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Title: A waste of time and money!
Review: As someone who is not familiar with php, or any other programming I wanted a book something like one in Adobe's 'Classroom in a Book' series. That is, a book that step-by-step takes you through the process of setting up and using a program.David Mercer's book does the opposite. He uses a lot of words and anecdotes that are of little/no relevance and make it hard to find the information you need (if it is there at all).I bought this book because I needed to learn quickly how to set up osCommerce sites. Had expected that it would show me the process in a fairly clear and straight-forward manner, but found the explanations so confusing and lacking that I could have saved the money.Ended up going to Zen Cart instead.Which seems a lot easier to use, and has much better instructions.Live and learn!
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