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Summary: Practical LotusScript - for beinners only
Review: I was starting at zero-level, and now after two week I'm developing myown Agents under LotusScript. Hoped to receive further informationsabout the classes and programming the API under LotusScript. Good for beinners, a lot of good examples. NOT for furhter informations about the API, or the classes. As beginner, but familiar with C++ and Java, easy to start, if you have NO exerience in LotusScript, but if you are familiar with lotus notes.
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Summary: Writing pretty good, editing atrocious.
Review: If you're looking for a good book on LotusScript, you may end up choosing this one, mainly because there's not much out there.The author obviously knows his stuff, but he's not a very inspired writer, and his editor is either technically incompetent or careless, because there are lots and lots of errors in the book. This is more forgiveable in the general text of the book, but in the code it can be very very annoying, especially if you're new to LotusScript and don't know enough about it to recognize the error. If you like a no-nonsense approach to learning a language, where the author simply outlines the basics and the most important things beyond the basics, then you'll like the approach. He does a good job selecting the material and covering in a clear way. He does know his stuff and can explain it pretty well. If not for the errors I'd easily give it four stars. But if you really like O'Reilly books and the O'Reilly style of presenting information (the over-the-shoulder explanation, as I think Tim O'Reilly calls it) then you'll find this very dry and disappointing. If you know enough LotusScript to spot mistakes easily, or if you think of it as a challenge to debug the author's code, then you won't find the bad editing to be a problem. Otherwise, avoid this like the plague. It's better than reading the Developer Help that comes with Notes, and it certainly helped my LotusScript coding abilities, but I eventually got frustrated with things not working and returned it. So in a nutshell: if you can find anything else good, get it instead. Otherwise, you may be stuck without a better alternative.
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Summary: Excellent book to start learning LotusScript
Review: It is a step by stpe learning guide. It will give you enough background to start coding right away. This one and the online help are the only tools you need.
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Summary: Horrific editing, jumbled message
Review: The misspellings throughout this book are forgiveable, although inexcusable in this age of spell-checkers. What upsets me about this book is its inconsistent thoroughness. At some points the author explains mundane programming concepts. At other points, he completely fails to explain important things, leaving the reader confused. For instance, in the chapter on LotusScript syntax, you won't find a list of operators for the language. This would be an important thing to include, because the operators are different from those in C language. Also, the examples are poorly written and unimaginative. I'll never buy another book from Manning publications. I should have known better, because the last book I bought from them was also rushed and poorly edited.
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Summary: Horrific editing, jumbled message
Review: The misspellings throughout this book are forgiveable, although inexcusable in this age of spell-checkers. What upsets me about this book is its inconsistent thoroughness. At some points the author explains mundane programming concepts. At other points, he completely fails to explain important things, leaving the reader confused. For instance, in the chapter on LotusScript syntax, you won't find a list of operators for the language. This would be an important thing to include, because the operators are different from those in C language. Also, the examples are poorly written and unimaginative. I'll never buy another book from Manning publications. I should have known better, because the last book I bought from them was also rushed and poorly edited.
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