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Summary: Monkey see, monkey lost
Comment: I've read many Dummies books, and like the "Monkey read, Monkey see, Monkey do" approach. This monkey learns better when all the steps are clearly shown and executed in the text. Unfortunately, this book is more like "Monkey read, Monkey lost". For example, Chapter 4, "Building a Database". The author describes 2 sample databases then discusses the various operations (queries) that can be performed on the databases without detailed, step by step instructions along the way. With some trial and error, the steps can be deduced, but this can be very frustrating and may not always work.
p.s.: Janet Valade has written several beginner books on PHP/MySQL. Maybe, eventually, she will get it right. She is so close...
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Summary: I wouldn't recommend it.
Comment: I own this book, personally I think its awful. The way it is structured doesn't seem to work too well for the purpose. I read the entire thing once and still felt like I knew nothing. I found some tutorials online easier to follow and the lack of working examples didn't help either. Perhaps if it we're written by a programmer and not a professional author it would have been easier to follow. It didn't help me much however you be the judge and read it for your self maybe you'll find it more useful.
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Summary: A Computer Geeks helper.
Comment: I brought this book for my girlfriend to help her with her web designing. She found it to be very helpful and easy to understand what it was trying to teach you.
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I normally like the "for Dummies" series because I know that it'll start me out at "zero" knowledge and get me through to an understandable/workable level of the subject. PHP & MySQL for Dummies seems to think I'm a programmer who doesn't know html instead of the reverse, which I am. The author spends pages, pages and chapters telling the reader how to format syntax and characters without running through examples for the reader to replicate. I'm about halfway through the book now and hope to eventually run into those examples.
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Summary: Great Resource for Beginners
Comment: I recommend this book for anyone that doesn't already have some printed material on PHP and MySQL. It's great for beginners and paves the road of programming. It's pretty easy to read and I find myself constantly looking back through this book when addressing certain concepts or functions.
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