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| PHP: The Good Parts |
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| Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media |
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| List Price: $29.99 |
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Get past all the hype about PHP and dig into the real power of the language. PHP: The Good Parts gives you a look at the most useful features of PHP, and explains how you can speed up the web development process with them. You'll learn why the most commonly used PHP features are often misused or misapplied, and which features add strength to object-oriented programming. You'll also focus on aspects that will help you integrate your application with databases.
PHP: The Good Parts is ideal for both new and experienced PHP programmers. If you've got experience using Java, Ruby, or another language to develop for the Web, you'll also benefit from this book, whether you're switching over to PHP or have inherited existing PHP code that you need to alter. No matter what your background in programming is, this is the "go to" guide to help you hone your PHP skills.
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- ISBN13: 9780596804374
- Condition: New
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 Good overall - rough chapter on OOP |
| Review Date: June 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joshua Smith, San Francisco, CA |
I'm new to PHP and thought this book might serve as a decent introduction. Up until Chapter 6 on Objects, I was right. Then things got very hairy very quickly.
Since I'm a beginner, it might be best to take my review with a grain - or several - of salt. But immediately after introducing the basic concepts of OOP, the author launches into four pages of very dense code. It includes some very sparse comments intended to be helpful. However, the code continues on and concludes without much in the way of explanation. The author does say that he only intended a brief introduction showing the power and simplicity of OOP. I was left feeling mostly clueless; luckily I know from other languages just how powerful OOP can be.
I'd be interested to see what the author has to say about this and update the review then. After looking through the final chapters, it's clear that the book returns to its good form, so at least worthy of four stars for doing what it set out to do. I just feel that this chapter interrupted the stride of the book and could use some improvement in future editions. |
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