PowerBuilder 6: A Developer's Guide [With Packed with Sample Applications, Code, &...]

We just completed a week training with this book (though we're using PowerBuilder 8), with updates provided by the author. The entire class was up to speed so that on the 5th day, we were actually working on the new application system. As we worked through the examples in the book, I kept seeing examples of functions that we had planned and would need in the application, so I started cutting and pasting the code, objects and sometimes entire windows into our new application. I'd guess that as much as 70-80% of the completed application will be derived directly from this material, so in my view, the book proved worth it's weight in gold (training and function for our company). The support and advice from the website has been very useful also. In all, highly recommended, has saved us weeks if not months of development time.

I am relatively new to PowerBuilder having been in an actual production environment (outside of college) for about 7 months now and have read everything I can find on PowerBuilder. This is by far the best book I have been able to find. The author explains its capabilities clearly and the examples actually match the lesson. Far too often the examples briefly touch the subject and you finish a book no better off than when you began. Not so with this one. I highly recommend it for beginning PowerBuilder developers.

PowerBuilder 6 A Developer's Guide is a must have. There are example code with real world solutions to real world applications. You can immediately piece together a complete system by using the techniques used in the many sample applications provided on the enclosed CD.The CD is packed with sample applications, code, and reference material, as well as links to the author's Web site. Good luck!

After reviewing all the available books on PowerBuilder, we selected this and used it as the sole source for training our programmers in PowerBuilder. The result of their first project was beyond our best expectations. Developers returned to this book time after time and found much of the example code reusable in our application. There are a number of typos, but all are obvious, the presentation shows his deep understanding of both PowerBuilder and instruction. Our highest recommendation.