books about: developers     books:       Flex 3 Cookbook: Code-Recipes, Tips, and Tricks for RIA Developers (Adobe Developer Library)8 reviews Joshua Noble, Todd Anderson Adobe Dev Library, 2008 An excellent Flex book full of great real life solutions I just got this book and am using it already in my projects. Great source of real life solutions, very enjoyable to read. Highly recommended!             Trump: The Art of the Deal85 reviews Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz Ballantine Books, 2004 The Art of the Deal truly takes you behind the scenes and into the thought patters of one of the great deal makers of our time The Art of the deal is the only book written by Trump that I recommend; however, I rate this as one of the finest autobiographies I have read. The Art of the Deal takes you behind the scenes and into the thoughts of one of the great deal makers of our time. Donald jumps right in with a detailed daily account of his business dealings for an entire week offering a genuine feel for the life ...             Murach's SQL Server 2005 for Developers10 reviews Bryan Syverson, Joel Murach Mike Murach & Associates, 2006 A book for teaching how to write SQL for SQL Server 2005 I read Murach's SQL Server 2005 for Developers while looking for a book for teaching a class on SQL. Since the course is going to use SQL Server it seemed like an obvious fit. It is. This is a targeted book for the professional course on writing SQL for SQL Server 2005. I suppose it could be used for learning SQL for other databases but it does a pretty good job of hitting all the SQL ...             Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide33 reviews Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser O'Reilly/Adobe Developer Library, 2008 Excellent Starting Point for Migrating to ActionScript 3 I first became interested Learning ActionScript 3 after initially reading a few samples posted on Adobe's website. What I found was an excellent starting point that drove me to finally make the jump from ActionScript 1 and 2. In practice, most books I have read about ActionScript 3 focus on the Flex platform, which is outside of what I'm looking for. Rather, I needed something that focused on ...             Learning Flex 3: Getting up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications (Adobe Developer Library)5 reviews Alaric Cole Adobe Dev Library, 2008 A great beginning to intermediate Flex 3 book I've worked with Flash and ActionScript for a few years, but I'm new to Flex so I purchased three Flex books and I found this one to be the best one. I like how the author has you build smaller applications that work by themselves but also adds more features to them as the book progresses. There are some minor code issues, but he answered my questions on his website which is one of the best ...             Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (Brain-Friendly Guides)128 reviews Bryan Basham, Kathy Sierra, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 Good Surprise on Delivery by Amazon I ordered for 'Head First Servlets & JSP' which shows 2004 edition on web-site. But much to my Surprise, I got March 2008 (2nd Edition) of the Book which is the latest version for the SCWCD 1.5 exam. Thanks to Amazon for giving the best. -Sandeep Parmar             More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of ...4 reviews Joel Spolsky Apress, 2008 Worth Rereading Since I've been reading joelonsoftware for the past two years, a lot of this was already familiar to me, but it was well worth rereading. Some of the essays were old enough and I hadn't come by links to them so they were new to me, but not many. Most of the first part Managing People was already published in Joel's Smart and Gets Things Done. Anyone even considering working on shrink-wrap ...             Programming in Objective-C (Developer's Library)43 reviews Stephen Kochan Sams, 2003 iPhone Developers, Start Here! If you want to develop applications for the iPhone, you'll need to learn how to program in Objective-C. This is the best resource for doing that. Kochan explains each feature of the language using clear, simple examples and a straightforward and concise writing style. Even if you're a relatively new programmer, you can learn how to write Objective-C programs from this text. Unlike other ...             The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK (Developer's Library) Erica Sadun Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008 The “iPhone Developer’s Cookbook” introduces Apple’s iPhone SDK to readers and provides step-by-step details on how to build programs that run on the iPhone and iPod touch. Each "Recipe" focuses on the use of a class and provides completely re-usable code that readers can copy and implement in their own applications. More importantly, the “iPhone Developer’s Cookbook” discusses many methods and ...             Windows via C/C++ (Pro - Developer)6 reviews Jeffrey Richter, Christophe Nasarre Microsoft Press, 2007 Excellent foundation I'm a beginner in Windows programming and I'm glad I've found this book. I like how it focuses on "whys" and the correct usage of the described system elements. The authors also give enough details about specific APIs so, if reading for an intro, it's possible to follow without having MSDN handy. The code samples are very helpful, especially the mini-applications. The book doesn't concentrate on ...             PHP and MySQL Web Development (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)174 reviews Luke Welling, Laura Thomson Sams, 2005 The ONLY Book You Will Ever Need To Master PHP/MySQL I cracked open this book knowing only basic HTML. About halfway through it, I was a website developer. By the end of the book, I was a website professional with highly sought after skills. This book is not only written well, but is written in a manner that kept my short-spanned attention all the way through with plenty of momentum. Possibly the only computer book I have ever read all the ...             CLR via C#, Second Edition (Pro Developer)40 reviews Jeffrey Richter Microsoft Press, 2006 Are you a .NET developer? What? You haven't read this book? Possess a driving license? That probably means you know the mechanics that makes cars work. Thereby the skill necessary to ferry ourselves to and from places in daily life. Wait, what has this gotta do with reviewing a technical computing book? Well, you knew incorrect air pressure worsens tyre grip, accelerates wear & tear, and reduces fuel efficient, right? You knew improper engine tuning ...             Programming in Objective-C 2.0 (2nd Edition) (Developer's Library) Stephen G. Kochan Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008             Programming in C (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)19 reviews Stephen Kochan Sams, 2004 Excellent C Primer For an experienced assembly language programmer looking to apply C programming to embedded systems, this book has just the approach that suits my needs. Logically organized and very readable, it keeps layering concept upon concept, subtley bringing in different techniques, while informing not only about the language, syntax and use, but also about how compilers interact with various constructs.I ...             FrontPage 2003 (The Missing Manual)32 reviews Jessica Mantaro Pogue Press, 2005 Well worth the money ! ! This manual cleared up a lot of questions I had about Microsoft's FrontPage 2003. Microsoft should be ashamed that they didn't care enough about their users to include this with the program. I'd recommend this to anyone who is having problems understanding FrontPage.             Planning Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide for Educators, Trainers, and Staff Developers, 2nd ...8 reviews Rosemary S. Caffarella Jossey-Bass, 2001 Excellent Source of Knowledge This book is a great read for anyone who is interested in the programming aspect of any type of organization or educational setting. The author explains the somewhat complex programming process in a simplistic manner that novel and experienced program planners can comprehend. There are numerous workesheets and tips to guide you to presenting a great program. It is trull an excellent source of ...             Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change122 reviews Louis V. Gerstner Collins Business, 2004 What Life at the Top is Really Like--As Told By a Superb Leader Having spent twenty-three years in management before I became an entrepreneur, I recognize that moving from one side of the desk to the other side may be the longest journey a professional person ever makes. When we shift into a leadership spot, not only do we find that our prior perceptions might have been totally inaccurate, we have to address personal and professional challenges we would have ...             Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Pro Developer) (Pro Developer)20 reviews Ted Pattison, Daniel Larson Microsoft Press, 2007 best book to understand WSS 3.0 This book covers all the basics and inner working you need to know about WSS. The code examples are also good. Great book if you are preparing for 70-541             ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers33 reviews Joey Lott, Darron Schall, ... Adobe Dev Library, 2006 Exactly What the Title Says - No More No Less This book is about ActionScript ONLY. when I bought it, I was hoping to find cookbook solutions for Flash and/or Flex IDE and all the step-by-step color illustrations and the cool visual effects that you can implement with those IDEs. That is not really what this book is geared for. So when I first started this review, I really wanted to give it a less-than-5-star rating, but I realized I can't ...             Essential SharePoint 2007: A Practical Guide for Users, Administrators and Developers1 review Jeff Webb O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007 Sharepoint for Comprehensive Enterprise-wide Intranet Effective planning for a Sharepoint MOSS 2007 rollout is best addressed in Essential Sharepoint. The "High-Impact" subtitle is the key - this book methodically enforces the principal purpose of MOSS - Communication, Collaboration, Consolidation and Consistency - through a conscientious introduction in Chapters 1-3 followed by implementation aspects in Chapters 4-13. 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