Network Query Language with CDROM

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Summary: Feel the Power
Review: NQL simplifies development of bots, intelligent agents, middleware, and web applications, and this book simplifies the use of NQL. This language really does make finding resources on a network as simple as querying a database. The book comes with a full working version of NQL included on disc, so you can see its power first-hand. Definitely worth checking out.

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Summary: Excellent intro to and details of a powerful language
Review: This book describes NQL version 2.0, and the CD ROM comes with trial versions of NLQ (a Windows version and a Java version in Linux and Macintosh formats). Note: the trial versions are good for 60 days, after which you need to purchase the commercial versions, but the trial period is more than sufficient to evaluate the power of NQL. Also note that the commercial versions are somewhat pricey for individuals, but are reasonably priced for consultants and developers who decide to develop commercial-grade products.

NQL is thoroughly covered in detail, serving as a guide to the language, as well as an idea resource for how to effectively use the NQL language and development environment to create and deploy intelligent agents. The examples cover the full range of web-enabled and e-commerce applications from LDAP to credit card processing, as well as going into surprising topics such as web crawling, statistical analysis and XML parsing. These, individually or combined, are a solid foundation for automated competitive intelligence gathering, online bidding and intelligent supply chain management.

As a scripting language NQL is powerful. The book's many examples clearly show how you can incorporate powerful functions in 4 to 5 lines of NQL code that would take hundreds of lines of Java or C++ code. In addition, NQL can be called from other languages, such as Java.

If you're a professional developer who wants to evaluate NQL this book is an ideal way to get started, especially with the trial versions that come with it. You will also find a wealth of additional information and scripts on the web site that supports the book.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent intro to and details of a powerful language
Review: This book describes NQL version 2.0, and the CD ROM comes with trial versions of NLQ (a Windows version and a Java version in Linux and Macintosh formats). Note: the trial versions are good for 60 days, after which you need to purchase the commercial versions, but the trial period is more than sufficient to evaluate the power of NQL. Also note that the commercial versions are somewhat pricey for individuals, but are reasonably priced for consultants and developers who decide to develop commercial-grade products.

NQL is thoroughly covered in detail, serving as a guide to the language, as well as an idea resource for how to effectively use the NQL language and development environment to create and deploy intelligent agents. The examples cover the full range of web-enabled and e-commerce applications from LDAP to credit card processing, as well as going into surprising topics such as web crawling, statistical analysis and XML parsing. These, individually or combined, are a solid foundation for automated competitive intelligence gathering, online bidding and intelligent supply chain management.

As a scripting language NQL is powerful. The book's many examples clearly show how you can incorporate powerful functions in 4 to 5 lines of NQL code that would take hundreds of lines of Java or C++ code. In addition, NQL can be called from other languages, such as Java.

If you're a professional developer who wants to evaluate NQL this book is an ideal way to get started, especially with the trial versions that come with it. You will also find a wealth of additional information and scripts on the web site that supports the book.

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Summary: Take it from an expert
Review: Written by the inventor of the language, what better authority do you need? With more than 500 pre-built code routines in its basic library, NQL is a language you need to know, and Pallmann is the one to teach it to you.