1 comments about Powerbuilder 4 Developer's Guide/Book and Disk.

1. This book is full of pragmatic advice on how to build applications quickly. The book includes a CD rom with Screen Cams of the author building all of the examples. There are about 300 pages of step by step instructions to build 2 complete sample applications. This book is highly regarded by PB professionals.

No comments about The Powerbuilder Construction Kit (for 4.0).

1 comments about Powerbuilder 5: Object-Oriented Design and Development (Workstation).

1. I haven't read this book but I know these guys personally and I can't imagime that this book could possibly be informative.

1 comments about Powerbuilder: A Guide for Developing Client/Server Applications (J. Ranade Workstation Series).

1. PowerBuilder is the best client server tool; This is a real good book for the beginner. It has some details which are hard to find in reference manuals.

No comments about Official Powerbuilder 5.0 Cross-Platform Solutions.

3 comments about Powerbuilder 5.0 Fundamentals.

1. The book is a great resourse for beginners. The book has an excellent introduction on client/server technology and object-oriented programming. The authors did an excellent job to keep it simple and easy to follow at the same time very effectively explained some very complicated concepts. Though the scope is introduction to PowerBuilder but it can be a good read for experienced programmers. The book also has a tutorial that gives a more hands on approach. I enjoyed the book very much and do recommend to anybody thinking to learn PowerBuilder.



2. This is a good books for non programmer who wish to learn client server programming on Power Builder. By learning this book , the non programmer will pick up the client server programming knowledge in a pretty short period of time. We strongly recommend any non programmer, who wish to learn power builder to read this book. It is great to have one. Enjoy reading and hope to see everyone be a certified power builder programmer.



3. This is a good books for non programmer who wish to learn client server programming on Power Builder. By learning this book , the non programmer will pick up the client server programming knowledge in a pretty short period of time. We strongly recommend any non programmer, who wish to learn power builder to read this book. It is great to have one. Enjoy reading and hope to see everyone be a certified power builder programmer.

1 comments about Powerbuilder: Building Client Server Applications/Book and Disk.

1. El libro lo lleva de la mano en el aprendizaje de Power Builder, inclusive aun mejor que los propios manuales integrados al paquete original, es muy recomendable para quien se inicia y quiere construir una aplicación totalmente funcional desde el principio

5 comments about Powerbuilder 5: A Developer's Guide.

1. I am an experienced Foxpro 2.6 programmer changing to PowerBuilder. This book was written at just the right level for a programmer switching to this environment. My experience programming in FoxPro made the transfer to PowerBuilder very easy. The book is written in a very easy logical order with excellent examples. I also program in dBASE5 for DOS and if this was the only language I programmed in I would find this book very difficult to follow. The reader must have experience in a windows environment to really understand the topics covered. This book is definetly for advanced programmers only!



2. McClanahan's book provides a less than adequate introduction to the features of PowerBuilder 5; much of the book reads like a copy of the PowerBuilder Help files. Also, the number of typographical errors is extremely high - sentences are left incomplete, references to figures are incorrect, controls are referenced by incorrect names, etc. You would think that someone also responsible for teaching PowerBuilder classes would take the time to ensure that the material which he presented in his book lived up to the highest standards!



3. We used McClanahan's Developer's Guide for the training of our entire staff when converting programmers to client/server development with Powerbuilder. Most of the programmers became certified Powerbuilder developers using only this book.I have purchased and read most of the PowerBuilder books, and this is easily the most informative and pratical introduction. Every concept is explained with a working code example. A number of typos, all minor and obvious. Advanced concepts are explained in more detail than most of the "advanced" PowerBuilder books



4. I am still looking for a good introduction to Power Builder, but this isn't it. Perhaps for someone with extensive experience in another very similar visual tool, this would do as an only reference. However, it is of little use to someone attempting to learn the environment and the PowerBuilder methodology. For example, I have worked my way through almost 500 hundred pages and still have not seen how to connect a data window object to a data window control or how to bind and script the control with a program. Since these (amongst other missing) concepts are key to fishin' with PowerBuilder, the reader is left cuttin' bait.



5. This book continues the tradition of large margins, lots of screenprints that don't reflect what the IDE actually does, and not giving the information you need where you need it. For example, on page 722 under the heading "Distributing Applications," McClanahan writes, "An important fact that you may not be aware of is that you must distribute a set of PowerBuilder DLLs with your EXE files." He then proceeds NOT to tell you what those files are, leaving you to your own devices. Gee, thanks David.

2 comments about Advanced Powerbuilder 4 Techniques.

1. Assumes the reader has a working knowledge of PowerBuilder, SQL and Windows programming. Overview of client/server and networking issues support discussion of E-mail interfaces, ORCA and ODBC.



2. In this book,not only descript PowerBuilder 4.0 Techniques but also cover Network consideration , Mail system.

No comments about PowerBuilder 4 Programming for Dummies.