<Typing80wpm@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:b8.72030621.2fac7092@xxxxxxxxxx > > It is just too bad that there is not a better, more user friendly, well > documented front-end tool for Postgresql in open source. It really is > kind of a > marketing issue, in a way. I mean, if someone could really put together > some > sort of "Postgresql for Dummies" series with something like Rekall for a > front end with some REAL LIFE examples or projects that ACTUALLY DO > SOMETHING > USEFUL, rather than just paint a form to go first/last/next/add/save.... > if > someone could put together something like THAT, then, perhaps things > would > really take off. I dont know. Just a thought. All the ingredients and > raw > materials are lying around just waiting for someone to do that. > Hear, hear. Speaking as another self-taught database user and programmer, I have a gripe about most (nearly all) books on programming, which don't (or else poorly) address questions like: * What useful stuff can you do with this? * Why was this technology (language etc.) invented, i.e. what problem was it designed to solve, and why is it better than competing technologies? * What is the point of exotic feature xyz (i.e. what is it really there for)? * How do you put together a working application that does something useful? If anyone here can suggest books that really address those questions, I for one will be all ears. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
