Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition (Beginning, from Novice to Professional) (ISBN 1590598644) Book Reviews 1-5 Sorted By Most Recent, at VeryWellSaid.com

A very good book for ecommerce, but definitely not a beginner's book

The book offers great insight for building the basis of a professional, scalable ecommerce system. The code is well explained, but only if you already have decent knowledge of PHP. My only complaint is the book's structure. For example, usually a chapter begins by fully creating all the database stored procedures and the data tier, then goes to the business tier, and finally explains the presentation stuff (the book uses the Smarty template engine). In my opinion it would be better if it was organized by functionality rather that application layers. It makes the book less logical and requires a little bit of getting used to.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-10-11 07:15:01 EST)

08-09-08

1\1

Excellent tutorial on writing good code

I found this book to be far more than a tutorial on ecommerce. It's attention to good programing technique has been invaluable to me as I progress from a beginning PHP programmer to a more intermediate level. Its been slow going but well worth the effort. I have used the framework for tshirtshop in other applications I've written as the code for database abstraction and error handling are really solid. His work also clearly demonstrates the value of self documenting code. Coverage of Smarty and MySQL procdures is excellent. One of the very best programming books I've ever used.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-19 06:48:13 EST)

05-08-08

4\4

Great book, misleading title

Even though it can be argued that this book's title should actually be interpreted as "Beginning E-Commerce (using PHP and MySQL)", I still think that the word "beginning" should not be printed on the cover of this book.

The book deals with topics that fall into the intermediate developer's skill set, like OOP, templating with Smarty, PDO for DB access, Ajax and even REST/SOAP in the final chapter. YOU HAVE to have prior knowledge of those technologies before attempting to successfully complete this book, as the authors spend very little time introducing them.

Along with "Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP" this book is one of the few full length practical tutorial books available on PHP. So, if you're an intermediate developer looking to sharpen your skills by taking on a larger project, then this is a book you definitely want to buy.

I also want to point out that despite being from the same country as the authors, I've never heard of them before seeing their book on Amazon.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-08-10 06:43:33 EST)

03-26-08

2\3

An excellent book with an author who responds to emails!

This is an excellent book. It has enhanced my PHP, MySQL, object oriented programming and e-commerce skills. It is challenging, (because of the wealth of knowledge), but well worth the effort. And when I had a problem, author Cristian Darle responded accurately and courteously to my email. Very highly recommended.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-05-19 05:34:38 EST)

03-23-08

0\3

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