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Reviews of Books and Software Products


We were starting to accumulate reviews of things in various sections of the site. So we've grouped them together here in a new Reviews section...

Office 2007 Missing Manuals March 29, 2007
Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007 and Access 2007 each get a "Missing Manual" book from O'Reilly, to cover the revolutionary new Ribbon UI.
 
The Design of Sites March 24, 2007
A worthy update to the 2002 original, in full colour and with new content on Ajax. Includes 17 new patterns, 20 significantly updated ones, and a bunch of new screenshots.
 
Practical PHP and MySQL December 3, 2006
The book teaches you PHP along with the open-source MySQL database; and it does so by walking you through no less than eight fully-functional web applications.
 
JavaScript Phrasebook November 17, 2006
An excellent pocket-book packed with JavaScript code snippets, or “phrases”, for all sorts of useful tasks.
 
The Zen of CSS Design November 26, 2005
A beautifully presented book on CSS-based website design.
 
Foundations of Ajax September 16, 2006
From XMLHttpRequest to the "ultimate Ajax developer's toolkit": sound, practical advice for budding Ajax developers.
 
Spring Live November 20, 2005
Another worthy book about Spring Framework, this time in e-book format.
 
Pro Spring June 5, 2005
A worthy introduction to the ins and outs of Spring Framework.
 
Netbeans 3.6 - Usability Review May 23, 2004
NetBeans is big on features, but reveals many flaws in the design of its user interface. Here are some of the more prominently broken aspects of NetBeans' UI.
 
Java Studio Creator April 12, 2004
A new hope for Java and VB developers alike?
 
Lookout - Fast Searching in Outlook March 21, 2004
Updated July 22, 2004
Email searching in Outlook is basically rubbish: slow, clunky and not very well thought out. Enter Lookout - a smart Outlook plug-in that deserves to do well.
 
Browser Wars Rekindled: Mozilla Firefox 0.8 March 7, 2004
Mozilla's next-generation browser shows much promise.
 
NetBeans 3.6 User Interface November 16, 2003
This review is based on an early development build of NetBeans 3.6, which includes a totally revamped windowing system and properties panel. Once again NetBeans is ready to play with the big boys! ... or is it..?
 
Refactoring July 27, 2003
This book isn't perfect, but it will almost certainly make you a better programmer. Well worth a read!
 
Use Case Driven Object Modeling With UML June 27, 2003
How to get from requirements to code in a relatively straight line, using a "cookbook" approach to analysis and design.
 
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum May 3, 2003
This book makes an important point about software interaction design - that programmers (who are usually given the job by default) are exactly the wrong people to be doing it.

 

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