves some gaps. Additionally the premise that a reader should program C before tackling C++ [while being one that most colleges believe in..ahem..more classes = more $$$] it is not one that I believe in. Sec
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Title: Official Final Fantasy VII Strategy Guide Publisher: Bradygames Authors: David Cassady Rating: 5/5 This book is really cool.I like RPG games and I must say that this is the greatest one I've played since FF3. Final Fantasy VII is great for both playstation and PC. I played it on Playstaion and thought it was great and when it came out onto PC. I was really excited. This book is great for helping you on the PC version.
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