PowerBuilder 6.0 Questions & Answers [Paperback]

Tim Hatton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1998

In a question-and-answer format, this book looks at PowerBuilder 6.0 from the developer's point of view.

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About the Author

Tim Hatton is the President of Millennium Learning Technologies, a company specializing in the custom design of IT courseware and learning methodologies. He has taught courses to developers at IBM, Lockheed-Martin, LexisNexis and other Fortune 500 technology companies. Additionally, he has developed applications for these, and other companies, using a wide variety of tools from PowerBuilder to Java. Tim has a BA in Political Science from Wright State University and a JD from the University of Dayton School of Law and was a practicing attorney in a prior life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 446 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (April 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884777708
• ISBN-13: 978-1884777707
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,475,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable Reference for PowerBuilder developers, November 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: PowerBuilder 6.0 Questions & Answers (Paperback)

This book is a perfect desktop reference for novice and experienced PowerBuilder programmers alike. Many times I've spent hours trying to do something or understand something in Powerbuilder. Because PowerBuilder is such a big complex tool, sometimes it's very difficult or impossible to find a solution in PB's online help and documentation. Many times I can only vaguely remember what magazine or user group provided a clever solution to a head scratching problem. So, I was glad to get my hands on Mr. Hatton's book which is filled with nuggets of information that will save PB programmers a lot of time. I've been a full time PB programmer for 3 years and I keep this book right next to my computer.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to PowerBuilder, November 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: PowerBuilder 6.0 Questions & Answers (Paperback)

This book is a great help to anyone starting out in PowerBuilder. This book covers a lot of PowerBuilder fundamentals as well as basic programming techniques. It is a really useful guide to working in PowerBuilder if you are still new to it, and it is much easier to find answers here than in the powersoft newsgroups. The style is quite readable and a lot more human than a lot of other tech-oriented books. Definitely worth checking out- although probably not useful if you are already a guru.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Quick PB6 reference, November 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: PowerBuilder 6.0 Questions & Answers (Paperback)

As a programmer who started with PB5, had to do a project in PB4, and is currently developing in PB6, I found this book to be a great referential starting point. Without having to pore through the massive, sometimes silly, Sybase support pages, and every PB developer's website (usually having the same 2 or 3 tips as all the rest, and never updated) this is a great way to have a lot of commonly asked questions answered immediately. Ranging from strange bugs (i.e. the amazing shrinking detail band) in PB, to PowerBuilder-specific constructs, to clean coding advice in general, this book answers a lot of questions that you need to know, but might be a little embarrassed to ask. Plus, you never get flamed for asking a beginners' question! While it isn't a PowerBuilder be-all end-all, it is a friendly and insightful starting point for someone who would like to break free from using only MS dev tools. A good read, too.