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Summary: Highly Over Rated.
Review: Where's the beef?If you think that the fusebox methodology will be discussed in its entirety, very thoroughly and completely, with real world expamples for things like user and form validation, error handling, etc. Forget it, you will be totally disappointed. The authors gloss over every topic. Some books can cover a technical topic in 199 pages (including the index) and due a terrific job of it. This book isn't one of them. In total, there are approximately 65 pages of the 199 page book that actually discuss Fusebox techniques-- incompletely. The rest of the book, contrary to what the authors might think, is filler. The author's spent almost two chapters hyping and selling the fusebox methodology; which is sort of like preaching to the choir. It is, however, better than nothing-- but not by much. This book should be rewritten by a professional technical writer, be at least 500 pages long, so that some detail can be gone into, and all buyers of this book should get a FREE upgrade. Come on, fellas, you should take a course on becoming a five-day book writer.
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Summary: Fusebox
Review: While I am currently learning Fusebox 3.xx and this book covers 2.xx, it still has value as an introduction to a common method of web programming. I have created a couple of web applications using this method and it works. If you are a one-man programming shop, you may or may not find a common method of great value. Personally, it helped me develop a framework and style to simplify my everyday coding tasks. I'm not that organized of a person, but this method makes me look like I am. If you work in development teams or just need a backup programmer, a common method of development pays great dividends. When a new programmer joins my team, they start by reading this book. They have very few questions about my code afterwards. I have very few questions about how they did their assignment when they are done. The method works and works very well. The previous critical review was obviously done by someone who hasn't tried this method or read through the entire book. I am waiting for this book to be updated with the 3.xx version, since it is a bit more complex and robust.
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Summary: Common Method for Team Development
Review: While I am currently learning Fusebox 3.xx and this book covers 2.xx, it still has value as an introduction to a common method of web programming. I have created a couple of web applications using this method and it works. If you are a one-man programming shop, you may or may not find a common method of great value. Personally, it helped me develop a framework and style to simplify my everyday coding tasks. I'm not that organized of a person, but this method makes me look like I am. If you work in development teams or just need a backup programmer, a common method of development pays great dividends. When a new programmer joins my team, they start by reading this book. They have very few questions about my code afterwards. I have very few questions about how they did their assignment when they are done. The method works and works very well. The previous critical review was obviously done by someone who hasn't tried this method or read through the entire book. I am waiting for this book to be updated with the 3.xx version, since it is a bit more complex and robust.
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