What’s On Your Bookshelf
There’s been a lot of talk about books around here lately what with a couple of our authors recently released and some reviews being posted. I thought it would be nice to see what I’m missing from my bookshelf.
On the shelf:
- Access Database Design & Programming; O’Reilly; Roman
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Programmer’s Guide; Microsoft Press
- Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA; Wiley; Walkenbach
- Professional Excel Development; Addison Wesley; Bullen, Bovey, Green
- VBA Developers Handbook; SYBEX; Getz, Gilbert
I’ve resolved to learn something new this year. It probably should be php or MySQL, but it’s going to be C. These books were recommended by Rob Bovey (not to me, but I overheard) and will be added shortly:
What’s on your bookshelf?
Stephen Bullen:
Hi Dick
Good question. Apart from my own, I have:
Advanced Visual Basic 6; Addison Wesley; Matt Curland
22 February 2005, 2:54 pmSQL Server 2000 Programming; Wrox; Robert Vieira
ADO Programmer’s Reference; Apress; Dave Sussman
Professional XML 2nd Edition; Wrox; Various
XSLT 2nd Edition; Wrox; Michael Kay
Visual C#.NET; MS Press; Williams
Dick:
SQL Server programming - that’s one I need. I better start with the “for Dummies” version, though.
BTW. Stephen’s comment took 8 hours to show up because comments with more than 5 links are considered spam. Go ahead and include as many links as you want and I will monitor more frequently.
22 February 2005, 10:25 pmdoco:
Excel 2000 Power Programming w/ VBA, J-Walk, IDG
Excel 2000 Formulas, J-Walk, M&T
Excel 2000 Bible, J-Walk, Wiley
Excel Charts, J-Walk, Wiley
Excel Data Analysis & Business Modeling, Winston, MS Press
Pivot Tables a Visual Approach, Cornell, APress
Data, Statistics, and Decision Models in Excel, Harnett & Horrell, Wiley
Various of O’Reilly:
Writing Excel Macros w/ VBA
Win32 API Programming w/ Visual Basic
Developing Visual Basic Add-inns
VB Controls In a Nutshell
VB & VBA In a Nutshell
VBA Developer’s Handbook, Getz|Gilbert, Sybex
An even dozen Java & XML
And scores of others going back to 1982.
22 February 2005, 11:14 pmAnd you know… I don’t know a damn thing!
TJM:
Excel 2002 Power Programming - J-Walk
Excel 2002 Formula - J-Walk
Professional Excel Development; Addison Wesley; Bullen, Bovey, Green (Just bought, not read yet)
Frontpage 2000 Developer Book (partially read)
Access Developer Book - Feddema(sp?) (unread)
VBScript Programmers Reference
VBA Developers Handbook - SYBEX, Getz, Gilbert
And a few VB Net books as I keep thinking I should learn VB Net as I keep upgrading my copy of Visual Studio.
Just really don’t have the time to learn all this stuff.
23 February 2005, 1:52 amJohn F. Opie:
Introduction to Algorithms, 2nd Edition, Cormen et al
23 February 2005, 2:53 amExcel Charts, J. Walkenbach
Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA, J. Walkenbach
Programming Python, Mark Lutz
Access 2000, Das Handbuch, Microsoft Press
A Qucik Trip To Objectland, Koreienck/Wrensch
The Visual Display of Quantative Information, Tufte
Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics, Chou
Econometric Analysis, Greene
Austrian Input-Output Tables 2000
Austrian Census of Manufacturing 2002
Austrian Census of Services 2002
The Structure of Production, Skousen
Applied Linear Statistical Methods, Neter & Wasserman
ross:
PP, - Jwalk
Pro. Xl del - Bullen et al
Xl VBA 02 - Bullen et al
Excel 97 del kit - MS press, (what’s happen to this
series)
Debugging VB - Jung & Kent
VB controls- Nutshell -Dictor
Word 200 VBA -
Mackenzie,et al
About Face - Copper
VB6 Design, Specs & Obj - Hollis
Developing VB addins -
Roman
23 February 2005, 3:49 amVB for dummies - Cummings
Rob van Gelder:
In chrono order
M68000 16 32 bit microprocessor
Amiga Machine Language
PC Architecture and Assembly Language
Windows 95 Programming for Dummies
Essentials of Management Information Systems
Database Processing - Fundamentals, Design and Implementation
Systems Analysis and Design
Teach yourself TCP/IP in 14 days
Database Systems - Design Implementation and Management
Oracle PL/SQL Reference
Oracle - Expert One on One
Teach yourself C# in 24 hours
What do you expect? I’m a Software Engineer!
I dont do Asm any more. When I did, those books were used lots - more than any reference book I’ve ever had since.
I dont own a single Excel or VB book… Online Help and Deja were my guide (anyone still remember Deja?!)
I have Stephen Bullen’s most recent book on order.
I dont refer to books often, but when I do its the PL/SQL book.
23 February 2005, 3:53 amJamie Collins:
Good point and that’s why my bookshelf currently consists of:
1. Advanced Visual Basic 6 (Curland)
2. The .NET Languages: A Quick Translation Guide (Bischof)
3. Erm…
4. That’s it!
And I don’t expect to hang on to number 2 for very long either.
Jamie.
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23 February 2005, 5:25 amDennis Wallentin:
At present the following books take space in the bookshelf:
Professional Excel Deveopment
John Green, Stephen Bullen, Rob Bovey och Robert Rosenberg
Excel add-in development in C/C++ (Applications in Finance)
Steve Dalton
Microsoft .NET Development For Microsoft Office
Andrew Whitechapel
Database Programming with Visual Basic.Net 2nd edition
Carsten Thomsen
COm and .NET Interoperability
Andrew Troelsen
Kind regards,
23 February 2005, 7:05 amDennis
Russell Hauf:
Excel 2000 Power Programming w/ VBA, J-Walk
Excel 2002 Formulas, J-Walk
Code Complete, McConnell
VBA Developer’s Handbook
MS Access Developer’s Handbook(s)
MS Office 2000/Visual Basic Programmer’s Guide
Excel 97 Developer’s Kit
No fewer than 16 SASŪ Books (some are reference)
And I have Excel add-in development in C/C++ (Applications in Finance) on order.
-Russell
23 February 2005, 4:26 pmNathan Slaghter:
J-Walk’s “Power Programming…”
~ essential for reference or getting started.
Steve Dalton’s “Excel add-in development in C/C++” is great and a reference I have long needed, but won’t be much use unless you know C/C++.
After some basics in C++, I would get Mike Daconta on pointers and dynamic memory management. You’ll find it very useful for applications that necessitate compiled Excel add-ins.
13 March 2005, 2:42 pm