Peter MacIntyre

“Managing & Using MySQL” is an ideal book for beginner MySQL users and developers. The author does a good job of getting the concepts across on a basic and beginner level. With chapters on installation and initial set up, author George Reese takes the reader from square one into the sometimes-scary world of SQL programming. […]

The world of SQL (Structured Query Language) can be an intimidating place to the unfamiliar. Some of the older programmers who are still making the transition to newer technologies and “newbies” alike will face a similar challenge in mastering this technology. “Teach Yourself SQL in 24 Hours,” by Ryan K. Stephens and Ron Plew, is […]

“Special Edition, Using Windows XP Professional” is the latest offering from the QUE Corporation on Microsofts latest operating system. Co-authors Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel do a great job of showing the newest features of this OS. Seasoned Windows users can skim over the earlier chapters on preparing hardware, installing software and looking at the […]

“SQL Performance Tuning” is a book that will take the database developer to the next level. This book will help the experienced SQL programmer make his or her code sing in terms of efficiency of code and optimization of data retrieval. Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer do a wonderful job explaining the methods behind the […]

“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Idea” by Don Jones is without doubt the absolute best book on management techniques that I have ever read. The book is a fictitious tale about a man named Scott who has just moved his family to Toronto and has taken a new middle management job at a company […]

“Programming PHP” is a great overall reference for the fledgling dynamic Web developer. Since PHP—an HTML-embedded scripting language also known as PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor—was created by Rasmus Lerdorf in the mid-1990s, it has become part of the open-source phenomenon, and its use has grown on Web sites all over the world. PHP is now estimated […]