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Summary: Fantastic
Review: As another reviewer states, don't buy this book to learn Java or JavaScript. But do buy the book. The authors continually look at all Domino programming/developing from an Object Oriented Point of view, which I found fascinating, and educational. Its caused me to rethink even the simplest Notes task from an OOP point of view, and I had not done that before.What is nice about the book is that not only do the authors give you the "how to" of forms, subforms, outlines, pages, @comands/formulas, LotusScript, Java, e.t.c in Notes, they give you tons of tips/advice that are definitely on track with Best Practices for Notes. Plain how to's don't cut it anymore, and these authors know that--they give you the "why" and the "where" that is missing from so many instructional manuals. A really complete, and well written book that I can honestly recommend. With such a lack of good Notes Development books out there (yet tons of Notes Developers), this is a refreshing change.
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Summary: Worthless for JavaScript, HTML
Review: Despite the multiple representations in this book's web page, summary, and in the references to it in this publisher's "Domino Development in 21 Days", this book has barely any coverage of JavaScript. This does not please a customer who ordered it based on its publisher's description and paid to have it airmailed to a foreign country. If you are looking to pick up the skills to transition from server development to web development, you will be extremely disappointed.
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Summary: A Must have for Domino Developers
Review: Despite the obvious error on the part of the printer or publisher (missing javascript chapters can be downloaded at mcp.com, search for the books ISBN) this book was well worth the price! I found real insider developer info here I was never able to find anywhere else. I've purchased other Notes books by S. Kern in the past and have always been happy and Debbie Lynd is a real "who's who" in the world of Lotus, I've been to her seminars and I would recommend anything she writes! If you are an experienced Notes/Domino developer, this book is a must have. Great tutorial, good reference, solid information that you can't afford to be without!
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Summary: I have to agree with the positive reviews
Review: I really can't add much to the positive reviews already given. I was also disappointed by the lack of JavaScript, but was glad to find that the additional chapters were available online (the link is working at the moment). There's definitely a tremendous amount of information here -- it might be slow going for a novice, but I think it would be valuable for anyone getting into R5 development. That said, I have to add that you need to read it carefully -- Sams' crew is not the most thorough of editors, from past experience, and this book is not an exception. The errors are not often and they are typically obvious (at least the ones I found!), but they are there. Still, a wholehearted recommendation.
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Summary: Not practical for Business
Review: I've had this book at my desk at work for over a year now. I still have not found one pratical use for this book. Every time I ran into a question developing a Notes application this book has been no help. A lot of the applications used in my business rely on LotusScript which is very weakly covered in this book. My advice, go to lotus.com and get their manuals. You'll be better off.
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Summary: Good
Review: Lotus Note
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Summary: I have to agree with the positive reviews
Review: The book provides a great overview of R5 development techniques. Unfortunately, it is deficient in its coverage of Javascript. This is due soley to the fact that the publisher left out two chapters submitted by the author (I recently spoke with her personally). The missing chapters are supposed to be available at the publisher's site, but the download link was broken when I last checked yesterday. Their customer service did not return emails about that either. It's really a shame, as the author is very experienced in using Javascript in Domino, and teaches the Lotus Education course on that subject. If you need an overall development in R5 book, I would still recommend this one, but if you are specifically interested in Javascript, it would be best to wait for a reprint, or at least for the publisher to get the missing chapters available for download.
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Summary: Great book, but some problems with the publisher...
Review: The book provides a great overview of R5 development techniques. Unfortunately, it is deficient in its coverage of Javascript. This is due soley to the fact that the publisher left out two chapters submitted by the author (I recently spoke with her personally). The missing chapters are supposed to be available at the publisher's site, but the download link was broken when I last checked yesterday. Their customer service did not return emails about that either. It's really a shame, as the author is very experienced in using Javascript in Domino, and teaches the Lotus Education course on that subject. If you need an overall development in R5 book, I would still recommend this one, but if you are specifically interested in Javascript, it would be best to wait for a reprint, or at least for the publisher to get the missing chapters available for download.
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Summary: Great for programmers not for beginners
Review: The first thing that came to me as I read the book was that if I had little or no knowledge of programming this would not be the boook for me. This book was written for programmers period. As a beginner you could not look at the sections on Java or HTML and learn it from what is written there. There is a lot of information about Lotus Development. The step-by-step examples makes each task clear and understandable. Screen shots of menus, message boxes and programming scripts assist the reader in explaining each task. For those interested in Lotus Developement this book would be a valuable reference that would be used time and time again.
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Summary: For beginners only
Review: This book is supposed to be at a user level of Intermediate - Advanced. Quite the contrary. As a reference for experienced developers I found this book to be very disappointing. If you are relatively new to Notes this book could be of value, otherwise I believe your money can be better spent elsewhere.
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