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Summary: A great way to learn how to use the PFC.
Review: Experienced PFC developers may still learn something new from this book. It is well written, well presented, and has good script examples. I recommend this book to anyone using, or about to use, the PFC on a PowerBuilder project.
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Summary: Good Reference Book
Review: Good general overview, explainations, and reference. Will serve a wide range of needs. (Also, it is not overly big, so that it is portable for commuters.)We'll know better after we get our application to work!
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Summary: We think we made a good choice
Review: Good general overview, explainations, and reference. Will serve a wide range of needs. (Also, it is not overly big, so that it is portable for commuters.)We'll know better after we get our application to work!
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Summary: Good PFC 5.0 reference only.
Review: I rate this book only average as it suffers from the all too common computer book problem of not being up to date with the current version of the technology subject matter. At least there is a chapter 21 on the CD that reviews PFC 6.0 material. But unfortunately, the supplied sample application only demonstrates PFC 5.0 code. Finally, I found much of the material in the book merely a rehash of other material spread throughout PB documentation.
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Summary: A $_ help file
Review: I routinely recommend the PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library Professional Reference to other PowerBuilder developers who are interested in using PFC. By reading it before starting a PFC development project this spring, I cut approximately 4-6 weeks off my development effort. By the time I got around to taking an actual class on PFC, it was all review. The text is a relatively easy read for an experienced PowerBuilder developer with a good understanding of object-oriented principles. It provides step by step code examples for implementing key PFC objects. Watch out, though, for the occasional typo! Although I refer to it less frequently now, I still keep the book handy on my desk. More significantly, I refuse to loan out my copy. I tell everyone to go get their own copy from Amazon.com.
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Summary: Great intro for new PFC users
Review: I routinely recommend the PowerBuilder Foundation Class Library Professional Reference to other PowerBuilder developers who are interested in using PFC. By reading it before starting a PFC development project this spring, I cut approximately 4-6 weeks off my development effort. By the time I got around to taking an actual class on PFC, it was all review. The text is a relatively easy read for an experienced PowerBuilder developer with a good understanding of object-oriented principles. It provides step by step code examples for implementing key PFC objects. Watch out, though, for the occasional typo! Although I refer to it less frequently now, I still keep the book handy on my desk. More significantly, I refuse to loan out my copy. I tell everyone to go get their own copy from Amazon.com.
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Summary: Good Reference Book
Review: I thought the book was well laid out and readable -- given the atrocious documentation that came with PFC 5, it is a good companion. Oh the minus side, it is written for PFC 5 (all code examples, etc.) PFC 6 is an add-on chapter and is not integrated. The other difficulty I found was that it was not critical of the PFC -- pointing out its better services and ones that are frankly weak. Hopefully the authors will produce a book for PFC 6.5!
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Summary: that's right, its worthless
Review: If you read in other reviews that this book is mostly a reprint of the Sybase documentation, believe it
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Summary: Comprehensive and complete PFC resource
Review: It is exactly what the Title says: A programmers reference. This is a reference that gets constant use. It lays out the PFC in a way that lets you quickly become familiar with what it can do and how to do it. The only reference that I have found that opened up the PFC for real world use. I have recommended it to several of my associates. They agree that this is an excellent investment for the PowerBuilder Programmer.
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Summary: Comprehensive and complete PFC resource
Review: It is exactly what the Title says: A programmers reference. This is a reference that gets constant use. It lays out the PFC in a way that lets you quickly become familiar with what it can do and how to do it. The only reference that I have found that opened up the PFC for real world use. I have recommended it to several of my associates. They agree that this is an excellent investment for the PowerBuilder Programmer.
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