Head First SQL Contributor(s): Beighley, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0596526849 ISBN-13: 9780596526849 Publisher: O'Reilly Media OUR PRICE: $53.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: With its visually rich format designed for the way the brain works, this series of engaging narrative lessons that build on each other gives readers hands-on experience working with the SQL database language. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - Sql - Computers | Databases - General - Computers | Databases - Data Mining |
Dewey: 005.133 |
Series: Head First |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 8" W x 9.2" (2.45 lbs) 607 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Is your data dragging you down? Are your tables all tangled up? Well we've got the tools to teach you just how to wrangle your databases into submission. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory SQL learning experience, Head First SQL has a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beighley: - Lynn Beighley is a fiction writer stuck in a technical book writer's body. Upon discovering that technical book writing actually paid real money, she learned to accept and enjoy it.After going back to school to get a Masters in Computer Science, she worked for the acronyms NRL and LANL. Then she discovered Flash, and wrote her first bestseller.A victim of bad timing, she moved to Silicon Valley just before the great crash. She spent several years working for Yahoo! and writing other books and training courses. Finally giving in to her creative writing bent, she moved to the New York area to get an MFA in Creative Writing.Her Head First-style thesis was delivered to a packed room of professors and fellow students. It was extremely well received, and she finished her degree, finished "Head First SQL", and can't wait to begin her next book.Lynn loves traveling, cooking, and making up elaborate background stories about complete strangers. She's a little scared of clowns.Beighley, Lynn: - Lynn Beighley is a fiction writer stuck in a technical book writer's body. Upon discovering that technical book writing actually paid real money, she learned to accept and enjoy it. |