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Books
Mastering
ColdFusion 4.5 from
Sybex
This book, covering everything from basic relational database concepts
to Cold Fusion scripting tags, is designed for beginners. Great glossary.
Covers SQL database use well.
Look for the .cfm suffix on web sites URLs, that will tell you that
they are running Cold Fusion.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
Using
HTML 4 from
MacMillan Publishing Company
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
JavaScript
Bible from
IDG Books
This covers all the basics with great examples and even includes
updated downloads on his web page.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
Teach
Yourself Active Server Pages in 21 days from
SAMS
The book uses the 21 day model and several good code examples to build
your knowledge.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
Poor
Richard's Internet Marketing and Promotions from
Top Floor Publishing
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
Microsoft
Visual Basic 6 Professional (Step by Step) from
Microsoft Press
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
Beginning
Java 2 from
Wrox Press
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
Perl
and CGI for the World Wide Web from
Addison-Wesley
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Books
HTML
4 for the World Wide Web from
Peachpit Press
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
| Internet
Marketing Book
Advertising
on the Internet from
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate,
well organized. |
Database
Design for Mere Mortals from
Addison Wesley
This easy to read book is platform independent and covers all the basics of
relational database design.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
By Michael Hernandez. Despite a very gimmicky title, this book can save you tons
of development time and grief by helping you plan out your database design.
Using
Microsoft Access 2000 from
MacMillan Publishing Company
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
By Roger Jennings. Access 2000 introduces many new features. This book does a
good job of explaining the new features along with all the standard aspects of
this popular database. We especially like the treatment of the program's
internet related features.
Using
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 from
MacMillan Publishing Company
This book clearly takes the beginning SQL Server 7 user through all the most
important aspects of utilizing this program's incredible power. Book and CD-ROM
edition.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
With the advent of SQL Server7 and its integration with Microsoft Office 2000
and more specifically Access 2000, high-performance client/server databases are
within reach of many more users. You can now 'upsize' your Access database and
have it run on an industrial strength database with minimal changes.
Comments: SQL Server 2000 book coming in April 2001.
The
Practical SQL Handbook from
Addison Wesley
It cover the basics from designing a database to creating the database. Its
handling of views and table joining are very good.
This book is a must, we have not seen a specific database software book that
encompasses all its information.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
In its third edition, this is the best selling guide to SQL, the standard
language for accessing information in databases.
Windows
ME secrets from
IDG Books
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized
By Brian Livingston and Davis Straub. Not exactly a beginner level book, but one
of the better books on Windows ME. Lots of tips and tricks on maximizing your
enjoyment of Windows ME. Covers many undocumented features.
Operating System Books
The
Macintosh Bible from
Peachpit Press
Good coverage of MacOS 8.5 and using the internet on the Mac.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
By Sharon Zardetto Aker. Now in its seventh edition and over 1000 pages!
Everything you want to know about the Macintosh hardware and software.
Special
Edition Using Linux from
MacMillan Publishing Company
This book clearly takes the beginning Linux user through all the most
important aspects of this operating systems incredible power. Book and 3 CD-ROM
edition. CD-ROM's contain Caldera, Red Hat, and Debian Linux.
6th edition comes out in December 2000.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
With the advent of Linux and its growing popularity, this book help you do
everything from install the operating system to manage Internet services to
coexist with the Windows operating system.
Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server Unleashed from
Sams
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized
By Rob Scrimger. 1200 pages. Authoritative guide to installing and configuring
your Windows 2000 system. Great coverage of new add-ons such as Active
Directory, Internet Information Server, and Terminal server. Good coverage of
internet related topics such as security. Several real-word case studies.
Operating System Books
Using
Windows 2000 Professional from
MacMillan Publishing Company
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
By Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel. Windows 2000 introduces many new features
and user interface changes from Windows NT. This book does a good job of
explaining the new features along with all the standard aspects of this popular
operating system. Over 1500 pages explain the complex networking and Internet
features.
Complete
PC Upgrade & Maintenance Guide from
Sybex, Inc.
You will learn how to troubleshoot problems, learn what arcane computer
acronyms mean, and save lots of money by being able to fix your own computer.
Includes video clips from his expensive seminars.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
By Mark Minasi. 11th edition for 2000. The last version was a classic must have
for any user that wanted to know more about their computer and how to upgrade
it.
Troubleshooting,
Maintaining, and Reparing PCs from
McGraw Hill
Latest edition, Millenium, was published September 1999.
Attributes (Minimum): Easy to read, informative, accurate, well
organized.
By Stephen Bigelow. 1525 pages chock full of information. Great for helping to
diagnose PC problems or to upgrade your computer.
A great book for users moving beyond static web pages toward database
driven dynamically generated web sites such as ours!
By Molly E Holzschlag. Now in its 6th edition. A great book on HTML.
Covers everything you need to know to author your own pages.
By Danny Goodman. Now in its 3rd edition, this well written book explains
the ins and outs of JavaScript, the web's most popular scripting language.
By Sanjaya Hettihewa. Active Server Pages (ASP) is the dominant language
of choice for producing dynamic web sites under Windows NT. This book
helps you understand and master the basics of ASP.
By Peter Kent and Tara Calishain. A great book full of useful tips on
getting your web site noticed. Covers everything from press releases to
search engines to newsletters.
By Michael Halvorson. A good book for beginners new to Visual Basic.
Twenty-four step by step lessons help you learn VB. Covers user-interface,
ActiveX Controls, graphics, text, and database programming techniques.
By Ivor Horton. Second Edition of the best selling book Beginning Java.
Now covers Java 2 and Java Foundation Classes (Swing and Java2D) and the
Collections API. Structured tutorial style book, with each chapter
building on the previous one. The book assumes no knowledge of Java, so it
is suitable for all programmers.
By Elizabeth Castro. Perl is a popular programming language for creating
scripts on the Web. Its great for forms, handling input, doing searching,
etc. Visual QuickStart Guides are great because they break tasks into easy
to follow steps and include lots of screenshots and code. The book assumes
no knowledge of Java, so it is suitable for all programmers.
By Elizabeth Castro. Fourth Edition of the best selling book introductory
HTML. Now covers JavaScript and using Tables for page layout. Visual
QuickStart Guides are great because they break tasks into easy to follow
steps and include lots of screenshots and code. The book assumes no
knowledge of HTML, so it is suitable for all programmers. A nice handy
inexpensive HTML reference guide.
By Robbin Zeff and Brad Aronson. Second edition of the bestselling guide
to online advertising. A must read for anyone trying to promote a web
site. Covers market research, e-mail promotion, banner ads, measuring
effectiveness, and much more.