New topic: Resumé of recomended RB books
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=23053> Page 1 of 1 [ 8 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message Eclipse Post subject: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:23 am Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 6:01 am Posts: 12 These two bocks are recommended by RealSoft and is possible to purchase combined with the software: ISBN 0672328135 --- CHOATE, MARK:REALBASIC CROSS PLATFORM AP 159059634X --- FORD, JERRY LEE, JR:BEGINNING REALBASIC: I'm a beginner, but I have previous experience of Visual Basic. I've done some ASP hacking for the web for quite some time, a few years. I've experience of databases, I'm quite good at SQL. I'm thinking of buying these books, but the content is difficult to read about. I didn't find any info. I shall start this new project. I shall build the chat client, a simple e-mail look alike software for exchanging messages, some kind of internet software and also the simple search engine. Looking for pages with extended criteria... Will these books be good for me to buy for this purpose? Also, at Amazon, these books were possible to purchase as a pair! I guess many people do this rather than the purchase from RealSoft. REALbasic becomes even more perfect the more I look into this! So far, I understand all the codes and examples. I truly believe it will be awesome to get to know this software closer...!! Top mrebar Post subject: Re: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:08 am Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:30 pm Posts: 2242 Location: U.S.A (often) Spokane, Eugene, Pago Pago They're both good books. I'd recommend working through the tutorial and the example projects. Michael Top Paul Burnside Post subject: Re: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:08 pm Joined: Mon May 08, 2006 8:50 pm Posts: 226 I have both books and refer to them often. Mark Choate's book is my favorite as it contains much more information and functional descriptions of RB lanuage. Top Eclipse Post subject: Re: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:25 pm Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 6:01 am Posts: 12 Thank you for these comments! I shall invest in these books. Please help me further!! I've come to the conclusion that for me it will be the best to invest in the Professional Edition of REALbasic, for the purpose of my various projects. But I look at the REAL SQL Server. I really don't understand the purpose of this software. Help me! As the example, if I shall build the chatclient, it would be useful to keep all contacts in the database. Will I need to buy the REAL SQL Server for another 400 Euro for this purpose??? http://www.realsoftware.com/products/realsql/index.php According to this text: "(the single-user database embedded in the REALbasic Framework)" Does this mean, it will be possible to create software using the built-in database? **** I get the impression: REAL SQL Database is included in the REAL Professional and is possible to use in any application. (To be honest, I would prefer to buy in US Dollars...) Top timhare Post subject: Re: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:42 pm Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 3617 Location: Portland, OR USA REAL SQL Database is included in all versions of RB. REAL SQL Server is a separate product, and requires the Pro version to use. The choice of db to use is based on whether you need multiple users accessing the same data at the same time, or whether the users will be acting on their own unique data. REALSQLdatabase is a single user db, whereas REAL SQL Server is a multiuser client/server database. Tim Top Eclipse Post subject: Re: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:36 pm Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 6:01 am Posts: 12 Thank you for describing these details! I assume it is possible to write quite advanced software using the Pro edition. It will be good to start with! Top timjw Post subject: Re: Resumé of recomended RB booksPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:49 am Joined: Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:31 am Posts: 125 Location: London, UK If you're proficient with SQL, I'd imagine you'd be better off using something like MySQL or Postgres (both of which are free) for a server, rather than Real SQL Server, which costs money. SQLite (which Real SQL Database and Real SQL Server are based on) is a great product, but I can't imagine using it for a serious server application, especially when something like Postgres is free, unless you really need the simplicity of configuration and installation. This isn't a slam against SQLite, of course - I use it heavily in desktop applications, and it's an enormous improvement on Real's old "home grown" database. I just don't think it's really designed to compete with "real" database servers. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, though... Cheers, Tim,. Top Eclipse Post subject: Followup...Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:01 am Joined: Sat May 19, 2007 6:01 am Posts: 12 I was ordering the books from Amazon on October 16, and paying for the cheapest possible way of shipping. Estimated delivery were Nov 20 to Dec 5:th. I live in Sweden and I was very surprised when receiving a note in late October that the books were waiting for me in the post-office!! I have forgotten the date, but it took no longer than a long week. Maybe 8 days!? The books arrived to Stockholm October 22, only six days after purchase... Not only in the "ordinary brown box for books with the Amazon logotype", but also in a big, gray plastic bag NOT aimed for the end customer saying "United Sates Postal Service" in big letters! Great surprise! The books went by air, San Fransisco --> JFK --> Stockholm. *** I've read the beginning of both books and now I agree with previous posts: These books are really good! It's a great difference in REALbasic in this version compared to the version as I bought in January 2000. As everyone using RB knows... RB seems to be even better than I expected and I hope to test parts of the project in January. I look forward to this very much! Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 1 [ 8 posts ]
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