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   PeopleSoft and SQR Books...
Galina and Vlad Landres have had great success with their highly acclaimed book 'SQR in PeopleSoft and Other Applications'... The reviews on Amazon are amazing and well deserved (5-star rating on 18 reviews)! I had the good fortune of meeting Galina and collaborating with her and two other great developers on the book 'Essential Guide to Peoplesoft Development and Customization'. This book covers advanced topics in great detail... Developing with Application Designer... Using PeopleCode properly with regard to the Application Processor... Working with Scrolls... SQR, Security and Process Scheduler... Understanding PeopleSoft COBOL... Application Engine Programming with a tutorial demonstrating A/E concepts (Decision Logic, Dynamic Sections, Loop Control, Set Processing) - If you don't know A/E you will after completing this! PLUS detailed descriptions and examples of new features in PeopleSoft Release 8.0 - some new features are pretty awesome! More details to follow...

FYI - Application Engine has some great new features in 8.0 (Application Designer integration, PeopleCode actions, File I/O support, A/E Debugger, etc.) There will definitely be more opportunity for A/E development in Peoplesoft... There may be some concern about the future of SQR... some sources are now saying 'Adios SQR'... 'Bye Bye SQR'... and other similar nonsense... Don't be alarmed... SQR isn't going away... I can guarantee that... There's plenty of room for SQR and Application Engine...

   Essential Guide to PeopleSoft Development and Customization
cover150z.jpg (9815 bytes) by Tony DeLia, Galina Landres,
     Isidor Rivera and Prakash Sankaran...
     (Manning Publications)

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   SQR in PeopleSoft and Other Applications
cover150.jpg (8798 bytes) by Galina and Vlad Landres - Manning Publications

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   More PeopleSoft and SQR Books...
There are plenty of PeopleSoft books on the market today... it seems many tried to jump on the Peoplesoft bandwagon early without regard to content... Here's a bunch of the current titles with some brief descriptions... For further info click on the book or AMAZON.COM link... Remember, any book that can provide even a little bit of useful information would be considered a good investment...

   Peoplesoft Developer's Handbook
0071349723_01.jpg (4658 bytes) by Richard Gillespie, Joann Gillespie

This is an adequate beginners book. It covers the basics... the PeopleCode examples are a bit misleading (relies heavily on SQLExec)... still insightful to novice PS developers...

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   Peoplesoft Integration Tools (Erp Series)
0071354778_01.jpg (4888 bytes) by Stewart S. Miller

High-level overview of the tools... like a glorified marketing pamphlet of Peoplesoft features... could be useful for some...

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   Peoplesoft Application Development Tools (Erp Series)
0071355693_01.jpg (3921 bytes) by Jami Clott, Stephen Raff

Similar to PeopleSoft Integration Tools... Describes the tools without digging in... still a good overview of the toolset...

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   PeopleSoft Administrator's Guide
0782123961_01.jpg (4366 bytes) by Darrell Bilbrey, Kisha Gunter

Overview of PeopleSoft Administration... Tuning, Security, Some basic SQR source code, etc.

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   PeopleSoft Step By Step
0967408407_01.jpg (5827 bytes) by Holly Ngo

Haven't seen this one yet... According to Amazon it's a Step-By-Step beginner's guide... Covers Records, Panels, Menus, Crystal Reports, Query, Importing data, etc.

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   Sams Teach Yourself Peoplesoft in 10 Minutes
0672316323_01.jpg (4223 bytes) by Timothy Buchanan

Of course you won't learn PeopleSoft in 10 minutes... but this is a good pocket reference of the basics... certainly worth the price of the book!

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   Peoplesoft Hrms Reporting
0130216127_01.jpg (3620 bytes) by Adam T. Bromwich

Some technical... primarily functional HR/Benefits/Payroll with overview of critical tables for use in SQR, Query, etc. Good for HRMS technical staff...

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   Special Edition Using PeopleSoft (SE Using)
0789712814_01.jpg (4103 bytes) by Greenberg, Fauscette, Fauscette and Keating

Claims to be a technical resource but focuses on project planning, culture, team concepts - high level jibberish...

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   Implementing Peoplesoft Financials
0138411808_01.jpg (3471 bytes) by Early Stephens

Boy did this book take a beating in the Amazon reviews! Bad timing... first book to come out at a time when the world was starving for PS technical books! For project manager types...

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   Network Resource Planning For SAP R/3, BAAN IV, and PEOPLESOFT
0079136478_01.jpg (5309 bytes) by Annette Clewett, Dana Franklin, Ann McCown

Network resource planning... Not exactly PeopleSoft specific... but this book doesn't claim to be...

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   Peoplesoft: The WetFeet.com Insider Guide
158207061X_01.jpg (3354 bytes) by Wet Feet Press, Steve Pollock, Gary Alpert

About PeopleSoft and their culture...

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   Peoplesoft Pro - A Beginner's Complete Guide
oop_detail.jpg (5461 bytes) by Greyland Royce

Not yet published...

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   PEOPLESOFT - A COMPLETE GUIDE
oop_detail.jpg (5461 bytes) by Greyland Royce

Not yet published...

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Tony DeLia - Updated February 8, 2000

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