Essential reading for those who currently use PeopleSoft or are ready to tackle a new PeopleSoft project with the new PeopleTools version 8.1. PeopleTools, the easy-to-use toolset packaged with PeopleSoft, allows businesses to customize PeopleSoft to address their changing individual needs. Perfect for technical consultants, IS managers, and project managers and technical developers; anyone ready to develop new applications, modify old ones, and debug new and existing applications using PeopleTools version 8.1.
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From the Author
I wrote this book to include all my years of learning and experience with PeopleSoft. I wanted to be able to deliver one book that covers 95% of what every developer needs to know and I feel that this has been accomplished. This book covers not only the functions and commands within PeopleTools but how to best develop with them including the PeopleSoft way so that developers can read and understand the existing code line.
This book is also formatted to be a reference guide so that once you read it through you can easily refer back to sections to remember specific commands and functions.
About the Author
Joe Weessies has been involved with business software for over 20 years. He has seen the progression from MRP To ERP to Optimization. He has worked on small private companies to large fortune 500 corporations. Joe joined with PeopleSoft in March of 1996 to be one of their first manufacturing consultants. By the end of the year, Joe had earned the 1996 Consultant of the year award. In 1997, Joe had earned 3 Top Performer awards from PeopleSoft Consulting. Joe was not only considered one of the top functional consultants within the Supply Chain area but also a top-notch technical consultant.
Joe is known by his reputation for excellent skills within the PeopleSoft consulting world. He has helped train many consultants and developers in his 6 years teaching them the skills that he has developed.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Lacking,
By Dave Miller (GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Developing PeopleSoft Applications with PeopleTools 8.1 (Paperback)
I've been developing peoplesoft apps for almost 4 years and found this book very limited. I was expecting this book to cover some of the new technologies that are incorporated in version 8, like business interlinks, application messaging, XML, and some of the other integration technologies. Peoplesoft 8.0 is also very heavy into Application Engine incorporated with Peoplecode, and again, i saw nothing of any use on this. This book has the look and feel of something that was put together in about two weeks and rushed to market to beat other books that are going to be coming out. With the exception of the new peoplecode syntax (version 8 still supports 7.5 syntax) and some mention of new features in app designer, this book is no different than one for developing apps in version 7.5. There are several hundred pages of SQR syntax which, as peoplesoft will tell you, is being phased out and will most likely be completely gone be version 9. This might be a good book for someone who's new to peoplesoft, but if you have any experience developing with their toolset then don't buy it. It was definetly a waste of [money]
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful but flawed,
By "jon_jerome" (Lake Villa, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Developing PeopleSoft Applications with PeopleTools 8.1 (Paperback)
Covers the v8 changes in peoplecode pretty well, which is what I bought it for; but is marred by a weird conversational tone (almost as if the text had been transcribed verbatim from a dictaphone recording of someone walking through the process) and infuriatingly poor proofreading - including the cover, which promises "New Bugging Techniques" (though I see from the Amazon cover image that this at least has since been corrected). Here's a representative quote from page 347, about Grid objects - I guarantee all errors are in the original:"With that said then why is there a Gird objects with methods and properties? Well there are special commands that you can use to manipulate Girds a bit more effectively." See what I mean? The information contained in this book is largely accurate, but I wish it were a lot more polished.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Full of information, but it needs a revision,
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This review is from: Developing PeopleSoft Applications with PeopleTools 8.1 (Paperback)
The book has a decent amount of technical information although it lacks the organization found in other books of its kind. Also, the screenshot quality is horrendous and it has many typos. But... you need to give credit to the author for putting the effort and delivering something for the PeopleSoft developer community. Other than this book there is virtually nothing else worth purchasing for version 8.x The book price deserves a revision as well. Consider the caveats before purchasing. You should buy this book only if you are new to PeopleCode and your company or yourself cannot afford a PeopleCode and/or SQR course. I would wait for a new edition.
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