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Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API
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Mining Amazon Web Services: Building Applications with the Amazon API |
Author: John Paul Mueller
Published: 2004-01-23 |
List price: $29.99
Our price: $26.99
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Has some good info, but still a little thin
I purchased this book so that I could hopefully get started pulling data from Amazon's API. When I went through the book, I found that the examples used were not explained well enough to my liking.
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br /I have been programming for 5 years, and so upon scanning the programs, I was able to figure out how to do the things I wanted. The book relies on the XML (for the php section), but does not talk about it very much. It also stresses the use of XSLT, which makes XML easier to read.
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br /I would have liked this book to talk about how to manipulate the XML data better, and also the ins and outs of calling data from amazon.
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br /What this book will do for your is take you a few steps forward if you are having problems getting started. But it falls short of going the whole way. The author leaves the rest up to you from code fragments that you must manipulate.
 Out of date, not useful for non-programmers
I knew going in that this would not have much use for me... that's okay, one tidbit of information could pay for the book many times over.
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br /What i got was a rehash of the now ancient history (2003) versions of Amazon Web Services, and nothing useful from a pratical standpoint.
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br /I didn't expect to use the programing stuff (non outdate), but thought the author might throw in at least one example of someone useing this goldmine for a functioning task.
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br /I'm giving a 2 stars because it doesn't have some of the promised programing discussion, but recomend anyone looking to market books, etc to avoid this one.
 A good practical introduction to web services
Amazon Web Services provides good readable information; readers who have limited background in working with web services and the technologies involved will benefit. This is a great way to start learning about web services in general and Amazon Web Services in particular.
Useful for beginners
If you've never been exposed to XML or SOAP and using web services then this is a good book. However, it is by no means a comprehensive treatment of the subject. The reality is that if you download the SDK and spend a little time on the internet you can find all of the same information.
Another book about nothing...
First of all, I had a feeling that i was going to purchase bruseless book. I just wanted to prove my theory and wasted brmy money on it. Well, it's good to be a writer these days...brPick up some hot commercial name for the book, add a little bit brabout everything and here you go - you've wrote a book aboutbrWeb Services! It's packed of some web links and some discussionbrof XML and SOAP and everything else what you can find in the kit from Amazon. All in all, don't expect to find anything useful brin this book. All you need is the kit and some examples from the Web. I'm planning to donate my book to the local library.pgood luck!
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