Reviews

On Mar 14 Doron Katz wrote: Compelling introduction to a lot of topics
The book itself is very well structured, but it’s primary aim is to build windows 8-focused windows applications. With that caveat in mind, if the book still fits your workflow and plans, continue reading… Full Review  >

Rating: 4.0

On Jan 11 Ninajean Slone wrote: Must have for web development
I’ve been reading the Training Guide and I must say it’s really cool. It explains the difference between the various Visual Studio 2010 versions. For instance, since I’m running Windows 7, the author tells me that “If you run Blend for Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7, you will not be able to develop Windows 8 applications.” I didn’t see anywhere that says I can’t code and make my apps backward compatible. Many programs can be made to be backwards compatible. This is what I hope to do as I learn how to create apps using this book. I have no intention of upgrading to Windows 8 or 8+. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

Reviews

On Sep 6 Marc 137 wrote: Training in future technologies
Curious book before us, honestly, I can not categorize. But, this is not bad, quite the contrary. Full Review  >

Rating: 4.0

On Jul 13 Diego Gonzalez wrote: A Good Introduction
If you are thinking of paying the Microsoft certification exams or make the effort to adapt the text to the program you are using you can not miss this book. Full Review  >

Rating: 5.0

On Jun 15 Tuomo Kalliokoski wrote: Review of Training Guide: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 by Glenn Johnson, publisher Microsoft Press
First I have to say that this book is excellent, but I had to give not so good grade for it. The description of the book didn't correspond to the actual book and there were one major omission on the book and few minor issues. Full Review  >

Rating: 3.0

On Jun 3 Jessica Travieso Suarez wrote: Training Guide: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 by Glenn Johnson from O'Reilly Media
Glenn Johnson, via Microsoft Press, brings us an excellent guide to get started creating applications with the core of web technologies: HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. The structure of this book as a training guide allows us to build knowledge starting from a basic level and working up to important skills for the creation of web applications and Windows 8 Apps. Full Review  >

Rating: 3.0