PSI - SB+ Cookbook: ReportWriter Recipes

SB+ Cookbook: ReportWriter Recipes

When we released SB+ Solutions* in the beginning of 1997, we had no idea it would become such a popular reference. Copies of this book have now been sold to more countries than we ever knew existed, and the feedback we've received to date has been overwhelmingly positive.

Despite all the positive feedback we've received, there has been one criticism: Apparently, it's difficult for me to say what needs to be said in just a few words. The first SB+ Solutions edition was only 600 or so pages (counting the index, table of contents, and separator pages), so perhaps there is some truth to the allegations. (Actually, the original text was approaching 800 pages before I selected a smaller font.)

As a result, I've decided to try something new. Those who have been in one of my SB+ training courses might remember my inclination towards "recipes" -- standardized approaches to producing a consistent result. Therefore, why not take a collection of recipes and create a "cookbook"?

This particular cookbook contains much of the material from Chapter 6 of SB+ Solutions, plus perhaps a few tips and tricks that may not be in the original text. Of course, if we're going to have a cookbook, each recipe will contain ingredients to use and tasks to follow. To keep the volume of this document to a minimum, however, there isn't a great deal of detail about why a particular setting or task is being done. Therefore, this is a good quick reference to chapter 6 of "the big green book".

In the end though, the goal of all of these books is the same: Using these techniques, we want you to be able to create better software faster and with less effort.

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*affectionately known as "the big green book".