Book Description

Are you new to digital photography and image editing software? This dazzling, full-color book provides a fun, practical introduction to photo-editing with Photoshop Elements for both home and business users — and anyone who wants to jump right in and enhance their images. Discover forty valuable techniques and hundreds of creativity-inspiring images, plus a CD filled with images for practice and a tryout version of Photoshop Elements 2 — all at an exceptional price. You’ll learn to use the File Browser, change image size, enhance faces, fix blurry images, correct under- and overexposed images, turn photos from color to black-and-white, remove people and objects from photos, add special effects, and much more. Brought to you by Sybex and YoungJin.com, a leading South Korean book publisher founded in 1987. Youngjin.com is known for brilliant graphics and digital photography books, featuring exceptionally stylish designs and high-quality images.

From the Back Cover

Are you new to digital photography and image editing software? This dazzling, full-color book provides a fun, practical introduction to photo-editing with Photoshop Elements for both home and business users’ and anyone who wants to jump right in and enhance their images. Discover forty valuable techniques and hundreds of creativity-inspiring images, plus a CD filled with images for practice and a tryout version of Photoshop Elements, all at an exceptional price. You’ll learn to use the File Browser, change image size, enhance faces, fix blurry images, correct under- and overexposed images, turn photos from color to black-and-white, remove people and objects from photos, add special effects, and much more.

Brought to you by Sybex and YoungJin.com, a leading South Korean book publisher founded in 1987. Youngjin.com is known for brilliant graphics and digital photography books, featuring exceptionally stylish designs and high-quality images.

40 Digital Photo Retouching Techniques will show you how to:

• Use Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
• Correct lighting and contrast
• Turn color photos into sepia-toned or black-and-white images
• Color black-and-white photos
• Remove red eye, eliminate blemishes, and enhance facial features
• Create studio backgrounds and professional picture packages
• Clean-up, combine, and resize images
• Create reflections and text effects
• Whip up photographic and other special effects
• Make a web banner
• Create a photo gallery for the web
• And more!

Product Rating:

Company:
Sybex

Requirements:
n/a

Pricing:
16.99

Reviewed by:
Allen

Competition:
n/a

Pros:
Created for the beginner, lots of fab techniques

Cons:
Uses Photoshop Elements, not base Photoshop app (tho can be edited to use ps)

Bottom Line:
Nice read and have ready when working with digital photos.

Scott Kelby is back with this new digital photography book, “The Adobe Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers.” Everyone who knows Photoshop knows Scott. I have attended a few seminars and conventions where he was one of the speakers. The back cover describes the book as, “His (Scott) easygoing, plain English style of teaching makes Photoshop fun.” I received this book and have found myself taking digital photos more than ever just to play with Scott’s techniques!

The first two chapters of the book deal with file browser essentials. I learned a lot from this section about how to use the file browser. Probably the coolest thing I learned was how to create digital contact sheets for my digital photo cds. These sheets allow you to print a contact sheet showing what is on the cd. No more will you have to load 10 CD’s to find the picture of Aunt Ida.

The next three chapters deal with basic photo elements, namely cropping, resizing, image problems and color correction. Scott demonstrates how to take small photos and make poster-sized prints out of them. Ok, here is my favorite trick from the book, fixing underexposed pictures. Scott shows a before picture where you can barely tell what is in the picture. After applying his techniques, you can clearly tell what is in the picture and no one is the wiser. The “Color Me Badd” section first explains why the default color space is no longer the proper one to select and why changing this before making any color edits is critical.

Chapters 6, 7, and 8 handle techniques for masking photos, retouching portraits, and sculpting. I personally like the tip on how to extract people from their background. This tip allowed me to “change” the background of an image I was in. How many of you have taken pictures with the family only to look at them and realize you have dark circles under your eyes? Scott explains how to remove the dark circles and any other hangover attributes. Here is one tip for all the women (ok and men), removing love handles. Take out excess bulge digitally. I tested this out, but sadly the digital removal does not automatically lead to real-life removal.

Special effects and grayscale are pretty cool too. Scott shows how to “replace the sky.” Another technique I am glad to see in the book is, “Stiching Panoramas Together.” This allows you to take multiple panoramic pictures and stich them together for an awesome huge image. The last of the techniques in the book address professional sharpening techniques. From basic sharpening to extreme edge sharpening, these techniques should be attempted once the previous chapters in the book have been mastered.

The last chapter in the book is the section I think should be called, “protect yourself and get paid.” This chapter shows you how to watermark your images should you need to prove anything to Judge Judy. Scott shows you how to properly show your work to your clients online, how to create picture package layouts and how to send a portfolio presentation to a client. These techniques can also be used for non-business events, i.e. showing your family your pictures.

The first line in this book is, “I had no intentions of writing this book.” I certainly am glad that Scott did because I believe he has written the best digital photography book on the market today. The only drawback is that most of these techniques require Photoshop CS and not everyone has made the upgrade as of yet.

Product Rating:

Company:
New Riders

Requirements:
Photoshop CS

Pricing:
$39.99

Reviewed by:
Allen

Competition:
n/a

Pros:
Easy to use, quick learn, all levels covered

Cons:
Price is a pinch high and you must have Photoshop CS to take full advantage of the book.

Bottom Line:
The best digital photography book on the market.

Although Flash MX 2004 was released only a couple of weeks ago, this book is rarely an oldie, more a goldie. I think it’s also the most recent in O’Reilly’s series of books about ActionScript. The author, Colin Moock, has done an outstanding job of very clearly explaining the principals of ActionScripting and is easy to understand for the beginner and the intermediate.

Colin starts off by explaining variables and data types, the two fundamentals of programming (or scripting). He continues to discuss topics, such as operators, statements, loops, functions, event handling, movie clips and a lot more. One of my favorite chapters was about objects and classes, and movie clips. Colin has a remarkable style of writing that makes it both interesting and entertaining. Which always makes me wonder how O’Reilly scouts such talented authors for all the different topics that they have covered with their titles so far.

When I started working with Flash, one of the most difficult things to understand was the structure of a Flash file. Layers, Timelines, and paths of nested movieclips and buttons. This book is certainly what I longed for two years ago, when I was struggeling. Too bad I only discovered it now. Having mastered the basics with this book, you will find yourself soon advancing to topics, such as object oriented scripting and classes, which is why ActionScript is so extremely useful even for people who usually call the frontend (of a project) their fortay.

Since I have read more than one book on different programming and scripting languages, one should not take for granted that example code always works. I have even had books where none of the files on the CD-ROM that came with the book worked. Keeping in mind that most of those books cost between 40 and 50 USD, you can imagine one’s mood when you discover such negligence. Let me say that I did not try every piece of code that came with this book, but virtually every example code I tried worked flawlessly; I think the editors have done a outstanding job.

Only praise? Well no! It is really a pity that this book does not discuss code debugging in Flash. For example, the very neat remote debugger that has been introduced in Flash. So far this is the only downside I discovered and because I think debugging is one of the most important things, when you learn a new language, I took a star off the rating to reflect this.

Product Rating:

Company:
O’Reilly

Requirements:
n/a

Pricing:
$38.00

Reviewed by:
Till

Competition:
n/a

Pros:
Easy to read, covers basic but also advanced topics

Cons:
Code-debugging totally neglected

Bottom Line:
ActionScript handbook for the beginner and intermediate. Should not be missing in your library.

I am in the target audience for this book. I have a tiny bit of knowledge about PHP. My MySQL knowledge is stronger as I am pretty good at queries in the basic sense but things like inner/outer joins just confuse the heck out of me.

This is one of the best developer books I have read to-date. The way the material is presented is easy to understand and concise. It almost feels like the authors were sitting around a table with me actually walking me through the examples. It did not feel “super-techy”, which is a good thing when you are trying to learn something new.

Chapters 1-6 take you through basic orientation, the installation of Apache, PHP and MySQL, followed by an intro to PHP statements.

Chapters 7-9 introduce database concepts and step you through getting PHP to talk to MySQL.

Chapters 10-17 begin the process of creating forms and other components of Web sites and applications following all the way through to integrating some sample applications.

While this book is very basic, meaning you will be able to run basic functions, and database connections, it is a good foundation to build upon. What I like is that now I have a clear understanding of PHP terminology for giving direction to programmers that I work with. I also now understand the basics of database query joins which for me was worth the purchase price alone.

Many developers I work with talk about PEAR and this book has a short chapter on using PEAR in your development to get PHP to talk to MySQL.

This book will wet your appetite to want to learn more about PHP and MySQL.

Product Rating:

Company:
O’Reilly

Requirements:
Ability to read?

Pricing:
$29.99

Reviewed by:
Allen

Competition:
n/a

Pros:
Language is easy to understand even for non-technical folks.

Cons:
For beginners, pros look elsewhere.

Bottom Line:
A good read for the newbie to PHP and MySQL development.

So I decided to take a look at Beginning CSS Development: From Novice to Professional. I must say that coming into this book, I wasn’t expecting much. I thought it would be all about complete beginner CSS stuff, but boy was I wrong! This book’s title is very misleading. It is perfect for beginners, experts, and everyone in between.

Through all of his experience, from his work, and all of the articles that he has written, Simon Collison does an amazing job on explaining things, and I have yet to see anyone who does a better job. As the book starts, he goes over everything basic. What things are, when you should use them, and how you should use them. Everything is paced so nicely, and it’s extremely easy to follow.

Through part one, of the book, he explains all of the basics. Then, in part two, he addresses layouts. He goes on to explain a lot of things, which many intermediate CSS developers may be a foggy on. He does a great job addressing a lot of issues, and provides examples and uses for everything. If you’ve ever had problems with CSS, I can almost guarantee there is some kind of help, in part two of this book.

Simon really covered a lot in this book. He covered stuff about core concepts, text, color, backgrounds, images, lists, links, tables, forms, and layout. Each one of these things has their own chapter. In each chapter, everything is looked upon, in depth. This is why I really like the book. While everything is covered in depth, it is all really easy to follow, and understand.

So if you’re a beginner, you NEED to get this book! This book explains everything you need to know, about the basics, and expands on everything.

If you’re an intermediate CSS developer, you should definitely get this book, it will elaborate on many things, of which may be confusing you, and will help take you to the next level.

If you’re an absolute pro, and know everything about CSS, you should still get this book, it will probably have a lot of different view points on different elements of CSS, than the you have yourself. Just learning things from a different view, can be very helpful.

My final thoughts on this book, are that it is a “MUST HAVE” regardless of your CSS experience. I really loved this book, and I suggest it to anybody, and everybody who is looking to learn CSS.

  Product Rating:
 
Company:

  Apress

Requirements:

  n/a

Pricing:

  $34.99

Reviewed by:

  Jake Dahn

Competition:

  n/a

Pros:

  Great for beginners, Great for experienced CSS developers, Packed full of easy to follow information.

Cons:

  Only con is Cost, but the book is well worth the price!

Bottom Line:

  A must-have book for your CSS collection

This book is great for beginners! If you have never seen HTML or CSS, this book is for you. Even if you know a little bit of HTML, and how to make a very basic website, this book will clarify a lot of things, that are usually harder to learn.

The thing about this book that I liked the most is that it is extremely simple to read, and understand. It was written, so people who have no experience of making a website. You could give this to a 10 year old kid, and by the time they finish the book, they would have a very good understanding on how things work.

The book starts out basically explaining what the book is about, and what the tools that you will be using are. It explains, in depth, what a web browser is, what text editor you should use. The thing I thought that was really cool, is that it breaks down what tools you can use, for both Mac, and Windows computers. It tells you about image editors, and text editors that will make making a website easy as pie.

From there the author slowly introduces code to create a web page. It comes at you at a nice pace, and it’s really easy to keep up with. By the end of chapter 2, you will have created a very basic web page.

Then right after it introduces it introduces CSS. This in my opinion is the way to learn how to make a website. If you learn HTML, and CSS separately, your skillset will be incomplete, and you will have a lot of holes to fill. If you learn then at the same time, you’re building a great foundation for your future in building websites.

In the later chapters the book explains how to get your website online, how to make your website into a blog, and how to add other cool things to your creation. Then in the very back (appendix A), the book has a huge reference for all of your xHTML needs. It includes every tag that you will ever need to use, and tells you how to use it, and goes pretty in depth with it.

So if you’re looking for a book to learn HTML, this is your book! If you know a little bit of HTML, and how to make a basic website, this is also a book for you, it will strengthen your skillset, and you will be able to read through and learn all the new stuff much faster. Now, if you’re a web designer who knows a lot about xHTML, and CSS, then you wont need to touch this book, unless you’re trying to teach someone else how to use HTML and CSS.

Product Rating:

Company:
SitePoint

Requirements:
n/a

Pricing:
$29.95

Reviewed by:
Jake Dahn

Competition:
n/a

Pros:
Excellent beginner book, covers both HTML and CSS

Cons:
One thing that may bother people, is that if you dive right in, there’s a lot of grey code boxes, and it’s can be easy to get lost

Bottom Line:
Worth the purchase!

When I spend a Saturday at a book store, I wonder why people spend money on these kinds of books. Everyone has seen the, “XYZ for Dummies” types; they are available for nearly every piece of software. So why do people purchase these types of books? I think it is because they are promoted as helpers, though they are quite difficult to work with. In general, I dislike these books.

I had never used Adobe’s GoLive before I got this book and it certainly got me hooked on the program.

The author of “GoLive6 MAGIC” is the infamous Paul Vachier. You might ask who is Paul Vachier. He has been actively involved in GoLive’s development at Adobe since the beginning. Vachier who had been a writer for a web-zine himself, worked at companies such as @home, Macromedia, Symantec and others, before he started working for Adobe on the GoLive team, where he has written lots of “actions” and the entire application’s documentation. Many of his “actions” are now part of the GoLive distribution.

The book is in fact made up of an entire team of authors. They all come from different computer-related backgrounds. Very skilled and talented people who have worked in the industry for some time and have gotten together to share their knowledge about and experiences with GoLive.

I believe New Riders (who are the publishers of this book) have a talent for chosing skilled authors. Or perhaps all the skilled people have their books publish at New Riders - who knows?

In any case, “GoLive 6 MAGIC” is different from other books. Do not expect the “We teach everything to do in 24 hours” attitude . “GoLive MAGIC” will take you beyond simple page editing. This is your seminar to become a GoLive MAGICIAN.

So what’s inside?

To begin, this book covers the topics you might expect it to. There are numerous pages on how to create basic HTML, CSS and DHTML. All very easy to comprehend and straight to the point. For example, topics covered include, CSS and the document object model, collapsible DHTML menus and a lot more.

What was surprising were the chapters about cHTML and i-mode. i-mode is the new mobile hype from Japan and a few mobile carriers are currently testing it in Europe as well. i-mode cellphones have a colordisplay and let you surf on websites with 48kbit/s - which is almost as fast as the speed of a standard modem. Fast enough to check stocks, news headlines or what movies are on at the theatre tonight - if you ask me.

Creating websites for i-mode is a pain. You have to follow certain standards (page width, height and so on, and so on), which is why I really welcomed that the book has a couple chapters about it. Thumbs up for that!

To continue riding the techie mobile train, there are also chapters on WAP - the Wireless Application Protocol. Another “wireless” thing (Yeah, duh!) and i-mode’s predecessor. Not too new, due to its lack of sucessfulness not important, but certainly nice to read up on it. Vachier’s tech editor made a typo when they said, “Wireless Access Protocol”, instead of “Wireless Application Protocol”. Read more on WAP.

And wait there’s more!

There is a chapter - which I had to read first - that explains how to create a small content management system (that is a set off scripts to manage the content of your website) with PHP and MySQL.

It is nice and easy to follow, specially for people who are new to all of this. When you have completed reading, you have the basics on how to get a installation of PHP and MySQL running, and how to set things up in GoLive. The CD included with the book provides you with the examples that they used in the book. Though it will not save you from learning more SQL-language, as a novice or intermediate individual, you are off to a very good start. If you are an advanced or professional user, this is old news to you.

I also found it quite interesting how they explain the terms - for example, middleware. Middleware comes up if you get into the dynamic content parts of the book. I disliked how Keniger absolutely does not mention any other type of SQL. There are at least a dozen different servers on the market and MySQL may be easy, but is by far not the best there is.

The remaining chapters cover Macros (very neat), Quicktime and GoLive’s very own site management tool, SDK, and a bunch more.

All “pro” and no “con”?

There is the “Index of Techniques”, which is too general in my opinion. For example, if you are looking for Flash, you have to read a chapter about Quicktime before you really get to it.

It might have helped if they had put down the actual page number the topic is covered on, and not the page number of the chapter it’s covered in. If you are like me, the index in the back of the book is what I go to for reference.

I definately recommend this book to those of you who have GoLive 6 and are struggling with it. If you own a copy already and did not know about two thirds of the things that I mentioned, go get it. It will help you.

If you are a “GoLive 6-Power User”, I think you are better off looking elsewhere. I recommend this book to novice and intermediate users.

Pro: Easy to read and understand. Great team of authors who have created a great set of tutorials walkthroughs!

Product Rating:

Company:
New Riders

Requirements:
N/A

Pricing:
$28.00

Reviewed by:
Till

Competition:
N/A

Pros:
Easy to read and understand. Great team of authors who have created a great set of tutorials and walkthroughs!

Cons:
The — Index of Techniques — It’s not the best book on the market for advanced users.

Bottom Line:
Diplomatical spoken: If you need it, it’s worth the money.

Earlier this week, I received “photoshop type effects” from New Riders. The author of this book is Roger Pring who has been at the forefront of digital art since the 1980s.

When I scanned through the pages of the book, I immediately noticed that this was no run-of-the-mill type effects book. With dozens of type effects books on the market, I assumed this was going to be the same sort of book. Instead of the standard Table of Contents, “photoshop type effects” uses small thumbnails for their contents list. This allowed me to immediately jump to the effects that, to me, looked the most interesting.

Each effect is demonstrated in clear, concise language. Generally, each effect is covered in two full color pages. There is a screen capture for each step in the effect and they are easy to follow along.

The book starts off with Reflective effects. Included in this section are: Polished Chrome, Bold As Brass, Good As Gold, Polished Metal and more.

Solid effects are next up, some of which are: Utterly Routed, Fret No More, Number Tile, etc. These effects are “Solid”.

Atmospheric effects are based on the earth. Sands of Time, Into The Fire, Absolute Zero, and Is It A Bird? are the demonstrated effects in this chapter.

Lighting effects light up the web with effects such as Red Hot, Light Information, Terminal Signboards, and Glow Baby Glow.

The next chapter covers Typographic effects which are more simplistic in nature. I like the Warped Type, Line Up and Mountain High.

The Simulations effects include All Keyed Up. This is one of the most effective effects I have ever seen. You can create some awesome Flash movies and animated gif files using this effect.

“photoshop type effects” also includes an Appendix which covers using Alien Skin Filters, 3rd-party effects and other 3rd-party filters. Pring explains how to use Photoshop shortcuts to save you time and effort for newbies.

My favorite five demonstrated effects are Polished Chrome, Good As Gold (the best gold effect I have seen), Number Tile, Terminal Signboards (makes me feel like I am at a ballpark), All Keyed Up and Beads. The book is created for use with Photoshop 7 but most effects should work with earlier versions. The author is not platform biased either; he shows screen grabs from the Macintosh and the PC Photoshop versions.

I would suggest this book for intermediate through advanced Photoshop users. The type effects move very quickly; I am not sure new users will be able to grasp some of the techniques. After trying most of the effects, my results did not look exactly the same as the book’s examples. This left me frustrated. At $45.00, it is a little pricey, but if you win over a client by using the techniques demonstrated, I am sure it will be well worth it.

Product Rating:

Company:
New Riders

Requirements:
N/A

Pricing:
45.00

Reviewed by:
Mindy

Competition:
N/A

Pros:
all new effects, demonstrated with Photoshop 7, step-by-step explanations

Cons:
high price, fonts demonstrated are not included making it hard to reproduce exactly what the author demonstrates

Bottom Line:
A worthwhile purchase for the intermediate to advanced Photoshop user.

“HTML & Javascript for Visual Learners” published by Visibooks is a basic HTML course in a workbook. This workbook will teach you the basics of real HTML coding. This book does not show you how to use WYSIWYG applications such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver. All of the examples in the book are demonstrated using Notepad. The language used in each section is clear, concise, and fully understandable. The font is larger than standard books which helps when trying to understand technical information.

The introduction of the book explains what you will learn, and how you will learn it. Their teaching method is stated on the front of the book, “See. Do. Learn.” They point out that while you will not become an expert after reading this book (that could take years), you will build a strong foundation of the basics. The book has five sections: HTML Basics, Layout and Navigation, Interactivity, Advanced Layout and Practical Javascript.

HTML Basics covers how to format pages and text, creating links including e-mail links, inserting and aligning graphics, structuring basic navigation systems, and changing page and link colors (body tag).

The Layout and Navigation section includes table structures, creating navigation bars, adding subsections with menu links and pages, how to create embedded tables (tables within tables) and linking using frames.

META tags, form creation, style sheets and how to upload your new site to a web server are covered in the Interactivity section.

Pages 141-152 make up the Advanced Layout section. Included are how to implement background graphics, utilize spacer gifs, and working with page margins.

The final section in the book discusses Practical Javascript. Covered items include rollover graphic creation, opening new windows, and validating form input. I think this is a must read section. Validating form input is critical when creating forms.

To summarize, this book is designed for the web beginner. Each section shows (155 screenshots!) examples and includes practice and quizzes. Each section has downloadable source code which can be modified. I recommend this book for any beginner wanting to gain a solid foundation in HTML development.

Product Rating:

Company:
Visibooks

Requirements:
For beginners

Pricing:
$24.50

Reviewed by:
Allen

Competition:
N/A

Pros:
A great learning tool for HTML beginners.

Cons:
Could use more depth in the style sheet area.

Bottom Line:
This book is a worthwhile purchase for newbies in the HTML arena.

Probably the biggest hurdle in expanding a small site into a larger one is managing all of the new code, content, and design issues. The solution most web sites come to is to create a database that stores information that allows a big site to be managed by a small team. While there are many options and combinations out there, the cheapest and easiest way to go about managing a database site is to use PHP or PERL, combined with MySQL.

The book MySQL is one of several books that attempts making the migration to a MySQL database site easier. Overall, the book succeeds in its mission. The book is divided into four major sections. First, the author, Paul DuBois, introduces you to the world of MySQL and the Structured Query Language itself. The next section consists of a three-tiered approach. DuBois realizes that MySQL can be used with a variety of languages, and he goes into detail on how to optimally use the relational database with C, Perl, and PHP. His efforts in doing so produce the desired results: programmers from a variety of backgrounds can get started using MySQL (as opposed to other books, which usually focus on MySQL combined with a specific language, such as PHP). The third section, which mainly applies to server administrators, explains how to keep MySQL relatively secure and how manage and maintain the server. The last section, and by no means the least, consists of the appendixes. The book is 700 pages (excluding the index), and this section is a significant 200 pages long. It includes helpful references to all of the applicable functions in C, PHP, and Perl, as well as including information about MySQL data types, SQL syntax, and SQL functions.

With the average chapter consisting of 30 pages, DuBois is able to get into much detail without getting too bogged down. He starts the book with two examples, a historical society looking to keep a membership database, and a teacher looking to create an organized way to manage students’ grades. The book traces the paths of these two projects in all the relevant sections, providing a start-to-finish overview of how two disparate groups found solutions using MySQL. DuBois effectively addresses most of the major issues you’ll confront when working with a database, and provides solutions through the liberal use of specific examples scattered throughout the book.

The book provides information for even beginners to get started. It starts slowly, but then picks up, assuming that you have some knowledge in C, Perl, PHP, and Linux. In this way, it is possible for a beginner to learn and work with MySQL relatively trouble-free. However, although DuBois includes sections for C, PHP, and Perl, he assumes the reader knows something about the languages involved. If you don’t, you’ll still be able to use the database-relevant portions of these languages, but not much else. The title of this book is MySQL, which is a good pointer into what its main purpose is.

This book serves two groups of learners. Those who like learning step by step will be able to take advantage of the primary part of the book, which is a good, but sometimes overwhelming, guide. However, the book also includes the expansive appendix section, which I spoke of above, that is hugely beneficial to the types who already know something about MySQL but need a bit of a push. The reference sections also give the most advanced users a place to look when their memory fails them.

The only points I found that might be troubling is that sometimes it’s hard to find what you’re looking for in all the text. If you go step by step through the chapters, then this should not be an issue. Also, there is no CD included, so you’ll have to get the software online. The book does include a section that tells you where to get most of the software.

Overall, this book makes the task of learning the relationship database management server MySQL easier. It includes enough material so even the most amateur users will be able to take advantage of the possibilities a database offers. Also, it gives programmers handy chapters that allow them to integrate MySQL in their own projects. Thirdly, the large reference in the back is a handy tool to use when you know how to do something but need that little extra push. The book costs $50, which isn’t an insignificant amount. But it’s worth it.

Product Rating:

Company:
New Riders

Requirements:
N/A

Pricing:
$49.99

Reviewed by:
Darshan

Competition:
N/A

Pros:
Great appendix and the book features lots of examples.

Cons:
Sometimes it’s hard to find your way around the book.

Bottom Line:
If you’re the least bit computer literate and are looking to add MySQL to your projects, get this book.