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Product: Book - Paperback
Title: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: David Flanagan Rating: 4/5  I purchased the Netscape One Developer's Guide thinking it would provide answers to my Javascript questions - it answered very few, unfortunately. The 'Guide' doesn't begin to approach the ease of use, thoroughness or amount of information contained in "Javascript: The Definitive Guide". Javascript is as completely covered as it can be (with the free-flowing nature of WWW specifications, its hard to keep track of all the changes). I found the descriptions and examples informative, clear and concise and kinda fun sometimes. The layed back nature of the writing won't scare off novice coders/web developers and yet doesn't turn off more advanced developers. The book is cut in half - the first provides an introduction into Javascript and discusses its more important subjects while the second is a complete reference section for Javascript 1.2. It specifically treats the differences between Netscape and Internet Explorer whereas the Netscape One guide left that up to the reader to figure out - an oversight which relegates the Netscape One Developer's Handbook to the dusty bookshelf (way in the back). If you're doing web development and need to use Javascript - this is probably the only book you'll need. If you're doing web development and you're not using Javascript - you NEED this book - it will show you what you can do with simple client-side scripts.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Programming C#, 4th Edition Publisher: O'Reilly Authors: Jesse Liberty Rating: 5/5  If you already have a good understanding of C++ and want to learn the C# language and some basics of the .NET framework, this is _THE_ book to get. It gets right down to the details of the C# language without endless rambling and obscure code. The examples are well suited to the topic at hand and are small and to the point. I would recommend this book to anyone who has programming experience, especially C++ developers.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Authors: Michael J. Hernandez, John L. Viescas Rating: 5/5 Our company switched to and extensively uses SQL. In an effort to educate the entire I.T. staff on the effective use of SQL, we purchased Microsoft Office Curriculum (to assess whether it fit our needs), searched book stores, and checked with Universities (online and local) for acceptable SQL curriculum. Our search was disappointing until we found this book. We enhanced this book with company-specific examples and created our own course using this book as the main text. We employed an instructor from a local university to conduct the course and have it certified by the state dept of education. It provides good information about good practices using SQL.
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: Management Information Systems, Fourth Edition Publisher: Course Technology Authors: Effy Oz Rating: 3/5  This book has a great cover, however I was thrown a little by the pages. and, oh yea it's a little outdated. cheers
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