Tech Books I've Read In 2007
 
 







  
Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Flash 8 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)32 reviews
Phillip Kerman

Sams, 2005

Excellent step-by-step overview

+ Made my own flash within 2 hours.
+ Great book for beginner.

Flash is a complex program with innumerable functions. Phillip Kerman breaks the program down into bite-size chunks and leads you through each one step by step. His explanations are concise and easy to understand and always followed immediately by practical exercises so that right from the outset ...
  
  











  



  
Agile Web Development with Rails, 2nd Edition105 reviews
David Hansson, Leon Breedt, ...

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2006

Great Book - But Wait to Buy

+ This is how technical books should be, a reall page turner
+ seriously, this is the best technical textbook I've ever read
+ Great book, wish it was Rails 2.0
+ I recommend it
  
  











  



  
Beginning JSP 2: From Novice to Professional5 reviews
Krishnaraj Perrumal, Vikram Goyal

Apress, 2004

Beginning JSP 2? Yeah, right.

+ A Self Contained, Extensive Introduction to JSP, Tomcat, Servlets and Related

"Beginning JSP 2?" Yeah, right. Try: "Beginning JSP 2, HTML, JDBC, Java, JSTL, XML, XSLT, XML DTDs, XML Schemas, Servlets, Filters, with some MVC (Model 2) and Struts thrown in for Good Measure." While my recommended title may be a bit too long to be practical as a book title, it would better ...
  
  











  



  
Ajax For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))15 reviews
Steve, Ph.D. Holzner

For Dummies, 2006

Up and running instantly!

+ Great Book
+ Fantastic
+ Great way to break into Ajax
  
  











  



  
JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series)11 reviews
Chris Schalk, Ed Burns, ...

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2006

Very good book, its deep and explains very good

+ This is how a tech book should be written.
+ Complete reference JSF book review

The book goes over all the stuff in JSF and explains in a very clear language exactly whats happening under the hood of JSF. I have also some other JSF books and this is by far the best.
  
  











  



  
Beginning Ruby on Rails (Wrox Beginning Guides)11 reviews
Steve, Ph.D. Holzner

Wrox, 2006

Finally, a book that actually *teaches*

+ Great Rails Beginners Guide!!
+ Good place to start working with Rails

I am tired of books that present a giant, extended tutorial, revealing bits and pieces while continually dragging you deeper into a dense forest of detail, leaving you, machete in hand, to try and find your way to enlightenment. Unlike those, this book actually teaches -- it provides small ...
  
  











  



  
Programming Flex 2: The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex ...24 reviews
Chafic Kazoun, Joey Lott

Adobe Dev Library, 2007

Really enjoyable introduction to Flex2

+ Great Flex 2 Programming Book
+ Solid intro to Flex 2

Reading the reviews for this book made me nervous about picking it up in the first place, but I'm glad I did. I'm primarily a J2EE developer wanting to get his feet wet in the world of Flex2 RIAs, and the authors seem to have written this just for someone like me. And in that respect, the topics ...
  
  











  



  
Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: from Novice to ...13 reviews
Christian Heilmann

Apress, 2006

It's about time

+ Bookmarked throughout - lots of useful stuff

I have been going through a lot of javascript books to find that all of them want to teach you the trivial things javascript can do. Not only are the examples trivial, they teach the reader horrible habits. This book doesn't have any "Hello World" examples. It gets into what javascript SHOULD be ...
  
  











  



  
Ajax in Action63 reviews
Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello, ...

Manning Publications, 2005

Very useful for Web developers

+ Extremely Comprehensive for Beginner Through Intermediate
+ Good intro to Ajax principles and architecture

i am very interested in AJAX learn and this book is essential for any person that work in the web, how web developer, web desginer and others. you can learn the structure and the metodology about AJAX and JavaScript too. It is great and interesting
  
  











  



  
DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model65 reviews
Jeremy Keith

friends of ED, 2005

Perfect for learning DOM

+ The best intro to JavaScript for designers
+ If you want to learn JavaScript the right way, start with this book.
+ DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
  
  











  



  
Foundation Flash 8 (Foundation)7 reviews
Sham Bhangal, Kristian Besley

friends of ED, 2005

Solid book for beginners

+ Solid foundation for all types of Flash novices
+ Overall a Useful Learning Tool
+ A Pretty Good Book
+ Solid Beginner to Intermediate Book
  
  











  



  
Ajax Design Patterns13 reviews
Michael Mahemoff

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

A "must have" Ajax Resource for every Web 2.0 developer.

+ Good AJAX Cookbook
+ Packed with excellent information
+ Excellent
  
  











  



  
Learning C# 2005: Get Started with C# 2.0 and .NET Programming (2nd Edition)31 reviews
Jesse Liberty, Brian MacDonald

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Excellent book

This is an excellent book on C#. I use it as a reference all the time for my ASP.NET dev. It's almost as big as the Learning C# book by the same author.
  
  











  



  
Ruby on Rails: Up and Running27 reviews
Bruce Tate, Curt Hibbs

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Great book, BUT...

+ A bit dated but gets right to the point with a useful example.

This is a great book, and I recommend you consider it, but for a couple reasons you might not want to buy it. First, it's a great *short* overview of the process of developing Ruby on Rails apps. I found that I understand all the things I've read elsewhere but it's sometimes hard to put it ...
  
  











  



  
Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications22 reviews
Patrick Lenz

SitePoint, 2007

Easiest Way I Know To Get On Track Learning Ruby On Rails

+ Make sure you buy Simply Rails 2 Instead
+ Perhaps getting a little long in the tooth now...

I do not have the time, inclination, or capabilities to match the quality and detail of the reviews that already sing the praises of this book, though I know more people find longer reviews useful than short ones. But, I wanted to a) add my praise for this really well-written book, that makes ...
  
  











  



  
Head First Java, 2nd Edition212 reviews
Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Excellent Book!!

+ Great Book
+ Good basic text
+ A great refresher
  
  











  



  
Deploying Rails Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide (Facets of Ruby)4 reviews
Ezra Zygmuntowicz, Bruce Tate, ...

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2008

authoritative guide to rails basic tools

+ Precious info
+ Finally, Deployment makes sense.

This is a superb book, the best compact writeups i've seen on setting up Apache load balancing and proxies, nginx, mongrel, SVN server and repos, DNS, MySql caching, capistrano, rake, profiling apps (and there's a lot of blogs, books on these subjects. Entire mailing lists, in fact). Compact ...
  
  











  



  
Pro JSP 2, Fourth Edition (Expert's Voice in Java)1 review
Simon Brown, Sam Dalton, ...

Apress, 2005

Very Comprehensive Text

Java's web technology has always been my fascination. This book opened up a whole new perspective on Java and JSP for me. The book that I truly started learning JSP with is "More Servlets and Java Server Pages" by Marty Hall. That book breaks down piece by piece how it all works. It's a really ...
  
  











  



  
Learning JavaScript (Learning)20 reviews
Shelley Powers

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Gifted author needs a gifted editor.

I've been learning JavaScript off and on, with some success, for three months. In doing so, I've skimmed about a half-dozen books and tried the following three, so far, "graded" below: Learning JavaScript (Powers B-) VQS JavaScript and Ajax (Negrino & Smith C+) O'Reilly JavaScript Pocket ...
  
  











  



  
Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 with C# (Wrox Beginning Guides)12 reviews
Chris Hart, John Kauffman, ...

Wrox, 2006

Good Starter

+ Excellent seller

This is a great book for getting started with ASP.Net. Every chapter is filled with codes to try along with the CD to help you out. Does not cover everything but that would be impossible in one book.
  
  











  






   



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