Introduction to Regular Expressions

Worth every page. I have already recommended it to two colleagues.

I have been working with databases & big data for a few years now and I still found plenty here that was new to me. The chapters on databases & big data are the strongest — the examples are stripped down but complete, and I could follow along without constant guessing. I found myself making notes in the margins, which is always a good sign. Worth the money and the reading time, without hesitation.

The clearest explanation of databases & big data I have come across.

I picked this up after getting stuck on a project and it turned out to be exactly the right book at the right time. The chapters on databases & big data are the strongest — the examples are stripped down but complete, and I could follow along without constant guessing. The balance between theory and practice is well judged; neither side dominates. I have already recommended it to two colleagues and will recommend it to more.

Excellent from start to finish. No filler, no padding.

I had been on the fence about this one for a while, and I should have bought it sooner. Some of the diagrams are dense and I had to reread a few sections, though that may just be me. A few of the examples could be more realistic, but the underlying points come across clearly. I appreciated the honesty about what the book does not cover — it saved me from expecting things that were not there. This is the book I wish had existed when I started working with databases & big data.