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If you're comfortable with Visual Basic but new to SQL Server, run to the bookstore -- for you, this book is a 9.
— Graeme Williams, Slashdot contributor
SQL Server 2005 Express is the database component of Microsoft's Express Suite of products. It is free of charge, inherits many (nonenterprise) features from SQL Server 2005, and comes complete with development and administration tools. As such, it is an ideal database for developers and administrators to use in prototype/evaluation projects. It is also a powerful development platform for database applications on nonprofit websites, e-commerce sites, and in small offices and departments.
Author Rick Dobson provides all of the installation, configuration, administration, and development techniques that you need to build applications quickly. He focuses on techniques that are easy to learn and transparent in their real-world translations. Topics include the SSMS-based query tool and T-SQL programming, and Visual Basic Express and Visual Web Developer, both with SSE, to build Windows Forms applications and to develop ASP.NET web applications.
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Well Crafted, Easy to Follow, In-Depth Insight.......2007-07-19
Nowadays, it is all too common for someone with a competing interest to dis a book in the hopes of steering others away. After reading several of the negative reviews for this book, I was worried that might be happening here.
When I checked out this book in a bookstore and compared it with four others on SQL Express 2005, I found this one to be a superior presentation of the subject. It is cogent and will written, and provides analysis that goes well beyond the beginning level. The overall presentation is well crafted and easy to follow.
The type-face is small, but that just means that you get more for your money, as there is a lot of meat on these pages. The author addressed my issues supprisingly well. The insights he gave show that he has considerable experience with the subject and has thought carefully about how to present it. I highly recommend this book if you really want to understand the subject matter.
Nice Intro Book To SQL Server 2005.......2007-07-04
'Beginning SQL Server 2005 Express Database Applications with Visual Basic Express and Visual Web Developer Express: From Novice to Professional' by Rick Dobson is a very nice learning tool for beginners who want to learn how to use SQL Server 2005 Express and Visual Basic Express to create database/client apps that will get the job done and done well. With ~600 page of material, the author leads you through the basics of what SQL Server 2005 and Visual Basic is and the power that these APIs have at your disposal. You'll go from a simple app and database to learning how to build these up in a logical, fun way.
If you are new to these technologies and want to learn, I feel that this is a great resource to use to flood your brain with new information. For those that complain this book isn't too good, it's not meant to be a book for uber programmers but newbies. I think if you want to learn, you ought to give this a try!
***** RECOMMENDED
Rick Dobson can't write.......2007-02-23
It's very hard to read this book. There is very much nonsense text. Many words, sentences, paragraphs, and pages should have been deleted. General nonsense is mixed with crucial information, so you can't skim through passages. Beginner info (like how to install) is mixed with advanced stuff. Repeats endlessly stuff about different versions, etc.. No logic between the paragraphs. Very messy. He often uses unexplained words and abbreviations. It makes SQL look impossible. I will never by a Rick Dobson book again.
could be better.......2006-07-11
The main problem I have is with the lack of editting. His choice of words can really leave you confused sometimes. I keep having to cross out unneeded words and correct his grammar so that the puzzle will be solved if I need to come back and read the same part later.
And like one reviewer said, it's true: the author repeats a LOT of stuff. The book is frankly boring, so getting repeats of boredom is a double whammy.
And one other thing, it's not a project book. It's more like a random collection of summaries of projects he's done, as if you should know what he's talking about. The first real project doesn't begin until page 371. And even then, it's more like a review of notes he took while learning, instead of an explanation designed to elighten new learners.
I'm sure the author is very intelligence and very skilled with SSE, but I would like to see a better book. I'm sure the author is very intelligence and very skilled with SSE, but I would like to see a better book. Hehe, I just imitated his style with that repeat ;)
Still a bit rough, but useful.......2006-05-14
I've been a programmer for longer than most programmers have been alive, but I'm new to SQL Server and Visual Basic. This book looked like it would be the perfect introduction to both, but it seems to have been rushed to market. It appears that chapters 11 and 12 were once a single chapter, and were split without a lot of subsequent editing in either the book or the sample code on the website. On the second page of Chapter 12, for example, it says "The samples to this point in the chapter...", but there haven't been any samples to this point in the chapter. This is somewhat understandable in a printed book, but as I write this (5/13/2006) the book has been out for almost 5 months, and the sample code on the website still has all the code piled together in a folder called "Sample code for chapters 11 and 12". This makes it harder than it needs to be to find the code the author is referring to when one wants to get some context for the snippets of code in the book.
I don't have a problem with repetition in a book like this, because if you use books like this the way I do, you go straight to the table of contents or the index and then to whatever topic promises to solve the coding problem you're facing. A little repetition makes it more likely that all the information I need will be there in one place. With this book, that was generally the case -- I wasn't flipping back to Chapter 3 to understand a concept the author was discussing in Chapter 10.
The book has been useful to me in understanding SQL Server Express and how it can be used with Visual Basic Express. I wish it had more information about the VBE IDE and the files it generates, but the sample code appears to compile and work, and the explanations are clear and easily understood. There is also no real discussion of regular expressions, which (for me) is one of the new features of VB that made it worth reconsidering. The author dismisses them with the equivalent of "lots of people still don't understand them, so stick with String expressions", which just seems boneheaded to me.
I liked the fact that information about T-SQL and sqlcmd is included alongside the GUI alternatives. With the exception of regex info, most of what I needed to go from knowing nothing to knowing enough to get my work done was in the book and sample code. Considering the short shelf life of books like this one, and the tremendous effort that must go into writing and publishing them, I'm surprised that there are so many of them. While not perfect, I consider this to be one of the better ones.
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DotNetNuke is a programming framework that helps you create and deploy web projects in ASP.NET 2.0. Its ease of use means that even nonprogrammers can take advantage of the new ASP.NET 2.0 features when building a web site. It integrates with many of Microsoft's other free products like SQL Server 2005 Express, which makes it a powerful and attractive option for developing web sites.
Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in VB 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express contains detailed instructions for the installation of DotNetNuke, Visual Web Developer, and SQL Server 2005. This ensures that no matter what your level or ability, you'll have a working suite of tools as you work through the book and your ASP.NET 2.0 career. The book also features tutorials on creating and publishing an ASP.NET 2.0 web site written in Visual Basic 2005--taking care not to exclude anyone who's utilizing this book strictly to get up to speed on DotNetNuke.
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A very good primer.......2007-06-02
This is a very good introduction to DotNetNuke. It will help you install DNN on you own machine and guide you through building a simple website.
If you know a little about programming in VB and know something about HTML and CSS, this book will show you how to write your own DNN modules and create your own DNN skins and containers. You won't learn how to write complex modules or elaborate skins but you'll learn the basics.
If you already know how to install DNN and how to create DNN modules and skins, this book is not for you.
If you know nothing about programming in VB and know nothing about HTML, then you should probably learn about them before you tackle this book.
To the point.......2007-02-20
It's not for the complete novice and it won't teach you how to code. But it will get you up and going with VWD and DNN. Well written with good screenshots. He also takes you through the process of creating modules. It's a good primer and was what I was looking for.
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Are you tasked with creating and maintaining a web presence? Do you suspect that there is a better way to manage business internally? Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in C# 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express is for you. It leads you through the emerging world of web portals by applying the most user-friendly and current development software, like C# Express and the powerful, flexible DotNetNuke. You will learn to create the professional web presence your company needs.
The book takes you through the steps necessary to get an internal web portal running for employee use. If you have some programming experience and creativity, this book will help you expand your business presence in a short amount of time. It features simple explanations and proof-of-concept examples throughout. The book concludes with the creation of a web portlet that you can plug into an external website for a web presence.
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Confusing and 1/2 is not useful.......2007-01-05
This is supposed to be a book on developing a web site. He promises that you do not need to know programming or useless information about .NET. Then he devotes half the book to doing a Windows form for entering hours work, explaining basic HTML tags, reviewing the history of ASP - ASP.Net and uses some complex C# examples in object oriented techniques which have nothing to do with DotNetNuke and are never implemented again. This is what someone does who is paid by the publisher per word! This is supposed to be a Web form book! This book does not take you from "Novice to Professional". Read the DotNetNuke documentation instead. I'm sorry I spent the money.
Good Starter Book.......2006-08-24
This book is a brief introduction into the world of DotNetNuke. It will get you started, but it will not lead you into advanced topics. This book is geared towards people curious and interested into DNN. This book is not for developers, unless DNN is completely new to you. The author is good about making steady progress throughout the book, not losing his audience. I must say, this book is for Novice to Competent User, not proffesional. Good Luck.
Good if you're looking for an intro into DotNetNuke..........2006-08-07
Not being terribly familiar with the Microsoft family of development technologies, I was completely unaware of what DotNetNuke was. My first guess would have been the latest virus du jour to hit Microsoft. But the book Beginning DotNetNuke 4.0 Website Creation in C# 2005 with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express: From Novice to Professional by Nick Symmonds does an OK job of introducing the reader to the basics of what you're dealing with... an open-source portal framework for .Net development...
Contents: The Basics; The Express and DotNetNuke Combination; Installation; Basic C#; Visual Web Developer; DotNetNuke Basics; Creating a DNN Module; Finishing the DotNetNuke Module; DNN Permissions and Portals; DNN Hosting; Creating a DNN Skin; JavaScript and Ajax; Next Steps and Suggestions; Index
Symmonds tries to cover quite a bit of material in this book, any one of which could take an entire book on its own. You would best be served to have an understanding of C# before you begin, as this is really not a C# tutorial. He does create a "time card" application in C#, which then becomes the basis for a DNN module in the later chapters. There's material on how to install the express versions of the Microsoft development environments for web and C# coding, but again it's not a definitive reference. It's enough to get you up and running, and then you can launch off from there once you follow the directions for this particular exercise. The main thrust of the book is to show how DNN can help you development portal-like web sites using the open-source framework, and how a program written in a language such as C# can easily be ported over to run as a web-enabled module. I don't think I'd want this to be my first exposure to web development, nor is it a book that an expert would use on a daily basis. But for someone like me who had no previous reference to DNN, it served a purpose... good introduction to understand the capabilities, and enough material to take me through the basics. If I were to decide that this was an option I wanted to pursue, I'd "know what I don't know" and could find additional material that would take me deeper into the subject...
Given the right mindset, the book is good for what it sets out to do. But if you've already done things with DNN, you might find it a bit too basic for your tastes... I personally liked it because I came away with knowledge I didn't know existed prior to this...
Not enough.......2006-07-16
Well. If someone is going to buy a book on DotNetNuke in C#, probably that person is very unlikely to need a basic intro on the language.
So, the topic actually starts at page 143 (which on a ~370 pages book it almost means half of it).
Regretfully, I bought it since it has a chapter on modules programming in C# (DotNetNuke uses VB, so I liked the possibility of using another language). Wrong, the initial instructions corrupted my configuration files and the chapter got confusing. I basically ended up closing the book, got the official DotNetNuke documentation and figure things out on my own. I could have saved 40 dollars.
Very, very, very novice book.......2006-07-02
This is a book for very beginners. The title deceives saying that it is from novice to professionals. Don't waste your money.
Maybe have been too generous evaluating it with two stars.
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The primary goal of this book is to demonstrate Visual Web Developer 2005 Express's effectiveness when developing applications. The secondary goal is to examine how coding best-practices can be applied with this new product. Beginning Visual Web Developer 2005 Express provides a rigorous overview of the application: how it operates, how it compares to the other versions of Visual Studio .NET 2005 now available, and the best way to use it.
The authors demonstrate techniques and concepts that you need to build working ASP.NET 2.0 applications. They use real applications based on VWD's Personal Web Starter Kit. They also compare and contrast VWD and VS .NET, and discuss how to overcome difficulties when moving from one to the other. The book's practical and goal-oriented discussion helps you maximize VWD Express as quickly as possible. This book does not assume any prior coding knowledge, so hobbyists and students alike will be able to glean valuable information from it.
Customer Reviews:
Level Beginner - Intermediate ?!.......2007-04-16
I realize how difficult it is to cover a sofware package like Visual Web Developer in just 300 pages. Nevertheless this is not a book for beginners. Understanding of HTML, Visual Basic, SQL and OOP is a must if you want to get something out of this book.
I have found the book to be dissorganized and jumping from topic to topic; at least I can not follow the logic from the authors. For instance out of the blue on page 8 a code example of a class is given. The example is explained in just one page.
Also the needed software to get started is not clearly pointed out from the beginning; more downloads are mentioned as needed. A CD would definetely have been handy.
Chapter 2 covers the graphical interface in detail; I would have preferred this to be condensed to make room for more critical information.
The code in the book is hardly explained and essential commands and topics are not explained at all; for instance 'handles', 'events', 'runat' just to name a few.
Overall very dissapointing and I would rank this zero stars if I could.
Rush job, LOTS of mistakes.......2006-12-10
Originally, I had purchased a WROX book of the same subject matter. It was horribly painful to read. So, I made sure that I spent time reading some of this book prior to buying it.
The good news is that Sarknas does a really great job at explaining the high-level theoretical concepts and gives a great walking tour of VWD. However, when it comes to the details and the tutorials, this book breaks down. I found a dozen errors in the few few pages, some crucial errors. I wrote to the publisher listing a lot of the errors and asked if there was an online update. Their reply was basically to wait for the 2007 edition.
I think Apress rushed this book out before Microsoft even finished delivering the product because some features of the software don't even exist - Microsoft changed direction and does not support SQL Server Express Manager, for example. So, I'm stuck trying to figure out alternative techniques and procedures to accomplish certain tasks so I can stay up with the tutorials.
I think by the time I'm finished I could probably write my own tutorial. I've found myself going back and forth between the Wrox book and the Apress book in an attempt to piece things together. Rick Delorme, the technical reviewer, obviously didn't go through the tutorials.
Very disappointing. My two star rating is generous.
Good Starter Book..........2006-08-19
A little basic, but as usual with Microsoft related books, goes over the IDE in minute detail with naming conventions, but not really explaining what it can do for you. It goes on to explain the basics of form programming, but be sure to add a book to add database capabilities.
INCORRECT DIAGRAMS & NO SCRIPTS ON WEB SITE.......2005-12-20
THIS IS BAD NEWS!!!! LOTS OF INFO LEFT OUT, PICS IN BOOK DO NOT CORRESPOND TO SCREENS OF VWD, BOOK SAYS DATABASE SCRIPTS ON WEB SITE, BUT NOT THERE. APRESS IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE "WROX" AND THAT AIN'T GOOD!!!!!
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Bank failures, near failures, and crises are common throughout the world, and particularly in the major G-10 trading countries, including the United States, Germany, and Japan. But equally common are the bailouts by national governments, when they perceive that bank failure will result in severe economic distress. Gup examines these events, focusing on happenings in the particularly volatile years since 1980, and finds that nonperforming real estate loans, even more than fraud, are the primary cause. His wide-ranging investigation casts doubt on the effectiveness of bank regulation and makes clear that with globalization and emerging technologies, change in regulatory methods is needed. This book is essential for scholars, students as well as professionals in international banking, finance, investment, and world trade.
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Best dictionary for agronomist and horticulturist.......2002-03-18
There are few dictionaries in English, which you can find in market, and if English is not your native language, you will find it tough. Because Agricultural sciences cover a wide broad of sciences such as, Plant science, Soil science, genetics, Economics, Ecology, Fishing, and Animal husbandry and so many others. If you are in early years of study of agricultural courses such as Agronomy, Horticulture, Soil science, this reference book is the best one which I have ever met in market. The explanations are enough long to give you meaning of word or to get idea about it, wide ranges of knowledge and topics in agriculture, as many as meaning which you can find for a word or phrase or idiom.
I have the old version of this book (1962), but in many cases and times when I had faced with new words I found it much better than the others.
But on the other hand, there are some few weak points in this book. There isn't any picture, drawing or illustration (at least in my old book, 1962). Also, there is very few and rare words related to new area of agriculture, such as Molecular biology, Plant physiology, Genetics and so on. So if you are consider about base courses of agriculture. You will find this book the best option within few References and dictionaries of Agriculture in market (At least in English).
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