Review:This is the BEST book there is for learning about DB design from the ground up. It moves very quickly from theory to how to practically implement a robust DB design. It assumes no knowledge, but by the end of the book you WILL be able to sit in discussions with MIS and understand and contribute to the discussion. I don't want to leave the impression, however, that this skips the hard topics: far from it. It covers Business Rules and even has some excellent forms that you can copy from the bo... Read more

Review:[A review of the Second Edition 2007, the review being written on 27 Oct 2007.]

From the ground up, the authors teach SQL. Not just the syntax, but more broadly, how to design a set of tables that will describe your data, and then how create and populate these tables.

If you already know some SQL, you may be curious as to which version is described. The up to date nature of this 2007 Edition means that you're getting a good current description. Though in practise, given the slow p... Read more

Review:I downloaded this Kindle book but was unable to open. I was instructed to remove this item from my device... but no way to download again. I am very dissapointed that I can not get this book!!! How do I get this book downloaded? Read more

Review:Pretty good book. It is very complete and accurate. It explains all the details of how each feature of the language works at a sufficiently low level. But it reads more like a reference book than a book to learn the main features of python. It's a large book so it might not be worth reading it straight through, but a good book to have if you're learning python or need a reference book. Read more

Review:It's an unfortunate title for a book that contains so much cool Python info. The first part is a well-organized quickie course in Python. Even experienced users may find some goodies there. Then the author takes a very interesting tour through dozens of applications that cover much more than the title implies. In addition to automating tasks like moving, copying, and cleaning up your directories, he shows how you can use Python to make .pdf and Word files, interact with Excel files, scrape the W... Read more

Review:我是看了同事的书后才决定买一本，可以比较方便翻阅。也有kindle版，不如真书在手感觉更好！

tried to use chinese to review this book and found.that the system doesn't take it it still ask me to finish the.review ? Read more

Review:Access code does not provide access to MyProgrammingLab. Only the etext. Also the Pearson portal for MPL is fickle, and does not allow login with correct username/password input. I most likely will have to pay $93 for the MPL access code through Pearson. Should have just bought this new at the bookstore. Read more

Review:I have been using the various editions of this book to teach Java programming for a number of years. In terms of content the previous editions of this book have been very solid and I would them a 5 star rating. Although this 10th edition continues the tradition of solid content, I cannot rate it above 4 stars because eight chapters (that used to be part of the printed book in the previous edition) are now only accessible online. This is both inconvenient and expensive.

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Review:I purchased this book because I wanted to learn how to set up a VPN network on windows or Linux. I did not find this information. Instead, half of the book teaches very basic windows network features like connecting to a lan or to WiFi or sharing files over the Network and the other half is very elaborate stuff about TCP/IP which I found interesting but it wasn't explained thoroughly enough for me to understand, it was covering fundamentals too quickly such as subnets, zones etc.
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Review:Found this book to be excellent source of gaining some basic understanding and as a quick reference once my understanding of SQL advanced. The author produces some of the best material I've read (I wish he did more books on other languages I was needing something for). He is presents the material in a manner to be not too in-depth that it goes over your head, yet still remains to give a thorough enough explanation. The examples are simple, relevant, and error free. The most useful feature I ... Read more