Archive for the ‘Book Reviews’ Category

My reading list…

OK, so I haven’t blogged in like, forever… (and apparently, I’ve adopted the speech pattern of a teenager from the 80’s while I was away). Suffice it to say that I’ve been working on a few major projects, and I’ll fill you in on them later. I did want to pick up the torch again, [...]

October 30, 2012 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Book Reviews

Announcing AtlantaMDF Reviews

Just a quick post to tout a recent sister site that I’ve started (with the help of several other AtlantaMDF members): AtlantaMDF Reviews. Our goal is to provide a forum of book and tool reviews that would be of interest to our local PASS user group. The site has just started, with only 2 brief [...]

May 26, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Book Reviews, Education, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

SQL Server 2006 DBA Street Smarts – Joseph L. Jorden

Welcome to my first book review! As part of the process of arranging for swag for SQLSaturday, I’ve encountered a number of publishers that have agreed to donate books to our event in exchange for book reviews. Obviously, they’d like favorable reviews, but I don’t feel obligated to hold back any legitimate criticisms that I [...]

February 12, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Book Reviews, Certification

AtlantaMDF Reviews

Kick some SSAS - Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services 2010-08-06

Recently finished (cover-cover) reading of Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Since then I've gone through a number of chapters several times as topics aligned themselves with work efforts. Looking at this book today, I noticed the covers are all curled, the pages dog-eared, and yellow highlighter is visible across […]

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SharePoint 2007 Developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog 2009-11-24

SharePoint 2007 developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog is an essential guide to anyone who wishes to become proficient in building complex SharePoint applications. This book starts off assuming that the reader is a complete beginner to BDC, and explains in detail what it is. Soon afterwards, the reader is taught what can be done with it and how.The book […]

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The Art of Unit Testing 2009-11-08

As a Database Architect, I often work with Object-Oriented Programmers, but thankfully don’t often have to code in other languages other than SQL. However, it is useful to understand the methods and basic frameworks by which my team members develop; hence, I decided to review Roy Osherove’s The Art of Unit Testing (Manning Press, 2009). Although many of th […]

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