Sams Teach Yourself Lotus Notes and Domino R5 Development [With CDROM]

I've spent my time developing SQL and Access databases, so when it came to Domino, I was apprehensive at first. With the help of this book, halfway through it, I developed a functional database to contain work orders. I've received many compliments on it, and I've the book to thank. Many of the things used in it I learned directly from the book. If you are looking for advanced web development, this is not the book you need. If you are looking for a good "feet in the pool" starter, I recommend this book.

The last three reviews of this book do not seem to be fair to this specific book.1. To purchase this book and assume that it contains the software is ludicrous. If the book doesn't state it has it, you shouldn't expect it. You don't expect an Oracle book to include the Oracle Database or a book on Microsoft Windows to include the Windows software. Why would you expect the publisher to simply give you this software?2. If there are gripes about the publisher and the quality of their books in general, those gripes should be published on the publisher's site or communicated to the publisher. This specific book shouldn't take all the flack for an overall quality issue with the publisher.3. The complaint about the missing code on the CD is legitimate, and if the publisher didn't respond, shame on them. However, it should be known that they did eventually respond and the missing pieces are now on their web site.In my opinion, this book is very good. The authors are certified professionals who put a lot of time and effort into this product. I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to learn Lotus Notes and Domino!

This books is great for a beginner. It gives you everything you need to pass the Application Development I test for Certified Lotus Specialist, and then some! A few of the database examples on the CD are corrupt though, but it's not that big of a problem.

This book gives you everything you need to pass the Domino Designer Fundamentals test (#510) and MORE!Conversational style, well-organized lessons, all material presented in bite-sized chunks (perfect for a one hour bus commute).Formula and Command reference is light (understandbly so, not the focus of the book). This should be viewed as the title implies - a self-paced tutorial. If you simply want a reference, consider Randy Tamura's book or Unleashed (More advanced, I forget the author).My sincere thanks to the authors and I look forward to using their other offerings.

I had been waiting for a Lotus Note/Domino book that doesn't have 6 chapters on what's new here, what's new there type scenario. This book gets to point pretty much well straight away. Coverage of key point in Notes is covered throughout each chapter (Examples of forms, fields, etc and summaries of their properties) while using the examples and "End of chapter" summaries to build a multi - Dbase Workflow Application.Based on a Work-flow model and building a single application throughout, the book covers key points which are new in R5 as well a "break down as you go" of the examples properties. This helps as a light on what other possibilities you can play with in the likes of using the full range of the objects' properties.Of value were the explanation of/and building of hierarchical forms, Workflow, and a Good dose of Formula Language (All can be quite elusive to find decent Doco on). Little Lotus Script is covered but some points are covered. This was never the aim of the book and was so explained.The feel of the book (and I haven't read all of it yet) is that you need to have a familiarity with Domino Designer as it seems a little quick or brief in the explanations of a few things.But if you are starting to get more interested in Domino Applications Design, or like myself, have been thrown in the deep end and learnt how to things, but wonder whether you are doing it right, then this serve's as a good refresher and confidence booster for thing you felt were right, and fills in the hole of the thing you don't know (but should!). I like the singular Application Example. It serve to better demonstrate what Notes does Natural, thereby it is fully applicable to real life. This is a successful style demonstrated in the Cold-Fusion4 Web Construction kit by Ben Forta. A style that serves' the designer better than sporadic trivial examples that go no where.