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Html Sourcebook: A Complete Guide to Html 3.2 and Html Extensions
Published in Paperback by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers) (1997-02)
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Awesome reference!
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Review Date: 2002-03-06
Review Date: 2002-03-06
Very good for somebody who wants to know more
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Review Date: 1998-12-27
Review Date: 1998-12-27
There are HTML books who are for beginners and I have one of those and then there is a book for pros, and this one is for
the pros. I liked this book, since it kind of covered all the tags there is to know. However, I felt that there weren't enough
examples at the end.
Forget the Definitive Guide, buy this one!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1998-08-16
Review Date: 1998-08-16
I think the only people criticising this exhaustive reference are those who should be using Frontpage anyway. Considering
its target market, it packs in a surprisingly good amount of examples and tutorial too that even an amateur can learn from.
If you are serious, this kills the Definitive Guide for content and as for Stanek's Unleashed - just forget it, it's the
most over-hyped volume out there! Just take notice of the professionals who read this book - all my friends who design web
sites for a living use it...
HTML 3.2 Sourcebook, by Ian Graham
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-02
Review Date: 1999-12-02
This is the most superb and comprehensive HTML book out there! All other books promise to teach you HTML "in 24 hours".........wrong
answer! Ian Graham shows how much those "other" books leave out. I was going to spend two grand on an HTML course; instead,
i bought this book for twenty bucks at a discount store. I saved a load of dough. It's an absolutely definitive volume,
the true HTML bible. Graham is wonderfully, obsessively knowledgeable about HTML.
My career started with this book
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-04
Review Date: 1999-01-04
When I started to learn Web programming, I was overwhelmed by the sources of HTML guide. Fortunately I found this book. Unlike
some other HTML scripters, I read this book from cover to cover memorizing almost all tags/attributes as if a teacher would
give me a quiz the second day. Thanks to its clear description, I could remember most I memorized. Today I'm a professional
Web programmer doing mostly Perl/CGI, Javascript and Apache administration. I owe a lot to Ian Graham. I constantly recommend
this book to others who wish to learn HTML.
Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS
Published in Paperback by Wiley (2004-05-07)
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Recommended for a class I'm taking ...
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-01
Review Date: 2007-10-01
This book was (1) of (3) books recommended by the teacher of my online CSS & XHTML class.
It's more like a workbook than a manual, so it helps to work chapter by chapter.
It's easier to use than a manual and much less cumbersome.
However, I feel "Headfirst HTML with CSS & XHTML" by O'Reilly is more comprehensive while still holding onto the "workbook" style.
Make this book your SECOND choice to the O'Reilly book.
It's more like a workbook than a manual, so it helps to work chapter by chapter.
It's easier to use than a manual and much less cumbersome.
However, I feel "Headfirst HTML with CSS & XHTML" by O'Reilly is more comprehensive while still holding onto the "workbook" style.
Make this book your SECOND choice to the O'Reilly book.
Beginner, but not "cool"...
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-09
Review Date: 2007-01-09
I got this to be an aid in teaching HTML and CSS to a 13-yr-old.
There is a lot of your standard HTML stuff in here and even some decent CSS basics, but as for being a good start towards creative or "cool" sites utilizing the contents; it's not. Just some run of the mill examples. It even has whole sections dedicated to frames. Yech. The CSS examples are pretty limited too. One small chapter on CSS inline text formatting (no stylesheet use) followed by a large chapter on table based layouts. What a shame.
Decent for a beginner, but I'd gravitate towards "CSS Web Design for Dummies" instead.
There is a lot of your standard HTML stuff in here and even some decent CSS basics, but as for being a good start towards creative or "cool" sites utilizing the contents; it's not. Just some run of the mill examples. It even has whole sections dedicated to frames. Yech. The CSS examples are pretty limited too. One small chapter on CSS inline text formatting (no stylesheet use) followed by a large chapter on table based layouts. What a shame.
Decent for a beginner, but I'd gravitate towards "CSS Web Design for Dummies" instead.
Best CSS primer also covers CGI and Javascript
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-08
Review Date: 2007-01-08
Among nearly two shelves of CSS books at the store, this was the best one in terms of brevity, usefulness, and practicality.
(With honorable mention to "Eric Meyer on CSS." I was there quite a while checking books out, and I hope somebody finds this
opinion useful.)
I had some experience with CSS which is why I had questions. Chapter 4 is twenty-odd pages that I assimilated in 15 minutes --it answered ALL of my questions and had me itching to try things out! I immediately re-factored my site's pages and it ALL worked on the first crack! Chap. 4 alone justifies purchasing the book. If you're still using the FONT tag or positioning images with TABLEs, kiss that goodbye forever! CSS is so much more professional and controllable, and this is a killer introduction.
There isn't much to know on CGI so it's "all" here: it's just an additional line of code for Perl hacks, assuming one is at least clinically sane about security, i.e., doesn't pass a form field to system("$form{1}"). Doesn't cover PHP. Has a good chapter on essential JavaScript (how to check form fields to make sure they were filled in, etc.). The book is aimed at beginners, yet I (a career techie) did not find it annoying. It is to-the-point and I quickly found what I wanted --and more! Lots of cool tricks + good "under the hood" info (such as: the HEAD section loads entirely before the BODY, which is why it's a good place to put JavaScript functions so that they're all ready by the time the user sees anything).
I had some experience with CSS which is why I had questions. Chapter 4 is twenty-odd pages that I assimilated in 15 minutes --it answered ALL of my questions and had me itching to try things out! I immediately re-factored my site's pages and it ALL worked on the first crack! Chap. 4 alone justifies purchasing the book. If you're still using the FONT tag or positioning images with TABLEs, kiss that goodbye forever! CSS is so much more professional and controllable, and this is a killer introduction.
There isn't much to know on CGI so it's "all" here: it's just an additional line of code for Perl hacks, assuming one is at least clinically sane about security, i.e., doesn't pass a form field to system("$form{1}"). Doesn't cover PHP. Has a good chapter on essential JavaScript (how to check form fields to make sure they were filled in, etc.). The book is aimed at beginners, yet I (a career techie) did not find it annoying. It is to-the-point and I quickly found what I wanted --and more! Lots of cool tricks + good "under the hood" info (such as: the HEAD section loads entirely before the BODY, which is why it's a good place to put JavaScript functions so that they're all ready by the time the user sees anything).
This book is an antique.
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-20
Review Date: 2006-12-20
I'm glad I didn't open the enclosed CD. I'd then be selling this book. I understand the basics of HTML coding haven't
changed, but when I read the forward of this book, I knew it was out of date. 2nd edition, first published in 2000 this book
is behind the times in computer time. Netscape the wave of the Future? All code checked with windows 98? What good could the
enclosed CD be with a 2000 version of Explorer and Coffee Cup. This book would be of no help to a Myspace user and was no
help to me. Still looking for an up to date guide.
hurricanejerry
hurricanejerry
I am not a techie . . .
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-16
Review Date: 2006-06-16
And I don't even play one on TV. But I sometimes find myself having to do techie things, such as making revisions to my Web
site, or trying to figure out why the $%@!#$ thing isn't doing what I thought it was supposed to do. That is when I reach
for this book.
Dave Taylor is a techie, but fortunately for us, he is able to communicate with those of us for whom HTML, CSS and XHTML are not our native languages. The explanations and examples in the book are easy to follow, and the companion Web site provides additional information.
Although the reason I wanted this book was to help with coding issues, it is much more. Creating Cool Web Sites is a one-stop shop with information about building Web pages, adding features such as graphics, audio and video, forms, and more. You even get suggestions on making your site more user-friendly, and attracting search engines and visitors.
There are hundreds of books out there about HTML, CSS, Web design, graphics, Java script, RSS, search engine marketing, etc. If you want one book that will explain all of this to you from start to finish in easy-to-understand language, Creating Cool Web Sites is the one you need.
Cathy Stucker, IdeaLady.com
Dave Taylor is a techie, but fortunately for us, he is able to communicate with those of us for whom HTML, CSS and XHTML are not our native languages. The explanations and examples in the book are easy to follow, and the companion Web site provides additional information.
Although the reason I wanted this book was to help with coding issues, it is much more. Creating Cool Web Sites is a one-stop shop with information about building Web pages, adding features such as graphics, audio and video, forms, and more. You even get suggestions on making your site more user-friendly, and attracting search engines and visitors.
There are hundreds of books out there about HTML, CSS, Web design, graphics, Java script, RSS, search engine marketing, etc. If you want one book that will explain all of this to you from start to finish in easy-to-understand language, Creating Cool Web Sites is the one you need.
Cathy Stucker, IdeaLady.com
Web Services Essentials (O'Reilly XML)
Published in Paperback by O'Reilly Media, Inc. (2002-02)
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Good little old book
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Review Date: 2008-10-31
Review Date: 2008-10-31
Although an old book, this book explains very well web services. It has detailed explanations on XML-RPC, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI.
Make no mistake. The book is old and just like some other reviewers pointed out, some of the technologies have been replaced by newer ones. But once you understand how web services work, it's easier to adapt to the newer tools.
The author also has a tendency to add 'filler pages'. The last 50 pages are useless which is why I gave it only 4 stars.
Make no mistake. The book is old and just like some other reviewers pointed out, some of the technologies have been replaced by newer ones. But once you understand how web services work, it's easier to adapt to the newer tools.
The author also has a tendency to add 'filler pages'. The last 50 pages are useless which is why I gave it only 4 stars.
Excellent, even though based on old SOAP specification
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Review Date: 2008-09-13
Review Date: 2008-09-13
The O'Reilly series of books on web services, all based on outdated versions of the Apache SOAP (now Axis2) specification,
are all very good and still valuable as a means of learning web services programming techniques.
The difficulty for beginners who are trying to learn SOAP or XML-RPC with these books is finding the appropriate jar files that match the SOAP specifications used for the code examples in the books. Using the current Axis2 or early Axis1 version jar files will not permit the examples or variants on them to work.
The needed jar files are still available in the archive section of the Apache website specifically at this URL: [...]. I used the last of the SOAP versions there version-2.3.1 which permits all the examples I tried in the various to work.
Most, if not all, of the other reviews here are from reviewers who bought the books when they were originally published around 2002.
The exposition in Programming Web Services with XML-RPC, Programming Web Services with SOAP and this book, Web Services Essentials, three books I bought used within the last year, i.e. in 2007, is quite good. Straightforward and accurate although obviously outdated in certain specifics, but nonetheless still an excellent introduction to web services.
My experience with books on software development and more generally on computers is that several books that cover the same topic should always be purchased because each provides a sufficiently different perspective on the topic that makes it much easier to master that material than would be the case with a single book, even if the single book were otherwise excellent. That recommendation applies to these three books. They cover more or less the same topic, but are even more valuable when taken as a whole.
I highly recommend any of the three, but emphasize the need to download the related (but now superseded) files from the Apache website so that the examples in the books will work correctly. If a reader does not do that, he or she will be condemned to much frustration and irritation.
The difficulty for beginners who are trying to learn SOAP or XML-RPC with these books is finding the appropriate jar files that match the SOAP specifications used for the code examples in the books. Using the current Axis2 or early Axis1 version jar files will not permit the examples or variants on them to work.
The needed jar files are still available in the archive section of the Apache website specifically at this URL: [...]. I used the last of the SOAP versions there version-2.3.1 which permits all the examples I tried in the various to work.
Most, if not all, of the other reviews here are from reviewers who bought the books when they were originally published around 2002.
The exposition in Programming Web Services with XML-RPC, Programming Web Services with SOAP and this book, Web Services Essentials, three books I bought used within the last year, i.e. in 2007, is quite good. Straightforward and accurate although obviously outdated in certain specifics, but nonetheless still an excellent introduction to web services.
My experience with books on software development and more generally on computers is that several books that cover the same topic should always be purchased because each provides a sufficiently different perspective on the topic that makes it much easier to master that material than would be the case with a single book, even if the single book were otherwise excellent. That recommendation applies to these three books. They cover more or less the same topic, but are even more valuable when taken as a whole.
I highly recommend any of the three, but emphasize the need to download the related (but now superseded) files from the Apache website so that the examples in the books will work correctly. If a reader does not do that, he or she will be condemned to much frustration and irritation.
Outdated but still a good overview
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-20
Review Date: 2007-11-20
This is a well written overview for those that may have missed how Web Services rushed onto the scene earlier in the decade.
Being 5 years old now, it is definitely out of date. I consider about 120 of 300 pages useful as an introduction to the subject
to a developer who has been working in other technologies. It provides a good overview. The examples provided work well
to illustrate the point presented. Keep in mind that the examples are outdated so skip liberally.
After reading/skimming this as an introduction, find a more current book for more hands on examples to work through in the technology you intend to use.
After reading/skimming this as an introduction, find a more current book for more hands on examples to work through in the technology you intend to use.
Outdated but excellent...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-24
Review Date: 2007-05-24
First of all, to clear up someone else's comment:
while the API samples, URLs, etc. in the book are all outdated but even beginners should be able to figure out the updates.
The only word of caution: it does NOT cover REST.
This book provides a wonderful set of core topics and values that are essential to understanding what is currently out there (at the time I'm writing this in close-to-mid 2007, anyway). Providing samples, history and general information on each topic covers allows this book to be a wonderful, thorough introduction to the world of WS.
Samples focused in Java and Perl help keep things simple, while there is more of a focus on the Java world. The APIs changed, but since the author references primarily open-source, it is easy to figure everything out.
I recommend this book at this time, but can definitely see it being completely out-dated by the same time next year.
As with many emerging technologies, however, I think this is a must have in order to better understand and follow the evolution of its realm. Since it provides pointers/references to pieces of the puzzle(s) even before its publishing, you can gain even more insight and possibly make some educated decisions as to where the future will take it.
Recommended for all, if for nothing else, as a general reference and "emerging history" lesson.
while the API samples, URLs, etc. in the book are all outdated but even beginners should be able to figure out the updates.
The only word of caution: it does NOT cover REST.
This book provides a wonderful set of core topics and values that are essential to understanding what is currently out there (at the time I'm writing this in close-to-mid 2007, anyway). Providing samples, history and general information on each topic covers allows this book to be a wonderful, thorough introduction to the world of WS.
Samples focused in Java and Perl help keep things simple, while there is more of a focus on the Java world. The APIs changed, but since the author references primarily open-source, it is easy to figure everything out.
I recommend this book at this time, but can definitely see it being completely out-dated by the same time next year.
As with many emerging technologies, however, I think this is a must have in order to better understand and follow the evolution of its realm. Since it provides pointers/references to pieces of the puzzle(s) even before its publishing, you can gain even more insight and possibly make some educated decisions as to where the future will take it.
Recommended for all, if for nothing else, as a general reference and "emerging history" lesson.
Obsolete and belated book
Helpful Votes: 51 out of 54 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-30
Review Date: 2003-07-30
This book is based on obsolete specifications and older SOAP implementation which is not even available for download. The
Apache SOAP is already a piece of junk and Apache recommends to use Apache Axis (which is not in the scope of this book).
All other implementation examples such as XMethods and UDDI4J are also obsolete as well. The APIs are already deprecated and
the code discussed does'nt make any sense.
Easy HTML-DB Oracle Application Express: Create Dynamic Web Pages with OAE (Easy Oracle Series)
Published in Paperback by Rampant Techpress (2006-04-15)
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not a practical guide to Apex/HTMLDB
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Review Date: 2007-05-06
Review Date: 2007-05-06
You might as well print the manuals that Oracle supplies with Apex/HTMLDB.
This book gives no practical examples. This book does not give information about how to use features of Apex/HTMLDB in real life. It is only a list of all the features and options without explanation.
After using the book for some time, I doubt the authors ever used Apex / HTMLDB in a serious way.
This book gives no practical examples. This book does not give information about how to use features of Apex/HTMLDB in real life. It is only a list of all the features and options without explanation.
After using the book for some time, I doubt the authors ever used Apex / HTMLDB in a serious way.
Code depot access
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Review Date: 2006-09-04
Review Date: 2006-09-04
All Rampant books contain a user id and password on page 13 for the reader's access to the code depot. The code depot is only
available to readers. The code depot is not intended to be used without reading the book.
VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-23
Review Date: 2007-02-23
Do you want to build easy HTML DB applications? If you do, then this book is for you. Authors Michael Cunningham, Kent Crotty
and Donald K. Burleson, have done an outstanding job of writing a cool book that provides easy step-by-step examples to guide
you through the various features.
Cunningham, Crotty and Burleson, begin by briefly explaining the installation of the Oracle HTTP Server. Then, the authors show you how to install the HTML DB engine and configure the dads.conf file so the Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql module can communicate with the database. Next, the authors show you how to build an application using a spreadsheet. They also describe many of the attributes that can be set for an application, application pages and page level components. The authors continue by covering information on HTML DB reports. Then, they cover a lot of information in regards to building forms. Next, the authors show you how to store images in a table named EASY_IMAGE. They then show you the various types of items that can be presented on a web page. The authors continue by covering several areas of HTML DB navigation. Then, they introduce the logic controls within HTML DB. Next, the authors show you how to use CSS to override a property in the HTML DB provided CSS files. They also cover how to Export and Import application components to deploy applications. The authors continue by covering Best Practices and Techniques. Then, they expose several troubleshooting techniques. Finally, the authors cover the HTML DB Application Programming Interface and provide some explanation of its uses.
This most excellent book removes the guesswork from learning Oracle HTML DB. Perhaps more importantly, this book describes the techniques necessary to build easy HTML DB applications!
Cunningham, Crotty and Burleson, begin by briefly explaining the installation of the Oracle HTTP Server. Then, the authors show you how to install the HTML DB engine and configure the dads.conf file so the Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql module can communicate with the database. Next, the authors show you how to build an application using a spreadsheet. They also describe many of the attributes that can be set for an application, application pages and page level components. The authors continue by covering information on HTML DB reports. Then, they cover a lot of information in regards to building forms. Next, the authors show you how to store images in a table named EASY_IMAGE. They then show you the various types of items that can be presented on a web page. The authors continue by covering several areas of HTML DB navigation. Then, they introduce the logic controls within HTML DB. Next, the authors show you how to use CSS to override a property in the HTML DB provided CSS files. They also cover how to Export and Import application components to deploy applications. The authors continue by covering Best Practices and Techniques. Then, they expose several troubleshooting techniques. Finally, the authors cover the HTML DB Application Programming Interface and provide some explanation of its uses.
This most excellent book removes the guesswork from learning Oracle HTML DB. Perhaps more importantly, this book describes the techniques necessary to build easy HTML DB applications!
Excellent book to learn Apex development.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-09
Review Date: 2006-11-09
The book is great. Much better than tutorials, etc. that are available from Oracle or the Web. I refer to it all the time.
One very important aspect is that the author explains the WHY. You don't just click settings, etc. and wonder why you did. Knowing the why behind doing things the way you do is very important to me. Certain chapters are for how to and some are for reference. It's a good mix.
The later chapters are not as informative as the first ones, but if everything were spelled out in detail it would make the book much longer. I would like to see the author publish a book on high level concepts.
One very important aspect is that the author explains the WHY. You don't just click settings, etc. and wonder why you did. Knowing the why behind doing things the way you do is very important to me. Certain chapters are for how to and some are for reference. It's a good mix.
The later chapters are not as informative as the first ones, but if everything were spelled out in detail it would make the book much longer. I would like to see the author publish a book on high level concepts.
Hit and Miss
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-17
Review Date: 2007-01-17
Start with this book is comprehensive, detailed and enthusiastic. However they started off on the wrong foot with the misleading
image that shows a cover for Oracle Application express but then the book arrives with the old cover Easy Oracle HTML DB.
OK I forgive them the marketing fluff but my suspicions are raised.
As I use this book I discover the scripts have syntax errors(i.e. wrong table names, etc) and in many cases the book refers to the wrong objects in step by step exercises. Or they miss a step or ask you to do something you haven't been shown yet. Then there are times when they tell you to do things that are just plain confusing/illogical, ie. page 98 they tell me to use a date mask on the unit price (which, by the way, they sent me to the wrong table to locate on p96). I tried following their instructions to the letter, tried applying some intelligence by using a date column instead. Bottom line I could not get what they were trying to teach me to work. They failed again 2 pages later on the use of shortcuts. It did not work... (at least in my humble experience). These flaws mean I lose the point of what they are trying to teach me because I am struggling to discern their intent.
I read other reviews that stated the book was an easy read. While the language is friendly and down to earth, this is not a book that you just curl up with. I tried, even took it with me on jury duty! I tried to curl up on the couch with it but found I needed to be at a machine trying the things it was listing. Then I would get frustrated because the steps would not work.
Some parts of this book are great, they work and they get you moving on using application express. But be prepared for some serious stumbles along the way.
As I use this book I discover the scripts have syntax errors(i.e. wrong table names, etc) and in many cases the book refers to the wrong objects in step by step exercises. Or they miss a step or ask you to do something you haven't been shown yet. Then there are times when they tell you to do things that are just plain confusing/illogical, ie. page 98 they tell me to use a date mask on the unit price (which, by the way, they sent me to the wrong table to locate on p96). I tried following their instructions to the letter, tried applying some intelligence by using a date column instead. Bottom line I could not get what they were trying to teach me to work. They failed again 2 pages later on the use of shortcuts. It did not work... (at least in my humble experience). These flaws mean I lose the point of what they are trying to teach me because I am struggling to discern their intent.
I read other reviews that stated the book was an easy read. While the language is friendly and down to earth, this is not a book that you just curl up with. I tried, even took it with me on jury duty! I tried to curl up on the couch with it but found I needed to be at a machine trying the things it was listing. Then I would get frustrated because the steps would not work.
Some parts of this book are great, they work and they get you moving on using application express. But be prepared for some serious stumbles along the way.
XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition
Published in Paperback by O'Reilly Media, Inc. (2004-09)
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The XML reference
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Review Date: 2008-09-10
Review Date: 2008-09-10
The book is a reference for all XML standards ( XML , XPath , XSLT , XLink , XSL-FO , XML Schema , DTD , Xpointer , Xinclde
, CSS ) and also covers DOM and SAX for manipulating XML , although the book covers the basics of XML in the first five chapters
, the rest of the book assumes you have experience with the XML standards and need a complete reference for them , and the
book do thr right job for that :) , it's the best reference available for XML .
for code jockeys that need a quick reference for their angle brackets
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Review Date: 2008-02-02
Review Date: 2008-02-02
XML: the grab-bag, so-what-you-will, make-it-up-as-you-go-along, there-are-rules-strict-rules-(sort-of) technology that bends
you to its will as much as you can bend it to yours. And this book is a decent round-up of the most common, widely-deployed
implementations -- with enough general knowledge to help you sort through the more specific ones (or help you in creating
your own).
A better title for it might have been: "XML: A Developer's Almanac". (Which, I suppose is a good-enough alternative title for any book in the O'Reilly "Nutshell" series.)
A better title for it might have been: "XML: A Developer's Almanac". (Which, I suppose is a good-enough alternative title for any book in the O'Reilly "Nutshell" series.)
Best XML reference I ever saw
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Review Date: 2007-03-04
Review Date: 2007-03-04
This book claims to be your only needed guide in XML and related topics. It covers almost all you can imagine. I liked it
very much and glad, that I have a book, that I can use like XML reference.
I have just nothing to say about this book except it contains ALL information one can need on XML.
I have just nothing to say about this book except it contains ALL information one can need on XML.
A reference useful for a limited audience among those who already know XML basics
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-31
Review Date: 2006-07-31
O'Reilly's XML IN A NUTSHELL is, like all entries in the Nutshell series, a desktop quick reference. It provides concise information
about nearly all matters of XML, and is split into roughly four parts. The first introduces XML, the concept of tags, well-formedness,
Unicode, DTD's and schemas, namespaces, and so forth. The second provides an overview for the many formats that are built
upon XML, such as XHTML, XSL:FO, Docbook, etc., and technologies that plug-in into XML, namely XSLT, XPath, XLinks, XPointers,
XInclude, and CSS. The fourth covers DOM and SAX, the APIs for dealing with XML. Finally, the book ends with a "Reference
section" for various technologies covered earlier in the book, structured much like O'Reilly's pocket guides. I found the
Reference section somewhat inconvenient, it causes flipping back and forth when each section could have been simply integrated
with the previous discussion of the relevant technology earlier in the book. Furthermore, the book ends with a long series
of Unicode character tables, which are of limited utility, as they cover only a portion of Unicode, which has already expanded
in the time since, and these tables simply bloat the book a little.
This third edition is especially admirable for its advocation of schemas, whereas many other XHTML publications would mention only DTDs.
XML IN A NUTSHELL is emphatically not a tutorial for XML, in spite of the friendly introduction to the markup language that opens the book. For each of the technologies mentioned herein, you'll want a separate book. For XPath especially, O'Reilly's XPATH AND XPOINTER is worth getting. XML IN A NUTSHELL instead provides only a quick reference for matters the reader is already acquainted with. Now, much of this quick reference information can be freely had on the Web. I'd recommend the book only to those who are fortunate enough to have someone else cover their book expenses, or can get it from their library, or those who simply adore print documentation.
This third edition is especially admirable for its advocation of schemas, whereas many other XHTML publications would mention only DTDs.
XML IN A NUTSHELL is emphatically not a tutorial for XML, in spite of the friendly introduction to the markup language that opens the book. For each of the technologies mentioned herein, you'll want a separate book. For XPath especially, O'Reilly's XPATH AND XPOINTER is worth getting. XML IN A NUTSHELL instead provides only a quick reference for matters the reader is already acquainted with. Now, much of this quick reference information can be freely had on the Web. I'd recommend the book only to those who are fortunate enough to have someone else cover their book expenses, or can get it from their library, or those who simply adore print documentation.
By far, the best book available on XML
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-01
Review Date: 2007-11-01
This book is by far the best book I've read on XML. Typical of O'Reilly "In a Nutshell" books, the converage of XML is fast
paced and complete. Your money will be well spent on this book. I even think most beginners will do well with this one!
Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS
Published in Kindle Edition by Wrox (2004-08-06)
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An excellent book...
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Review Date: 2008-10-30
Review Date: 2008-10-30
This is an excellent book in order to learn actual web page design. It's really easy to follow by non-english speakers (like
me, I'm spanish).
It has a lot of usefull information about HTML, CSS and general web design.
Highly recommended!!!
It has a lot of usefull information about HTML, CSS and general web design.
Highly recommended!!!
Programmer
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Review Date: 2008-10-19
Review Date: 2008-10-19
I as a programmer think that this book is a productive book, the guy go over all the materials you need to learn step by step
and smoothly.
Excellent - Informative
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Review Date: 2008-10-14
Review Date: 2008-10-14
It's an excellent and informative book! It helped me very much to teach the item to a very "difficult audience"!
Great teaching book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-11
Review Date: 2007-12-11
Great introduction to front-end web programming using XHTML and CSS. It even gets into the nitty-gritty of SEO strategies,
rating your site for child access, testing methods, and accessibility for the visually impaired. Also provides a good, although
brief intro to JavaScript, database driven websites, and programming for mobile devices.
Yes there is a lot of repetition and a bit of wandering back and forth across subjects, and yes it can be annoying. But most books in this genre are guilty of that. This one is no better nor worse than the others. Nice reference and appendix. Recommended.
Yes there is a lot of repetition and a bit of wandering back and forth across subjects, and yes it can be annoying. But most books in this genre are guilty of that. This one is no better nor worse than the others. Nice reference and appendix. Recommended.
Hard to follow
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-03
Review Date: 2007-06-03
I have gone from being frustrated with this title to disliking it intensely. I would suggest alternate materials such as
the O'Reilly publication, "HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide."
First, "BWP w/HTML, XHTML, and CSS" is dated. Its publication date is 2004. This text often complains that features "are not supported by browsers" that have since been updated. There are more current materials published within the last year. (And on the subject of browsers, I have not found a single mention of Mozilla, Safari, or Opera in this book).
Second, the author's presentation is often difficult to follow. Concedely it is a difficult subject to organize when there are "live" tags, "deprecated" tags, the ongoing effort to separate stylistic elements into CSS, and different browswers' idiosyncracies with which to deal. Duckett, however, is next to hopeless in separating these subjects.
Most critical is the fact that this book is a very unhappy blend between an introductory tutorial and a reference "bible." Duckett will introduce a basic concept -- say, "tables" and will then load up on all of the attributes that the element might take. Learning the key ideas gets lost in the process. The book often leads off into asides and references to more advanced topics that will easily lose the initiate. It is no coincidence that several of the reviews here use the word "intermediate" in connection with this text.
The author does not seem to understand the principle that individuals learn by working from the "known" step-by-step to the "unknown." Instead, he seems to rely upon the idea that "if I throw everything at them in a random fashion, they'll figure out a good amount of it."
As an example of its "random walk" approach, Chapter 4 first provides a sound introduction into the use of colors and making references to images. The closing section of the chapter, however, branches off into a discussion of the
First, "BWP w/HTML, XHTML, and CSS" is dated. Its publication date is 2004. This text often complains that features "are not supported by browsers" that have since been updated. There are more current materials published within the last year. (And on the subject of browsers, I have not found a single mention of Mozilla, Safari, or Opera in this book).
Second, the author's presentation is often difficult to follow. Concedely it is a difficult subject to organize when there are "live" tags, "deprecated" tags, the ongoing effort to separate stylistic elements into CSS, and different browswers' idiosyncracies with which to deal. Duckett, however, is next to hopeless in separating these subjects.
Most critical is the fact that this book is a very unhappy blend between an introductory tutorial and a reference "bible." Duckett will introduce a basic concept -- say, "tables" and will then load up on all of the attributes that the element might take. Learning the key ideas gets lost in the process. The book often leads off into asides and references to more advanced topics that will easily lose the initiate. It is no coincidence that several of the reviews here use the word "intermediate" in connection with this text.
The author does not seem to understand the principle that individuals learn by working from the "known" step-by-step to the "unknown." Instead, he seems to rely upon the idea that "if I throw everything at them in a random fashion, they'll figure out a good amount of it."
As an example of its "random walk" approach, Chapter 4 first provides a sound introduction into the use of colors and making references to images. The closing section of the chapter, however, branches off into a discussion of the
XML Developer's Guide
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Companies (2000-12-21)
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Clear and rich examples
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-07-24
Review Date: 2001-07-24
This book is filled with really interesting examples that go way beyond your average XML book. The bad review I saw here mentions
a bug in an example (something you are likely to find on any XML book), but what it doesn't mention is that there is a complete
website of errata and additions to the code in the book (something you are not so likely to find), and the example was a really
innovative and complex one: creating a JPEG image out of an XML file that describes colored areas. This book is more packed
with interesting and useful examples for XML apps than any other I've seen. It has errors like many other books on new technologies,
but they are publicly fixed and the information within is well worth looking.
Not for beginers, maybe for advanced...
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-09-24
Review Date: 2002-09-24
First and foremost, this is NOT a book for beginers. I found it hard to understand at times but this might be because of
all of the errors in it. The book itself seemed to be written well. If I was more advanced in XML, I think I would have
gotten a lot more out of this book. I will review it again after I become better at XML. Get this book if you already have
a good grasp of XML.
Not very Good
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-01
Review Date: 2002-05-01
First of all this book has lots of Errors in printing and the supporting web-site of the author is down since i bought this
book,the Cd also does not have all the Codes and upto dates APIs.
It seems that author does not want to give complete knowledge to its readers.
It seems i have to read another XML book to read this book.
it does not cover the topics in details.
It seems that author does not want to give complete knowledge to its readers.
It seems i have to read another XML book to read this book.
it does not cover the topics in details.
Disappointed
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2001-08-22
Review Date: 2001-08-22
This book may cover lots of ground, but it seems that I can not find anything in the companion CD. The book lists code fragments
and refer the complete code to the CD. There is no src for chapter 6 (DOM). Src list is incomplete for chapter 7 (DOM).I have
not found a DOM API, I have not found an evaluation (or recommendation) of DOM parsers. The book may be OK, but the CD is
horrible. The web-site is lot much better either.
Interesting content, sloppy code examples
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2001-12-07
Review Date: 2001-12-07
Even though the content of the book is very intriguing, and provides a clear introduction to the XML technologies (XML, SAX,
DOM etc.) most of the Java code in the book does not even compile. The errors some times are deeper than mere typographical
errors, e.g. void member methods later on called with the expectation to return a rather complicated Tree object etc. Too
bad, because together with the attempt to use standard design patterns in java code dealing with XML, it could have been indeed
an excellent book.
New Perspectives on Creating Web Pages With Html: Comprehensive (New Perspectives Series)
Published in Hardcover by Course Technology Ptr (Sd) (1998-03-19)
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It's required for the course.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-20
Review Date: 2006-03-20
Like many required textbooks it is overpriced and there are better books available. It's still cheaper here than most other
outlets and it does provide one more reference to turn to.
School book required
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Review Date: 2005-07-19
Review Date: 2005-07-19
This book was required for an online summer course. Material in book covered what was expected from the teacher.
It's a technical textbook...what do you expect
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Review Date: 2003-06-11
Review Date: 2003-06-11
I bought this book for a college-level course on HTML Programming. The text is fairly easy to follow and provides clear examples
and "modules" to learn from. I didn't really need to take the class to learn. This book taught me more than my teacher did.
If you read the text and attempt to do the activities as the book explains them, you learn quickly. Drawbacks...the book
isn't as organized as some of the others in this series (New Perspectives) It's a little harder to look up a specific function.
Advantages...like the other books in the series, it does a good job of preparing you to take the MOUS certification exams,
or just to give yourself a basic knowledge of the subject. I would recommend this and the other books in the series.
It's a technical textbook...what do you expect
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Review Date: 2003-06-11
Review Date: 2003-06-11
I bought this book for a college-level course on HTML Programming. The text is fairly easy to follow and provides clear examples
and "modules" to learn from. I didn't really need to take the class to learn. This book taught me more than my teacher did.
If you read the text and attempt to do the activities as the book explains them, you learn quickly. Drawbacks...the book
isn't as organized as some of the others in this series (New Perspectives) It's a little harder to look up a specific function.
Advantages...like the other books in the series, it does a good job of preparing you to take the MOUS certification exams,
or just to give yourself a basic knowledge of the subject. I would recommend this and the other books in the series.
Possibly the worst textbook of all...
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-15
Review Date: 2004-07-15
Unless you are wanting to be completely confused and write poor HTML, don't buy this book. I have used the 2nd edition (same
author) and a friend's 3rd edition. They have so many typo's in the code that some of it doesn't work. E.g., It doesn't
always "quote" the attribute values in HTML coding tags as you are supposed to.
3rd edition, Tutorial-4, Case-1, gives step-by-step instructions to create the example web page, but with code that does Not exist! What is this code: < td width="200" bgcolor="back4.jpg" > ?? Is it for the background color or an image? Which is it!? It can't be both!
So in closing, this book is extremely poor and confusing. Please ask your school to quit buying this series of programming books.
If you want to learn competant HTML quickly and learn it well, use the free online tutorials from www . w3schools . com. Because this group of people created HTML and there are sure to be no errors.
Xml Design and Implementation (Professional)
Published in Paperback by John Wiley & Sons (1999-03)
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Very MS centric
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-03
Review Date: 2000-10-03
While some people assume Microsoft is the centre of the universe, the rest of us use a multitude of operating systems, technologies,
and software vendors. This particular book is focused completely on the MS/IE view of XML (and related technologies) ...
and I found that even that was quite basic. It missed the whole design arena of schema development (dtd), including standard
schemas, good schema design, etc. Quite a poor buy in my opinion.
Beware of Wrox and Apress Titles - No Source Available !
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-02-18
Review Date: 2004-02-18
This is another book originally from Wrox that I've purchased and can't find the download source for.
With as many books as have slipped through the rather large crack between Wrox and Apress, I'm having a difficult time recommending titles from either to our IT staff or partners.
Chris Fox
Re: Promising Book Breaks Promise
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-23
Review Date: 2000-04-23
Okay, so the examples in the book use IE5. Boo hoo. If you're using IIS, just grab a ~400k file from Microsoft (which contains
the parser itself) and now the IE5 parser works on the server. Then you can use ASP and do the transformation on the server
side and send the client a plain HTML page... no need for XML support. A user at a public terminal in a library (with Lynx
installed) will be able to see your page. Gotta love it.
Finally an Implementation book of an XML case-study
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-07-27
Review Date: 2000-07-27
Small book, but straight to the point & direct content. I like it. I'm very happy that this book is not, once again, explaining
XML from scratch (like most XML book including the VB one). This book contains one case-study and it follows it through
the end.
This case-study is about a working and normal web site, one about traveling, so this is finally an XML book that actually have real-life examples and not some useless pieces of code that does not tie in to OUR applications.
For XML newcomers, I would strongly suggest taking a look at Beginning XML first and polish your knowledge with this one.
Presents a Terrific Case Study
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2000-11-05
Review Date: 2000-11-05
Let me put my review in perspective. I have been programming in one language or another for twenty years. I was the project
manager for a Fortune 500 company's e-commerce initiative. I do some consulting on the side. In other words, I consider
myself to be an veteran programmer.
This is not an introductory text. As with most Wrox "Professional" titles, Spencer presumes a certain level of experience on his reader's behalf. I find these titles to be exactly what I desire: not too simple to be trivial, and yet not as dry as a pure reference text.
XML has been a hot topic for over a year now. As a result, more and more people are trying to get a grasp of this technology. Most of the XML books that I have read (and I own a few) provide reasonable explanations of it. I found that understanding the concepts of XML was simple; it was trying to figure out where to use it that was difficult. These beginning books told me the "how," but not the "when."
"Professional XML Design and Implementation" fills this void nicely. The entire book is dedicated to explaining a realistic scenario from end to end. I will note that this book does focus entirely on Microsoft's implementation of XML, but this is a reasonable choice: even at the present time, IE 5.0 or greater is the only released browser that supports XML (I am not including Netscape 6 PR1 through 3 simply because they are still in beta).
Along the way, Spencer provides us with a clear commentary as to why he made certain design decisions. He also attempts to include some instruction. Most of it is still accurate, but the section on XSL is now very outdated.
The application itself is pretty creative. The code behind it is diverse: server side scripting is used to build XML from data stored in a database; client side scripting is used to build XML data within a browser without requiring round trips. One particularly interesting feature was to save the work done on the client side in a cookie so that it could persist between sessions, before finally being submitted to the server.
I believe that most companies who are interested in XML at the time of this review are more interested in B2B (business to business) scenarios than B2C (business to consumer) ones. The limited browser support mentioned above makes this a reasonable assumption. The last chapter of the book entitled "The Transactional System" provdies some good insight into how XML can be used in a B2B environment.
A small drawback is that the book does not contain (and therefore does not review) the entire code listing for this application. Thankfully the files are available on Wrox' Web site.
This is a great book if you already have at least a cursory understanding of XML, and are looking to understand more about its application. If you are still struggling with the "what is XML?" question, then I recommend that you start with a different title than this one, especially when you consider that the XML/XSL standards have evolved considerably since its writing.
Cocoon: Building XML Applications
Published in Paperback by Sams (2002-07-24)
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Excellent book on web publishing via Cocoon
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-08-10
Review Date: 2004-08-10
Excellent book!. Introduces Cocoon as a web publishing (and integration) framework that it is. Shows nicely how to use xml-based
technology to create web-sites like portals that integrate external and internal data sources without writing any java code.
But the book also explains the internals of Cocoon for java developers so that those who want to extend its functionality
can do so (by writing appropriate java modules). Overall it made me understand the -significant- powers of the cocoon project
and its overall scope too. So, to recap, the book is very easy to read if you have basic knowledge of xml and java, and it
explains what you can and cannot do with cocoon: a framework for building web-sites that mostly deal with publishing documents.
In that sense, cocoon can be used to create robust portals or document management systems or even more general content management
systems (Lenya).
CForm Rules
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Please please please... if any author wants to write another cocoon book make it as updated as you can. I got two cocoon books
(I guess everyone knows what they are since there aint a lot of them around!). In a weeks time I was up and running. But
then it was announced XMLForm and JXForms have been removed from the 2.1.x distribution flushing all efforts down the drain.
Dont get me wrong. Good books... Only outdated.
I will feel better if it cuts to half pages
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2003-01-30
Review Date: 2003-01-30
The first 48 pages is an introduction to internet and xml. Will this level of introduction helpful anyway to people without
knowledge of internet or xml? Or who needs that level of introduction if he knows internet and xml?
From page 343 onwards is appendix and index. 480-343=137. So totally 48+137=185 pages out of 480 are basicly nothing. You got 300 pages left which could be helpful.
A good developer does not necessary be a good author.
I will feel better if it cuts to half pages
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2003-01-29
Review Date: 2003-01-29
~There is introduction on Internet and XML up to page 48. Who needs an introduction of Internet and XML if he is trying to
work on Cocoon? Does that introduction helpful if one has no knowledge of Internet or XML anyway?
There are appendix from page 343 to the end, page 480, that's 137 pages, plus 48 pages, totally 185 pages is basicly nothing. So you got less than 300 pages left maybe useful.
I buy this book since there are only 3 books about Cocoon in the market. Now I am a bit regret.A~~ good developer does not mean a good author.~
Not the best book on Cocoon.
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2003-02-14
Review Date: 2003-02-14
I was happy with this book after reading the first few chapters however after I got stuck into Cocoon I discovered that it
was not suitable as a reference. I couldn't find information on XML fragments or i18n. The index isn't good at all. The information
may be in there but you will have to read the book from cover to cover to get value from it. I would recommend going for the
Cocoon Developers Handbook.
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Overall, this is an excellent book. However, I would not buy this EDITION, as I know there is a 4th ed out now. When I got the book several years back, it was perfect. Unfortunately now several of the tags are depricated. Although I haven't seen the 4th ed, I plan on purchasing it, as I'm sure they've updated the tags and other content.
My hat goes off to the author!