ColdFusion 5: A Beginner's Guide

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Summary: ColdFusion 5: A Beginner's Guide
Review: In my judgment, it is very difficult to find a decent Beginner's Guidebook that deals with something technical (like computer programming concepts). Far too often, the "entry-level technical" books are so basic that they border on remedial.
Also, some technical authors tend to think that adding stale jokes to their condescending tutorials make their books more readable somehow.

Thankfully, Jeff Houser's book is neither condescending nor full of cheesy jokes. He points out in the introduction that the book does assume a little knowledge of the web and HTML (which, truth be told, is about my skill level). After reading the book (which was well-oganized, so I could skip the sections on the stuff I already felt comfotable with- like database design), I have been able to feel comfortable debugging Cold Fusion source code...

I highly recommend this book to anyone who- like me- is just starting out with Cold Fusion...

Rating:
Summary: OK, but needs to be proofread
Review: There are so many typos and incorrect references in this book that it needs a good proofreading. The basic information and presentation were good; however, for beginners the incomplete references and/or the inconsistencies make it difficult for a reader new to ColdFusion to grasp the concepts. I had some of my "Introduction to ColdFusion" class members scan the book and they suggested that it not be used until the errors were corrected.

With that said, I found the format and sequence of information well done. A person familiar with programming that wants an introduction to Coldfusion would find what they want here. Clean it up and I would give this book a higher rating.