This is quite the compliment. UK IT Magazine, The Register, has proclaimed that my "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has established itself as the gold standard for introductory SQL books", and is recommending both that book and my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes"....
My "Certified ColdFusion MX Developer Study Guide" (http://www.forta.com/books/0321180585/) is now available in Japanese (published locally by Softbank Publishing, see http://store.sbpnet.jp/bm_detail.asp?sku=4797326654).
The 3rd edition of my "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes" is now shipping. This is my best-selling book, and is also one of the best-selling SQL books on the market, and so I am really excited that this revision is now available. The biggest change this time around is extensive coverage of...
U.K. IT online magazine, The Register, briefly reviewed (and discounted) my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes" at http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/31/36664.html (book info at http://www.forta.com/books/0672325667/). Thanks to Lucas Sherwood for letting me know about...
Each time I release a new book, my publisher sends me lots of copies for my own use. I hang on to several, and send copies to some folks, but the rest sit in boxes in my office. I have lots of books stacked away here, copies of my ColdFusion books, SQL books, and more. I'd like to get these into...
It had to happen, several readers have found typos in my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes", and so the errata is now online (link at the bottom of http://www.forta.com/books/0672325667/.
Two days after is started shipping, my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes" made it onto the Amazon.com Bestsellers list, debuting at #3 in the "Computers & Internet" category. (#1 is a title on Mac OSX, #2 is on Adobe Photoshop, #4 is on Windows Server 2003, quite a...
My latest book, "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes", is now available and shipping. This new title is modeled on my best-selling "Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes", is targeted at the same audience, and follows the same format and pace of study. Checking in at a svelte 150...
Sean Corfield blogged a reference to a rant against "Teach Yourself X in N Minutes|Hours|Days" books (see http://www.corfield.org/blog/past/2004_03.html). Sean (and Brian LeRoux) seem to agree with the rant's basic premise, and there is some validity to their concerns (I agree, some "Teach...
Looks like I missed the SYS-CON announcements for their "ColdFusion Developer's Journal Readers' Choice Awards" (press release at http://www.sys-con.com/2002/PR/02252004.cfm). My "ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit" won the "Best Book" category, and my "Advanced ColdFusion MX...