This book is for those who like step-by-step directions accompanied by explanations of how things work. I learned many things using this approach, which is a stepping stone to creating dynamic Web sites.

Yank does a fine job covering a little of everything without overpowering the reader with too much. Anyone who has experimented with Perl, PHP, ASP.NET, MySQl, Access, some of them or all of them will like the book. Those who can write PHP and MySQL with little help are at a level beyond this book and it wouldn’t be a good fit.

I rarely ran into problems while following the examples. I’ve worked with other technical books and hit a brick wall at times requiring a call for help or serious research. While working with this book, I only got stuck once and immediately figured out the problem with a little research. [ Read more... ]