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Summary: Demystifies LotusScript
Review: As a beginning developer I was trying to do everything with formulas because I found LotusScript a mystery. The book has unravelled the mystery in a very clear and logical way. The first few chapters explain the structure of LotusScript and are enough to get you comfortable using it. Later chapters give you hints and ideas of how to use more advanced scripting. I'm now using LotusScript without fear. The appendix, which contains a full description of classes, properties and methods is fantastic. I never bother with the on-line help now - I go straight to the book if I want to know what class to use, or which property/method will do the job.
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Summary: Demystifies LotusScript
Review: As a beginning developer I was trying to do everything with formulas because I found LotusScript a mystery. The book has unravelled the mystery in a very clear and logical way. The first few chapters explain the structure of LotusScript and are enough to get you comfortable using it. Later chapters give you hints and ideas of how to use more advanced scripting. I'm now using LotusScript without fear. The appendix, which contains a full description of classes, properties and methods is fantastic. I never bother with the on-line help now - I go straight to the book if I want to know what class to use, or which property/method will do the job.
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Summary: Book has been a great help
Review: Before I bought this book, I did not know anything about LotusScript nor Visual Basic. Now I feel confident when creating scripts in forms and databases.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I am relatively new (3 months) both to Lotus Notes and to LotusScript but have been thoroughly comfortable with various computer languages for many years. The decision to purchase this book was strongly influenced by the generally positive reviews but, sad to say, I have to agree with the negative view. There are rather too many typos but my main grumble is that, having laboriously copied some of the examples into a database used for self-training, too many (six of 13 tried so far) fail to work. This does nothing for confidence or skill development! If you're looking for an unfrustrating quick start to LotusScript, this is not it.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I am relatively new (3 months) both to Lotus Notes and to LotusScript but have been thoroughly comfortable with various computer languages for many years. The decision to purchase this book was strongly influenced by the generally positive reviews but, sad to say, I have to agree with the negative view. There are rather too many typos but my main grumble is that, having laboriously copied some of the examples into a database used for self-training, too many (six of 13 tried so far) fail to work. This does nothing for confidence or skill development! If you're looking for an unfrustrating quick start to LotusScript, this is not it.
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Summary: Great lotusscript reference and guide
Review: I bought this book over a month ago and it has served me well in the way information is organized and presented. It would help if the Author covered a little more advanced sections on OLE Automation, NotesPump classes as well as ODBC. I find this book very resourceful even though I already have the 60 minute guide, the yellow books, the red books .. mainly because of the elegant presentation style of the Author. All example code has line by line explanations which help to understand the code easily. Sid Bagali Principal CLP R4 Application Developer CLP R4 System Administrator
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Summary: Well-organized, will wear off the cover
Review: I browsed through it for 30 minutes at a bookstore and definitely want to get it, but I'll save the money myself and buy it through work. I need the chapters on events and subforms in particular. I, too, have yellow books, redbooks, Inside LotusScript, and Teach Yourself LotusScript. It was well written, clear, and well organized in my browse, and will help in the applications I have in progress.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I really like this book as it is a roadmap to learning LotusScript. A lot of the other books I have looked at seemed far too technical whereas this one breaks down the subjecy matter well. A key for me were the explanations, a lot of books fail to explain what exactly is going on with the examples they give the reader. The examples given in this book are very useful and I am already using them to increase the functionality of my applications. I give it 4 stars as there were quite a few typos which I do not forgive readily. A great book nontheless and I will probably by Patton's other book Domino Development with Java when I am done with this one!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I really like this book as it is a roadmap to learning LotusScript. A lot of the other books I have looked at seemed far too technical whereas this one breaks down the subjecy matter well. A key for me were the explanations, a lot of books fail to explain what exactly is going on with the examples they give the reader. The examples given in this book are very useful and I am already using them to increase the functionality of my applications. I give it 4 stars as there were quite a few typos which I do not forgive readily. A great book nontheless and I will probably by Patton's other book Domino Development with Java when I am done with this one!
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Summary: Good book AND the mistakes have been fixed!
Review: I think this is a really good book for someone who has a little prior programmming knowledge and wants to learn lotusscript. Also wanted to point out that all the errors that were mentioned in previous reviews seem to have been corrected in later prints - the copy I was sent in Aug 2002, has, as far as I can see, incorporated all the errors mentioned on the publishers web site.
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