Accelerated Lotus Script Study Guide (Exam 190-291)

Accelerated Lotus Script Study Guide (Exam 190-291)
William Thompson | 1999-01-19 00:00:00 | McGraw-Hill Companies | 345 | Certification Central
Accelerated study guide format--concise, portable, study anywhere--affordable. Only book to cover the Application Developpment exams for both the CLP and CLS. Written by a certified CLP/CLS instructor and well-known consultant. Each chapter ends with questions that cover the stated objectives listed at the beginning. Answers describe why each is correct and what is incorrect about the other answers.
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I used this book to study for the Lotus exam and found it extremely useful. Yes there were typos, but you could certainly see when they occur in the book if you have some experience already with programming lotusscript. I would buy this book just because it is sufficient to use, learn and study from.
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I can only agree with the comments below. If you want to study this topic and find something that adds more depth stay away from this awful book. Not only does it say nothing that you can't get from the on line designer help documentation but it actively confuses the entire topic by getting nearly everything wrong including syntax errors and the worst set of exam examples I have ever seen. The person who proof read this appalling "reference" should be shot -its a true disgrace to MH (Who have published some fine books on the Notes certification route)- a true victory for sloppy workmanship and generally lazy publishing. - Spend your money on something better.
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I just took the LotusScript test and passed with a 74% which isthe minimum score. I studied this book carefully and not much of itwas on the test. I noticed that much of the material is from Notes help. The other material added by the author appeared to be good information until I realized none of it was on the test. As for the errors in the book, there are indeed many. In a preverse sort of way, I enjoyed going through the book and correcting the errors. I thought it might help me on the test, but again, it didn't. I believe you can pass this test by downloading the test objective from the Lotus Web site and writing your own script and studying Notes help...
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This book provided absolutely nothing that I couldn't have gleaned myself from the Notes Designer Help database. I would think that any book worth publishing would provide some ILLUMINATION, not just rehash what Lotus has already published. Furthermore, this book is worthless as regards testing. Being a CLP myself in both SA and AD, and already possessing LotusScript skills, I was hoping the book would provide some insight into the actual test. Instead, it points out areas the test covers. Big deal--again, Lotus already provides that on their website. This book should have provided me with some greater depth on those subject areas, not just regurgitate the rules & regs. The author and McGraw-Hill should be ashamed.
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The cover itself has two major errors: the wrong test number (the book covers 190-273 not 190-291) and the target audience are developers not Systems Administrators as stated in the first bullet item. It's hard to believe that a reputable publisher would let this hit the shelves. (Others in this series have similarly egregious errors.)

Many of the sample test questions have errors in them which could leave the reader misinformed or confused. Some of the text seems to be blatantly repeated to add bulk.

Much of the good information is taken directly from the Lotus official documentation and Help database (word for word).

This book should never have been published and should not continue to be sold as it is.

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