Whether true or not, a rattling good yarn for our times

Enjoyed this as a holiday read, as much for the insights into the clubs, cliques and rituals of Harvard as for the way that introverted geniuses with, it is suggested, poor social skills can be in the right place at the right time and become a billionaire in very short order, and there are more than a few flawed geniuses in here.<br /><br />Whether one can discern fact from fiction, just don't take everything in here as gospel, but a good story nevertheless. <br />

Straight on!

I teach Excel, and found this book very useful."Learn Excel 2007 Expert skills" is for those who know their way around in Excel. NOT for beginners! (As the title indicates.)<br /><br />It's a great book for the right audience: to the point. It's up to you and your time schedule if you want to read the extra information. The"extras" and in-depth are placed so you may choose to read it.<br /><br />If you complete each lesson, you'll become a resource for your company! <br /><br />

Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Guide

May as well be written in a foreign language for me, but then I'm a parent, (enough said)but my boys think that it's wonderful and are now fighting each other as to who gets to look up the next part of their quest, (better than 'just' fighting, I suppose!). Seriously, it looks to have answered their questions in a simple manner, where the gameplay wasn't intuitive, where for example having spoken to a character in one place they had to return to another place and meet the same character again to collect a bonus item; without the book they were unaware of the need to do that task.<br />All in all a very good buy, especially in view of the price which is a third of what the game cost in the first place, after all 'they' may as well get the most out of the game that 'you' paid for!!

Great for both beginners and amateurs!

I had general knowledge in PHP from modding and experimenting with Wordpress themes. HTML and CSS wasn't new to me - I work as a web designer, but I'm not perfect with javascript. SQL scared me.<br /><br />This new O'Reily book filled in my blanks - gave me facts and tips about PHP developing and more self confidence in playing around with MySQL in PHPmyAdmin.<br /><br />I'd say the things you need to be a great PHP web-developer are experience in HTML+CSS, a great idea, and this book :)

Brilliant

I allready heard all of the podcast, but this is still just brilliant :P<br />So funny and weird... I'm surely gonna buy the follow up ;)

Digital SLR for Dummies

This is an excellent book but I feel it is written for people with some basic knowledge of Digital SLR Cameras and not for people like me who have just bought their first dSLR. <br />That said, I am finding it very informative and like all 'For Dummies' books, it is better to look up a a question about your chosen subject if and when you need to, rather than wade through the whole book from beginning to end.<br />I would recommend it for those who already have a little basic knowledge of dSLRs and for people like myself perhaps there is an earlier version.

Same as my other review...not much more to add frankly

always produces books that are by and large, easy to digest. This book is no different. If you're interested in photography and want a quiet afternoon read that is informative, helpful and easy to put into practice, there's few other books that provide the insights Scott Kelby's book provide.<br /><br />If you're buying them from amazon then you're not having to lay down a lot of cash and couple to the quality of these books, it makes a whole lot of sense to buy this book and have it handy to read and learn from.<br /><br />Very worthwhile purchase.

Amazed

I have to say first that I have tried in the past to learn Java. I was disappointed though by the books I had read, so I always stopped.<br />Four years later, I did another attempt with the Head First Java book. I am speechless. The writers really have a unique style. Everything is explained and nothing is left in doubt. While reading the book I had many questions in my head. Every single one of them was answered in one of the next pages.<br />The technical in-depth details are explained using intuitive examples, easy to understand and remember.<br />If you want to learn Java, this book is the best starting point. Highly recommended. Excellent content, excellent style. I can't wait to read the rest of this series :)

Appallingly bad book

A slim book that does little to encourage good JavaScript coding practices. OK, the JavaScript language is flawed as the title of the book implies, but the author defends one of its most flawed aspects - loose typing - in the very first chapter. Note that I call it loose typing, as calling it dynamic typing would be doing a disservice to languages that have a better dynamic type system. The author encourages the reader to not use unary ++ and -- operators, because he claims it's been the cause of bugs in C code. This is bizarre - does"i += 1" rather than"++i" really avoid potential problems in C, and of what relevance is that to JavaScript even if it did? Crockford talks about functional programming a lot, but a lack of support for immutability and scoping makes this an unlikely paradigm that would be of any benefit to JavaScript coding. The code examples are poorly written (nesting statements up to nine levels deep in several places) with little, or more often, no commentary. This lack of commentary would be acceptable if the code was clear, but is more often obscure and hackish.<br /><br />In summary, I'd give this book no stars if possible, and suggest looking elsewhere a decent book on JavaScript.<br />

Easy to read and updated since the first edition

I enjoyed the first edition of this book a year or two ago. I was hesitant about buying the second edition because I thought it would duplicate a lot of material. In fact it has been updated to cover all the new topics that appear in MVC2. <br /><br />This book is easy to read and covers many practical real-world problems.

One of the best SEO books i have bought

In the begining I was a bit afraid of buying a book for dummies. <br />And I had a doubt."Do I need a book for this king of people called"dummies" after been reading a lot of SEO books for the last 4 years?"<br />Well definititly no! But I was wrong. <br />This is one of the best books I have read so far regarding this field. Peter Kent does a excellent work explaining the do's and dont's regarding SEO, giving excellent advice and ideias to anyone working with search engines, from begginers to more advanced.<br />A great value for money!

Dragon age origins Game guide

I got this game guide free when I got it at the shop and it really helped me with the game for a person who doesnt know much about RPG games

Brilliant for Mac novices....

After years on Windows, I took the plunge and invested in the awesome Macbook. The problem was, it was like starting from scratch and having to learn a completely new way of working and surfing. After several hours browsing I decided Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Dummies was the best bet and I seem to gave made the right choice. The book is easy to follow, either from page one and read as and educational tool, or like me, use the index and learn about what you want - when you want. There were several things I needed to know straight away and this book came up with the solutions I needed within minutes. So, if like me, you're a novice to the joys of a Macbook and OS X then invest a few £'s and buy this book. It'll get you kick-started in the right direction and become an invaluble tool for future referance.

Excellent book on TDD and object oriented design

This is the best book on TDD that I've read. It's more than just about testing though - it's about object oriented design. It's very well written - clear without being verbose. It's suitable for all levels of experience of TDD. Unlike other books on TDD I've read, there is plenty in this book even for people who have done plenty of TDD before.

Just what I needed!

As a brand new vSphere admin with no training whatsoever, I was quickly able to install and maintain a vSphere 4 ESXi infrastructure. Pacing is excellent, often surprising me with things right when the questions popped into my head. Only very rarely did I wish I had known something earlier. The book flows very nicely, with both basic and advanced topics explained in a friendly and readable way, including graphics to clarify network layouts.<br /><br />Sprinkled throughout the book are boxes with real world scenario's, FAQ's and best practices, that frequently came at just the right time. Now I only use it as a reference but even this works well with its excellent index and multiple tables-of-contents, both detailed and at-a-glance. Highly recommended!

Question

Can someone tell me if this book focuses on Python 2.x or 3.x? I only really want to learn 3.x to start with.<br /><br />Thanks in advance

Microsoft Windows 7 in Depth

At over 1100 pages, Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth is unlikely to be used as anything but a resource. In this way, most people will pick up the book, search for a solution to a specific computing problem, and read the section. Complete with full step by step instructions, lots of examples, and often more than one alternative to an issue, this is a good book to have on hand. <br /><br />Likely, only a few techno geeks and reviewers will read through the entire text. In the case of Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth that's too bad. I found plenty of interesting little tidbits that I probably would have missed otherwise. My advice is use Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth for troubleshooting and learning about the new Windows 7 features but also do a bit of browsing too.