May 15, 2010
I meant to mention this a couple of weeks ago, but was buried, and it just slipped my mind. So ... Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit, Volume 1: Getting Started is shipping and in stores. All the details you need are on the book page (including the very first errata entry, just...
March 26, 2010
O'Reilly Safari Rough Cuts are manuscripts that are developed but not yet published, available through Safari Books Online - essentially a way to get access to books before they actually hit the shelves. The Rough Cut version of my upcoming Adobe ColdFusion 9 Web Application Construction Kit,...
November 4, 2009
I just received three new translations of my books, two into Simplified Chinese and one into Korean: Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL In 10 Minutes is now available in Simplified Chinese MySQL Crash Course is now available in Simplified Chinese Sams Teach Yourself SQL In 10 Minutes is...
August 12, 2009
The 2009 Community Achievement Awards were announced today at CFUnited, and the ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit series won in the Best Book category. Here is the full slide deck of nominees and awards .
June 21, 2009
My Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes has proven to be a very popular book, and tens of thousands of developers have used it to get started with Regular Expressions. The book teaches RegEx incrementally, and for each example a block of text is used, and matching text is shaded to...
October 4, 2008
My Sams Teach Yourself SQL In 10 Minutes and Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions In 10 Minutes have both been published in Chinese by Turing Book . Links are on the books pages. And here is a full list of all book translations.
July 31, 2008
It's been two and a half years since I published my MySQL Crash Course (a MySQL specific adaptation of my Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes ), and during this time the book has proven to be incredibly popular, especially with MySQL beginners. And today I was informed that MySQL Crash Course is...
July 9, 2008
Several years ago I noted that each time I release a new book, my publisher sends boxes 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 had lots of books stacked away, copies of my ColdFusion books, SQL books, and more. Back...
May 13, 2008
Long time ColdFusion developer and community member John Farrar has written ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial which is due to be published in August 2008. Congratulations John, it's great to see another ColdFusion title, and I can't wait to see a copy.
May 8, 2008
My Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has been a top seller on Amazon.com for a long time, consistently in the top few hundred computer books and in the top couple of thousand across all books. But I was just informed that is #3 in the Databases category on Amazon.com, and #1 in Database...