Special Edition Using Lotus Notes and Domino 5 should be your first book on Release 5. This comprehensive work shows you how to use all the new features of the Notes client including headline pages, email, calendaring, and the new Sametime collaboration features. It covers the development of web oriented Domino databases, object oriented programming with the Domino object model, and how to use Java with Domino. You'll learn about the new administration interface, replication, performance, and integration.

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The Goto Guide for any Notes Administrator / Developer - 2001-02-02
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I have been a Notes Administrator for a little more than 4 years and this book hasn't left my side since notes went to the R5 version. It touches on all admin and development topics that most real world Notes Administrators and Developers need to deal with on a daily basis. Comparing it to other books I would say it definitely is easier to follow and find the topic that you are looking for than any other Domino book out there to date. I highly recommend this book for beginners and Intermediate level Administrator / Developers.

This book was horrible - 2002-08-30
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This book was horrible. This book has a lot of high level information but does not show you how to do it. If you want to develop something once you are finished reading this book, forget about it. I've read chapters over and over and still didn't understand what the author was referring to. There are very few examples to walk you through creating things. When there are examples, they reference stuff you were supposed to create in a previous section, but there were no examples in that section.

EASY reading and very understandable - 2001-07-25
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Talk about a book that can help Notes Admins get comfortable and knowledgeable about lotus! Shows many ways that things can be done and there is no wrong way! Very easy reading and gets straight to the point. This is my fourth lotus / domino book i have bought and this is by far the best one! Mr. Tamura knows what he's talking about!

The Goto Guide for any Notes Administrator / Developer - 2001-02-02
Reviewer Rating:
I have been a Notes Administrator for a little more than 4 years and this book hasn't left my side since notes went to the R5 version. It touches on all admin and development topics that most real world Notes Administrators and Developers need to deal with on a daily basis. Comparing it to other books I would say it definitely is easier to follow and find the topic that you are looking for than any other Domino book out there to date. I highly recommend this book for beginners and Intermediate level Administrator / Developers.

Awful book.. - 2000-11-13
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I knew nothing about Notes and Domino and wanted to learn with this book. Well, almost every minute spent with this book has been a total waste. The book explains concepts in most illogical places, and forgets to mention quite important topics.

One example: if you install Domino, you have to detach the admin's ID from its person document before you can login with a client. Domino setup doesn't tell you this, and if you don't already know, you're stuck. This book doesn't even MENTION an admin ID. It just tells you to log in. Duhh.

Furthermore, the author thinks he's giving useful information by describing a lot of things detail by detail. This is similar to explaining how cars work by alphabetically describing how every single little component works. That's NOT a way of explaining things.

A beginner needs a story about what replication is, how Notes and Domino work together, how to get things started. You CAN find the information, but you have to look very very hard in the most weird places.

If I wanted a detailed description of every little component, I wouldn't need a book.. I'd press F1 for Help..

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