This book, released in 2008, is a must read for all that take web development seriously. It is a small book, 176 pages counting the appendices, but as Crockford warns in the preface, it is dense in its content. The author’s goal with this is to show that it is possible to write beautiful code with this misunderstood programming language and when you finish reading it, that is all you want to do.
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06 Jul 2009
This review has been pending for a while, but recently I finished reading Derick Rethans’ book: Date and Time Programming. At first glance the topic of the book might lead you to think “why do I need a book to teach me about such a simple topic” ? But further investigation and hard experience will show you that handling date and time in software development is not always as straightforward as “Its twelve o’clock”.
02 Feb 2009
Even though it was published in 2005, the issues that “Essential PHP Security” addresses is still very relevant today. Written by Chris Shiflett, the book goes through various security aspects associated with a PHP application, and for that reason its content can be considered up to date and applicable to various day-to- day situations faced by developers.
