After lots of rather painful delays, my new book Sams Teach Yourself SQL Server T-SQL in 10 Minutes is ready to ship. This book (which is the SQL Server version of my MySQL Crash Course ) is based on my best-selling Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes and goes in to far more detail than the...
A while back I asked for your input on what to do with my ever-growing ColdFusion books. Lots of you responded, and your feedback was and is invaluable. I'm please to announce that we are indeed working on the 3 book plan that most of you supported. Ray Camden is once again joining me as a lead...
My most recent book, MySQL Crash Course , has just been released in Italian by McGraw-Hill Informatica. Information on this book, and a link to the new Italian edition, are on the book page. The full list of non-English editions of my books is at http://forta.com/books/intl.cfm .
Amazon.com is now excepting pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7, due out July 21st, 2007), and I have already ordered my copies (yes, copies plural, there are several of us here who'll want to all read it immediately). The book is already the #1 seller on Amazon.com,...
For about a decade now, my ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit has been the de facto standard used by virtually all new ColdFusion developers, and by many who want to brush up their skills as ColdFusion is updated and enhanced. This book (and its Advanced sequel ) in many ways helped define...
The 3rd edition of my Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has just been rereleased in Swedish in a new format by pagina.se. Information on this book (which has been translated into nine languages), and a link to the new Swedish edition, are on the book page . The full list of non-English editions...
My Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes uses a little RegEx Tester utility to aid study, and versions of this utility have been posted for multiple languages. The next most requested language is PHP, and I just posted a PHP port of the utility created by my co-worker Charles Bihis....
My MySQL Crash Course is reviewed in the May 2006 issue of Linux Magazine . The review concludes "If you want to quickly learn about MySQL essentials, get this book."
Carsten Pedersen is MySQL Certification Manager, and he recently reviewed my MySQL Crash Course . He says that "book certainly lives up to it's name and does not waste the reader's time with any gentle introductions or long explanations" and concludes: Highly recommended for the beginning MySQL...
Mike Hillyer is a member of the MySQL AB documentation team. He just posted a short review on my MySQL Crash Course , stating that it is "an excellent book for the beginning users just getting started with MySQL and perhaps SQL in general." Thanks, Mike!