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PowerBuilder Slick Tricks - The Book [Plastic Comb]

Bernhard Metzger (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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Book Description

December 16, 1998
Bernie came up with the idea as he realized that PowerBuilder's richness presents a great learning challenge. A large part of that learning involves 'inventing'

the tricks one needs to solve specific problems. Bernie believed that other PowerBuilder developers were treading a similar path and were 'inventing' their own tricks. He conceived the 'Slick Tricks' column as a means for this community to share these tricks. Over the course of the last fifty months Bernie has been building up a collection of these tricks and has found them to be useful in his consulting engagements. Now you can have these slick tricks, originally published in the PBDJ and enjoyed by thousands, in a bound and indexed edition. You will not find a book like this anywhere else. END


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About the Author

Bernhard Metzger has been working in the computer industry for over 25 years as an application developer, database internals developer, manager, and trainer. He is a Certified PowerBuilder Developer, Professional and a member of the Certification committee. He is president of KEV Systems, Inc. a consulting company in Newton, MA USA. KEV Systems is a Riverton Partner and is on the Powersoft Customer Advisory Board.Bernhard has been writing the 'Slick Tricks' column in the PowerBuilderDeveloper's Journal since October 1995.

Product Details

  • Plastic Comb: 201 pages
  • Publisher: Envision Software Systems (December 16, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0966634950
  • ISBN-13: 978-0966634952
  • Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,600,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Handy reference for intermediate level, April 15, 2000
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Would not suggest this book for a beginner. Handy reference for someone whos been developing in PowerBuilder for a while. But, I would prefer 'Advanced PowerBuilder 7 Techniques' by Ramesh Chandak anyday!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite books, September 22, 2000
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I have long contended that if I learn a single thing from a programming book then it has paid for itself. Well, I've learned a lot from this book, not just in what the book says, but it sparks ideas - "Hey, if I can do X this way, can I do Y *that* way?". His book has me trying alternative solutions right and left. I have learned many things from this book. I give it my highest recommendation.

I have two criticisms. The book is poorly constructed. The material deserves a better presentation. Secondly, some of the techniques (not many) are obsolete. They will still work, but are no longer supported by Sybase and in the future may not.

Still, those are nit-picky little things given the many high praises that it deserves.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must have for any serious PB hacker, May 23, 2000
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This book has saved me countless hours of programming. The plethora of tricks and techniques made me want to go back and enhance much of the code I've written in the past five years or so; and have given me new ideas for the things I'm presently working on. I can pick up the book, open it to any page, and find something interesting to read.
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