Customer Review: I own several PHP/Mysql reference books, and this one is the most comprehensive of all of them. Just the right balance and written descriptions/explanations and practical applications/examples. I wouldn't necessarily say this book is for beginners, but anyone that's a novice to professional would... more info
Customer Review: Although i'm a newbie in information retrieval field (I'm more of a machine learning, computer vision, timeseries person),
I like the book most for the following two reasons :
(1) detailed explanation into the level of implementation in many cases (data structures//memory size etc..)... more info
Customer Review: This book is very concise and it tells a lot about the subject including other topics such as XSLT, RSS, and many other web technologies related to XML. Would highly suggest buying.
Customer Review: Would not order from individual again, seller did not supply tracking number and it took two weeks to obtain book. Seller was not honest enough to advise the book was not complete. Had to obtain second half from publisher. Dishonest seller..........
Customer Review: This is really a good book to learn PL/SQL. I had intermediate skills on SQL and was able to grasp the Pl/Sql quickly reading the book. The author explains the sample Pl / Sql code in nice, relaxed and organized way. I have one small advice for the author as well, `If possible please give the... more info
Customer Review: I found this book too slow and not covering enough information. Then again, I realize the spped of relaying the information via a book is a bit of a personal thing. I also would have loved to have a lot more examples. I prefer a much more hands on method.
Customer Review: I had accidentally ordered the wrong book, and I have returned it. I'm sure it's a great book, but I just didn't need it at this time.
Customer Review: This is the book I used to introduce myself to data mining as graduate student in computer science. At the time I thought it was a very well organized and self contained book. Since then I have been studying machine learning full time and I still use this book to get really great explanations of key... more info