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Summary: Disappointing--and dangerous
Review: A few good things, but because of being published before R5 shipped, most of the Java stuff is wrong and will not work with the shipping R5. Her articles tend to be better than her books.
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Summary: Useable Reference and well written book
Review: I found this book a helpful reference to Notes WEB development in general. Several references to previous releases are given, which is good for in depth understanding. Even when R5's new features help to make things sometimes a lot easier, some "manual work" is still required in order to produce high-quality WEB and Ecommerce sites. Some of the new features are not included, but I guess that is because the information was not (reliably) available at the time of writing. Keep up good work !
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I had high hopes in reading this book - ideas for developing applications in Notes 5. I found the book not only confusing, but incomplete and inaccurate. If I could return the book I would, but I opened the CD.
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Summary: Don't be misled by those who say this is a 4.6 book
Review: I listened to those reviews and delayed buying this book--causing me to lose a LOT of programming time. Yes, the book seems like it was written from a 4.6 point of view, but the fundamental concepts and examples still work for R5. Plus, let's face it, some of the R5 features don't work exactly as they should, so it's good to know how to resort to 4.6 techniques. This book has some really good EXAMPLES--not to be confused with the many Domino books that were clearly lifted from the Help documentation and that do NOT help programmers--at least that's what I've found from other books.
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Summary: The only Domino book I find myself returning to & using
Review: I've been working with Domino/Notes for over 9 years and teaching Domino/Notes systems, development and programming for over 7 years. Of all the Domino books that have hit the market in those years, this is the only book I've found myself returning to, and using! I highly recommend this book to Domino developers who want to get a leg-up on advanced development techiques. Rose writes very clearly, provides excellent examples and really understands the challenges faced by Domino developers. I like how Rose presents techniques based on the various releases of Domino. At the begining of each topic Rose lists the platforms and versions of Domino the technique is supported by. Very handy. Rose also spends time to outline each technique in the various releases of R4.x and R5, which is often confusing. Her historical approach to techniques and code put many features of Domino into perspecvite and guide developers through the rapid changes of the Domino environment over the last few years. While some criticism has been made that this isn't a pure R5 book, I feel that Roses evaluation of R4.x and R5 is MUCH more valuable to Domino developers. There's still a lot of advaced R5 stuff in the book, I've already lifted several R5 techniques from her examples for my own work. Finally, I think it's amazing that Rose can ship her book on schedule with the "announced" R5 release for end of '98. Pretty good stuff for Beta 1! Can't wait for the next edition! I tell all my students to buy this book.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: If you are looking for a book that gives you an overview of Domino's web capabilities then this book is for you. But if your like me, looking for a book that provides real world solutions and thorough explanations of code examples that can be modified and reused, this book has very limited use. I found far better code examples / explanations for free on the Web.
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Summary: Very disappointing - it was neither advanced or about R5
Review: It was very light on anything R5 and, as pointed out by other reviewers, early beta versions. A better title would have been R4.6 Web programming for Domino.
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Summary: Not just worth to read it, but definitively worth to have it
Review: One of those books that, after reading it, makes you feel happy about having bought it. It is simply written thinking about trying to teach something in every sentence. Clear, well written, structured, to-the-point. Basically centered on the new features for Web programming (as the title says) in release 5, including references on how to achieve the same results in R4, what makes it a powerful tool for developers that works in both ways: Migrating a R4 web app. to R5, moving the old "tricks" to the new R5 features, in one direction, and a perfect way to conciliate new web apps. thought for R5 with the previous version, in the other. A clever, rich and sincere book written for those who already developed for Notes Clients, and want to put their applications to be accesed trought web browsers too.
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Summary: Outdated information
Review: The information provided in this book was written before R5 was available. Anyone currently using R5 would find this book not helpful since the information does not apply to R5. The examples provided requires extensive modification if one wants to run them in R5. However, if you are using R4.6, then you will find this book helpful.If you want a book to learn the ins and outs of R5, do not buy this book.
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Summary: Outdated information
Review: The information provided in this book was written before R5 was available. Anyone currently using R5 would find this book not helpful since the information does not apply to R5. The examples provided requires extensive modification if one wants to run them in R5. However, if you are using R4.6, then you will find this book helpful. If you want a book to learn the ins and outs of R5, do not buy this book.
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