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Mastering the AS/400: A Practical Hands-On Guide, Third Edition

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Each chapter covers a new topic while building upon previous material. Lab exercises that really drive home the material are at the end of each chapter. Very hands-on learning. Topics include query, DDS file creation, programming calling, display files, CL programming, basic operation with commands, command prompting, the all important library list, and much more.

After taking a intro AS/400 class with this book I was well on the way to being an advanced user. I even knew more then some longtime operators.

I've seen and bought other AS/400 books, but I still keep coming back to this one, and have never seen a better intro book.

As an Oracle DBa, I found that this book got me going very quick on AS/400 and DB2. Cover lots of things (e.g. systems behavior, AS/400 commands) in just enough details. It's just a bummer that the book has only 12 chapters. I want more. Had the author added some more chapters, it could be used by both beginners and advanced users.

As a student, I found this book very helpfull. Although this is a dry subject, this book allows the student to learn with a hands on approach (hence the title). I recommend this to anyone interested in this field.

I teach from this book and I find it easy to read but the problem lies in what version of the as400 that you have installed

It's definitely a good book on AS/400. It contains exercises in the book that helps learning further and it has the answers to the exercises as well. I recommend it. I'm new to AS/400 and I find it to be very helpful.

As a student, I find this book to be a complete nightmare. It is poorly organized and structured. The author seems to prefer to write in long paragraphs and carry-on sentences which makes it rather difficult to follow. I may be biased. Let's draw your own conclusion, by comparing this book to any other well-written computer books(any O'Reilly or Wrox book) on the market.

useful for student and those who are always live with AS/400 but don't know much about him

As a student, I find this book to be a complete nightmare. It is poorly organized and structured. The author seems to prefer to write in long paragraphs and carry-on sentences which makes it rather difficult to follow. I may be biased. Let's draw your own conclusion, by comparing this book to any other well-written computer books(any O'Reilly or Wrox book) on the market.

I am a programmer who has used this book. I feel that the author did not clearly explain his intent or direction on what he wanted the student to do. I felt this book was really boring and found it very hard to stay interested in the subject. Even though AS400 OS's are pretty boring in themselves. I have been a programmer for about 7 years and have always discourage the use of this book or AS400 OS's in all of my lines of work.
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