Advanced Pick: Open Database and Operating System (Paperback)

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Product Description

The second edition of Bourdon's successful book, The Pick Operating System: A Practical Guide, has been fully updated to cover Advanced Pick, providing a full-scale and logically sequenced tour through Pick, from logging on to design and development of applications to day-to-day administration and integrating Pick with other applications and environments.

From the Back Cover

Updated to cover advanced PICK, this book looks at the management of a PICK application and the facilities of the PICK environment, as well as the broader implications of using PICK and its position as a product in the computing industry.

Features Coverage of all the new features of the new PICK system. Key issues such as 4GLs, GUIs and communications. Rich in practical examples, undocumented features and technical tips.

Source code to program examples.

Product Details

• Paperback: 838 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; 2 Sub edition (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201876965
• ISBN-13: 978-0201876963
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,545,719 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Pick resource for Novice and Experienced Users, September 9, 1997

By A Customer

Advanced Pick : Open Database and Operating System by Roger J. Bourdon is an excellent resource for Pick programmers of all experience levels. Rather than being a command reference, it is a learning tool. Speaking in plain language, Mr. Bourden explains some of the more difficult commands of Pick in a clear concise manner. Advanced Pick also contains an interesting history and background of Pick, as both operating system and programming language. There is also a brief review of System Builder applications for use with Pick. With this book not being a reference manual, it does have the shortcoming of not being able to find things quickly. Looking in the index is helpful, but it is not all inclusive and you may have to reference two or more pages before you find the right information. Although the material is explained well, some of the more difficult subjects are not fully explained for novices. Many areas are good for beginners, but to get the maximum benefit, some experience may be required.