Features

• Illustrated

Reviews (46)

Simply the best!
I can keep this review real short.. this book still applies even in Flash 8. It has great concepts, holds nothing back and exposes the reader to the intense power and capabilities of Flash.
The Source for Actionscript
This book has just about everything I could have ever wanted in an Actionscript book.It covers the ins and outs and tiny details overlooked by so many other `quick tutorial' type books.This book is touted as the primary source for learning Actionscript and undoubtedly it is.You really need to get a good handle on movieclips, levels, timelines, depths, and classes so you're not banging your head later or chasing your tail for hours asking yourself, "What is going on here? This Flash Actionscript is really doing odd things with my movieclips (objects), none of which I expected to happen."Moock dispels all uncertainty about Actionscript with Flash.
This book is by far the best book on AS!
I have many many books on both AS and Flash and this book is by far the most informative, well written and most comprehensive book on ActionScript for beginning to intermediate developers that I have found. Colin Moock clearly knows his stuff and he has a teaching style that is rare with authors this day and age. It is very clear that Mr. Moock loves what he is doing because his love for AS gleems through the perfectly written tutorials of this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Animation    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer Graphics - Flash    4. Computers    5. Computers - Desktop Publishing    6. Programming - General    7. Programming Languages - General    8. ActionScript (Computer program language)    9. Computer graphics    10. Computers / Computer Animation    11. Computers / Computer Graphics / General    12. Computers / Desktop Publishing    13. Computers/Computer Animation    14. Computers/Programming Languages - General    15. Design    16. Flash, MX, programming, ActionScript    17. Interactive multimedia    18. Internet languages    19. Multimedia    20. Multimedia systems    21. Web sites   

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Animation    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer Books: Web Programming    5. Computers    6. Desktop Publishing    7. Desktop Publishing - General    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. Computers / Internet / Web Site Design    10. Internet languages   

Reviews (4)

Well Leashed and Very Useful Installation Guide
The book is poorly named. "Unleashed" suggests to me wild and wonderful things to do with complex features or even tricks and undocumented things. This is definitely a black Labrador on-the-leash kind of book, and it will get an administrator safely across the broad avenue that is an ISA installation. It's a great book in spite of the name.
Awesome Book
This is by far the best ISA Server book on the market.
Great book on a rising product!
This is THE book if you are looking to learn ISA 2004. It is structured in an easy-to-understand manner for windows admins who are familiar with Windows but may not have been exposed to ISA Server or are upgrading from ISA 2000. All in all this is the only book on the subject you'll need. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Client-Server Computing - General    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - General Information    5. Internet - General    6. Internet - Security    7. Security - General    8. Computers / Client-Server Computing    9. Data security & data encryption    10. Internet    11. Network security   

Reviews (6)

Unbalanced
The book claims to present a system's view on wireless communications. In distortion of history, the book champions IS-95, which - while having excellent radio modems - did not really succeed as a system. The bias toward products of some companies jeopardizes the scientific banlance of the book.
Should Life Give Tse Lemons, Tse Just Makes Lemonaid
Engineering is neither a technical process nor an artistic one.It is a very special kind of philosophical activity whereby one willingly places his or her mind and imagination inside a psychological straight jacket.Davide Tse and his partner really get this.Even though their source material comes from those who utterly do not, these guys do a remarkable resurrection job.

Good starting point to learn MIMO
When I asked my lab person who has been researching MIMO to recommand some books about MIMO, He suggested this book for me to get global view of MIMO. While the title of this book doesn't show well about MIMO, This book is definitely good starting point to accustomed to MIMO technology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    2. Science/Mathematics    3. Technology    4. Technology & Industrial Arts    5. Telecommunications    6. Communications engineering / telecommunications    7. Technology / Telecommunications   

Subjects:  1. Computers - General Information    2. General    3. Computers / General    4. Electronic mail (email)    5. Information technology industries    6. Internet    7. Computers    8. Data Processing - General    9. Computer Books: General   

Reviews (16)

mr. buyen Frontpage 2003 Book is a Failure
This book was a total failure and utterly devoid of structural instructions which would take an intermediate person from frontpage 2000 to 2003! It seem to be predicated with giving information in a BACKWARD fashion interwoven in such a way that left me more confused and dissatified! If I were to grade this book, I would give it a double triple FFF of the lowest order. How serious am I, well I intend to buy another frontpage book, and I am a senior citizen on SS and money is very scarce!
jasper
A lot of text that's spread out and difficult to follow.Would have been nice to see more examples.eg, constructing drop down menus section provides a lot of text but few examples to carry you through to actually creating drop down menus.More how to and less theory would be helpful.

3 Books on Learning FrontPage 2003
I actually bought 3 books: Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Step-by-Step, Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Inside-Out, and Que Special Edition Using FrontPage 2003.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Bks - Internet    3. Computer Books And Software    4. Computer Books: Languages    5. Computers    6. Design    7. Electronic publishing    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. Internet - Web Site Design - Frontpage    10. Internet - World Wide Web    11. Microcomputer Integrated Application Software    12. Microsoft FrontPage    13. Programming - Software Development    14. Web publishing    15. Web sites    16. Computers / General    17. Internet    18. Presentation graphics software   

Reviews (5)

Simplifies the complex and highlights the important
I have many texts on RF Engineering and quite a few on wireless networks.This has become the first port of call for understanding Antennae and propogation in this physically treacherous environment. Many real life designs rely on multi-path propogation to ensure access points and other such devices work.This is not often clear in the documentation however.This book will help you solve this thorny problem in your network and show you how to battle reflections effectively. It has the right amount of mathematics to make some predictions reasonably possible.A far cry from the norm in this rapidly evolving field.

Wireless without the hype
Dan Dobkin has managed to encompass in this book information that most people would take 15 to 20 years to learn. This book is useful not only for engineers researching wireless networks but also for theengineer/student that needs to understand the fundamentals of all aspects of radio systems.
A must have for wireless designers!
A must have for any wireless designer.The author's ability to clearly explain fundamental RF concepts makes this a perfect book for any student of radio.His real world examples, also makes this an indispensable tool for the accomplished professional.The pictures and graphs are extremely insightful and clearly illustrate the points that the author is trying to make.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Computers - Communications / Networking    2. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    3. IEEE 802.11 (Standard)    4. Networking - Local Area Networks (LANs)    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Telecommunications    9. Wireless LANs    10. Wireless communication systems    11. Communications engineering / telecommunications    12. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

Reviews (12)

Not for Beginners
I'm surprised at the rave reviews that everyone is giving this book.I have this book and I've been reading through it and it starts off fine as it has you build a simple application in the beginning.I found that promising because I've never used Lotus Notes before so I thought this would be an excellent book.The only problem is that once you're finished with that chapter, it goes from good to really bad.The book then becomes a reference manual for the different aspects of Lotus Notes.It provides no tutorials whatsoever as one astute reviewer on here points out.If I wanted this kind of reference I could have read the help documentation for Lotus Notes.This book is only useful for people who have mastered many aspects of Lotus Notes and even then its explanations of aspects like commands are dry and not put into context.

5 words for a 5 star item
go and buy it NOW...!
Must Own Book for All Domino Developers
Before I go any further, I have to disclose up front that I personally and professionally know all three authors who contributed to Lotus Notes and Domino 6 Programming Bible (Brian Benz and Rocky Oliver, 2003, John Wiley And Sons, 1032 Pages, ISBN 0764526111). And Rocky, Brian and Richard will all tell you that I would still be the first one to call it like I see it, regardless of relationships. So with that in mind, to every person who works with Lotus Notes and Domino, regardless of version, and to every person who has ever posted to the Lotus developerWorks forum asking about good reference material for development: buy this book and put it on your bookshelf. I may approach coding somewhat differently than the authors, but that is the nature of all application developers. But this book does something often overlooked in too many technical books: it not only talks about how things work in Notes/Domino, it also puts out best practices and explanations for these best practices based on the authors vast depth and breadth of experience.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Database    2. Computer Networks    3. Computers    4. Computers - Communications / Networking    5. Data Transmission Systems - Electronic Mail    6. Database Management - General    7. Internet - General    8. Microcomputer Database Management Software    9. Programming - General    10. Computers / Data Transmission Systems / Electronic Mail    11. Lotus Notes   

Editorial Review

If you just stumbled into design, maybe via a hobby that grew into acareer, and you want to improve your work without having to enroll in a degreeprogram, this book can bridge some of the gaps in your acumen. Not really aprimer on basic facts, Read more

Reviews (27)

Robin Williams Design Workshop
I learned about this book at a recent seminar. Bought it here through Amazon. Was a little worried when I read the first chapter that it would be over my head because I am a total novice, but I soon found myself engrossed in the book. It really is very helpful and the repeatition of ideas and "rules" helps drive home the important stuff. Well laid out so you can skip the chapters that don't interest you. Although I would consider reading them. I found that certain ideas hit home better in some chapters than others and I think it has helped my overall design ability. Good Book especially for those of us who love how-to books.

Robin Williams Design Workshop
This is a great reference for print design but the web site section is almost laughably outdated.Gone are the days of splash entry pages and HTML tables for non-conmplex layouts (now easily rendered by CSS). And who the heck is running 640x480 resolution on a 14 inch monitor these days??

Adobe projects
It's good for the all of adobe projects that you may work on. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer Graphics - Design    3. Computer Graphics - General    4. Computers    5. Computers - Desktop Publishing    6. Desktop Publishing    7. Electronic Publishing    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. Microcomputer Graphics    10. Typesetting    11. Web publishing    12. Computers / Computer Graphics / Design    13. Desktop publishing software    14. Graphic design   

Reviews (8)

Bad book to setup DBCP
This book gives a speedstart in getting high level architecture of Tomcat 5. Its discussion, even though not comprehensive, can make you can tell the difference between a valve, a service, an instance, and a server.
A collection of articles
This book contains some good information. However, it's clear that the publisher merely solicited a bunch of articles and sort of threw them together without much in the way of an overarching design. The result is that you can find answers to many common Tomcat questions in this book, but others will go unanswered.
Not for beginners
Very good book, but I first read it as a preparation to manage a tomcat server and I could barely understand.A re-read it later on and it was a lot clearer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Apache Tomcat    2. Computer Books: Languages    3. Computer Programming Languages    4. Computers    5. Computers - Languages / Programming    6. Internet - World Wide Web    7. Internet programming    8. Programming Languages - General    9. Programming Languages - Java    10. Web servers    11. Web site development    12. Computer Programming    13. Computers / Programming Languages / Java   

Reviews (3)

Straightforward Approach to Learning a Simple Software.
I just created a website in Dreamweaver for a client with the end expectation that they would be able to use Contribute to edit their site without a lot of headache. Contribute proved to be absolutely simple to setup and use for this task after I read through this book.
disappointing
I have in the past eagerly bought books from the Visual Quickstart Guide series, but this one is a terrible disappointment. It has all the weaknesses of the series (such as tiny font in the screen snapshots), and none of the strength.
Highly recomended
If you are going to use Contribute for anything more than the very basics, I highly recommend this book.As of this writing it is the only book I know of about Contribute 3 that is really written for version 3 and not a version 2 book with new graphics.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Animation    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Data Processing - General    6. Desktop Publishing    7. Desktop Publishing - General    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. Multi-Media Hardware & Software    10. Computers / Internet / Web Site Design    11. Internet languages    12. Publishing on the Internet   

Reviews (8)

Very useful book
I consult it regularly when I need to do something with Outlook VBA. Its clear, intelligently written, and comprehensive.

Not for seasoned VB coders
If you've been writing in VB and VBA for awhile then this book is a large waste of money. The first half of the book covers basic VB programming concepts like For Next, Do While, Select Case, Msg Box etc.... stuff I've been doing for years.The rest of the book has some okay examples, but it's not organized in a way that allows you to find what you are looking for easily.

Absolutlely essential tool for Outlook Programming
I am a little more than a novice with VBA, but with Sue's details and explaination of the complex syntax required by Outlook, real progress was possible.I have been able to build an Outlook form with VB Script that collects data form a large number of people within my company and store it on a public foler for futher use and reference.It only took a few weeks to do that and it would not have been possible without this book.Highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business    2. Business Software - General    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer Programming    5. Computer programs    6. Computers    7. Computers - Integrated Software    8. Data Transmission Systems - Electronic Mail    9. Electronic Mail    10. Microsoft Outlook    11. Programming - Algorithms    12. Programming - General    13. Computers / Networking / General    14. Electronic mail (email)    15. High level programming languages    16. Integrated software packages   

Reviews (5)

The Standard!
I used this book to deploy Oracle Application Server 10g infrastructure on Linux and UNIX. I felt that it was a good book and overall I have little ill to say about it. The examples are well written and do a good job of reinforcing what you read in the handbook. You read a little then do an example, then read some more, then add to the example and so on. You don't need any Administrative experience to use this book just a decent understanding of application design. The only criticism I could offer is that the editor should have used arrows when content is being continued on a new line for reasons of page space so that readers will know and understand (beginners can have trouble with this). It's a good book for learning Oracle Application Server 10g as a whole from the ground up and for this reason it's worth the money. It's not an overnight crash course (if that is what you are looking for).

Very Nice Job
I have taken the iAS 10 Admin I course from Oracle, and wish that I read this book prior to the class.I found it very valuable especially if you are deploying iAS 10g (9.0.4) on Linux.I highly recommend the book to iAS administrators/DBA's.

Summary of the White Papers
As an administrator/implementor of these systems, there are many aspects to administering the 10gAS system. Although the authors do make reference the book intends to simplify the rather large amount of documentation, it falls short of a complete guide.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Application software    2. Certification Guides - General    3. Computer Books: Database    4. Computers    5. Computers - Data Base Management    6. Database Management - General    7. Database Management - Oracle    8. Database management    9. Development    10. Oracle (Computer file)    11. Web servers    12. Computer Communications & Networking    13. Computers / Database Management / General    14. Databases & data structures    15. Oracle   

Features

• Illustrated

Reviews (10)

Excellent Book
I highly recomend this book. I think it best serves those who already know the syntax of PHP, but it is a excellent book. I recomend either "Learning PHP" (The O'Reilly book) or "PHP for the World Wide Web : Visual QuickStart Guide" for a beginner. Both of these books will help you learn the syntax and concepts of PHP, but then it is best to move on to a book that gives practical examples, and this book excells at giving practical examples.

A good book for getting started with php and databases.
By reading just the first 4 chapters I was able to create my own webpages using php and the mySQL database to store tables of data.It has some good example programs that you can follow.

Sitepoint PHP and MySQL
Sitepoint (both the books and the website) is an excellent resource for quick learning of the latest and greatest in web development technologies, and this book proves it.Very clearly written and easy reading; a practical, hands-on tutorial.Provides everything necessary to develop and serve up a top-notch website backed by a powerful database. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Books: Web Programming    3. Computers    4. Database Management - SQL Server    5. Internet - Web Site Design    6. Computer / Internet    7. Computers / Database Management / General    8. Computers / Internet / Web Site Design    9. Computers/Database Management - General    10. Databases & data structures    11. Internet    12. PHP, PHP5, MySQL, Web Design, Web Development, Database Design, E-Commerce, Intranet, CMS, Content Management System, OOP, PHP5, Web Site, PHP Tutorial, Learn PHP   

Reviews (12)

A Great Book and I'm Not Crying Wolf
I purchased this title as a supplemental text for a Master's course I was taking in Advanced Graphics and Multimedia.It was the most practical resource I had available to me.
A must in every sense
If you're new to flash or you know the basics, this is the right book for you. Covers any possibility and guides you step by step even before you can touch a computer! The first chapters explains how Flash works, just as any other flash book, but also explains all the differences using flash for animation instead of web design, and contains an useful description about how you can optimize and reduce your files size for optimum performance, and more important, the differences between TV and video output and web animation file sizes, frame rates and screen proportions. This part often is not included in most flash books and it's essential for ambitious proyects.
Very good!
This one is good, full of explanations and step by step instructions on how to get the desired results. I am a fan of FOED books and along with their Foundation titles this one really shines! Recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Animation    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer Graphics - Flash    4. Computer Graphics - General    5. Computers    6. Computers - Desktop Publishing    7. Desktop Publishing - General    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. Computers / Computer Graphics / General   

Reviews (14)

Dreadful
I read a lot of technical books in relation to my work as a software developer and also out of my interest in particular topics. I was highly motivated to read this book having a great deal of interest in the material. Frankly this is one of the worst technical books I have ever read. Actually I can only admit to getting to page 86 before giving up. Technically the material is good and the example code is well presented. Unfortunately the rambling text made the whole experience painful and ultimately I just gave up.

Decent content, awful writing style
While this book does present useful topics that are particularly relevant to AJAX applications, my main problem with it is the poorly edited and structured way it is written.
Great book on Ajax development
Many Ajax books have come to press this year and this one is an exception because it explains Ajax from an architecture style as opposed from a development style. What this means is that the book explains how REST is used in developing Ajax web applications.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Web Publishing    2. Computers    3. Computers - Languages / Programming    4. Internet - Web Site Design    5. Internet - World Wide Web    6. Programming Languages - CGI, Javascript, Perl, VBScript    7. Programming Languages - XML    8. Internet   

Reviews (16)

Im in agreement with Dr Stinkface
im moving over from vb to c#, so naturally I would like to see examples written in c# so I can get the semantics down.
Not for developers
The chapter in this book on Web Parts is well explained and laid out with one huge fundamental flaw; the author can't decide whether he wants to illustrate examples with C# or VB.Net. He'll begin explaining a concept in C# and suddenly switch to VB and vice versa. Regardless of how proficient a programmer you are, this is awkward and confusing. Examples should be done in C#, VB, or both.
Sharepoint Webpart solutions for developers
"Microsoft Sharepoint: Building Office 2003 Solutions" by Scott Hiller is a introductory book on Sharepoint technology for developers
Read more

Subjects:  1. Client-Server Computing - General    2. Client-Server Computing - System Management Server    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computers    5. Computers - Other Applications    6. Intranets    7. Intranets (Computer networks)    8. Miscellaneous Software    9. Web servers   

Reviews (1)

Great Introduction
Iam a college student and my ambhition seems to be leaning towards film editing for the past couple of years I have worked with Final Cut Pro which was a farely simple , yet complex peice of editing software.This year Iam in an advanced class where our teacher has stressed to us to work with some Adobe After Effects 7 in additon with final cut pro I bought this book to help me further understand the software.The first time I opened up After Effects I will admit I was Iniminated I tried fooling around with some of the panels and stuff and couldnt figure anything out ,, So now I have started from chapter 1 with this book I inserted the dvd that it comes with into the computer which has sort of a classroom in a book feel to this book but much better.. Go through the chapters using the source clips provided on the dvd.This has helped me understand what After Effects is about now Iam not finished with this book yet but wanted to write a review on this because it has helped me with its easy reading and keyboard shortcuts for both pc and mac.It explains every small detail in easy to understand language there is no computer/video editor slang.. If you are looking for a good editing book and you have Adobe After Effects 7.0 This is its Bible not the manual , which tends to use more slang assming that the purchaser knows what they are talking about , the manual tends to make things more difficult.This book makes even someone has never worked with film editing able to accomplish what they would like and learn the software.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Internet General    2. Computer Graphics - General    3. Computers    4. Computers - Desktop Publishing    5. Computers - Other Applications    6. Interactive & Multimedia    7. Internet - General    8. Computer graphics software    9. Computers / Computer Graphics / General    10. Image processing: computer animation   

Reviews (11)

A very good book about Postfix
I wasn't looking for esoteric information on how to administer Sendmail. I was looking for a book on Postfix and that's what the author provided. I got the book based a lot on the quality of O'Reilly books and the editor's reputation. Andy Oram is a top notch editor. I recommend this book to any Linux or UNIX person wanting to substitute Postfix for sendmail. Postfix is a drop in replacement for systems configured for sendmail but Postfix is not a monlithic program with lots of vulnerabilities. The author expalins that perfectly.

Good reference guide for PostFix
PostFix is a replacement mail server, MTA, for Unix based systems that
Not what I was expecting
If you're looking for a comprehensive guide on setting up a Postfix mail server, then this isn't the book for you.For those that are already familiar with setting up MTAs, the information provided in "The Definitive Guide" is probably enough, but this book only covers a subset of the Postfix configuration parameters and does not provide the step-by-step instructions that many people may be expecting. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Database    2. Computer programs    3. Computers    4. Computers - Languages / Programming    5. Electronic mail systems    6. Internet    7. Postfix (Computer file)    8. Programming Languages - General    9. Reference - General    10. Computers / Data Transmission Systems / Electronic Mail    11. Computers / Languages / Progr