Joel,
Not to sound like an echo, but I highly recommend all the books at =
hentzenwerke. On a dollar for dollar basis, these books provide the best =
value around. I've purchased everything Whil's published. I've even =
purchased a few duplicates after wearing out my originals.
A few of my favorites (off the top of my head and in no particular =
order). BTW: These are paraphrased titles - I'm on the road and away =
from my bookshelf:
- The Hacker Guides (6 and 7)
- 1001 Things=20
- Megafox
- The Fundamentals
- The OOP book by Marcus
- The Internet book by Rick
- The Office Automation book by Cindy and others
- Effective Techniques by Sawyer and others
- Client Server Apps by Urweiler and others
- Source Code book by Ted (if you're using source code control)
I also subscribe to FoxTalk and FoxPro Advisor. Yeah, they're expensive. =
But if you pick up 1 little teeny, tiny tidbit in even 1 issue, you've =
probably paid for the whole subscription (at least that's my experience)
Good-luck and welcome (back) to the world of FoxPro!
Malcolm
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel N. Fischoff [mailto:petrukio At rcn D.O.T com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:46 PM
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: Books for "newbies"
What kind of books would y'all recommend for someone like me, who is
interested in updating his knowledge base? I'm a dBase-style programmer =
from
as far back as dBase III. Most of my programming is don't in Clipper =
(before
CA bought them out) and in FoxPro 2.6. I also have a background in =
standard
languages like C and COBOL (though I never much cared for the latter).
I'm interested in bringing myself up-to-date, all the way to VFP 8.0. =
Does
anyone have ideas for books/URLs/etc at limited cost? I can't afford =
the
thousands of dollars that various companies charge for this kind of =
thing.
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