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Title: Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days (2nd Edition) by Devan Shepherd, Devan Shepherd ISBN: 0-672-32093-2 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 22 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days, 2nd Ed.
Comment: Some titles tout - "Learn blah, blah in 24 hours" - but I found that this book offers a concise series of 21 lessons that were painless. It is written in such a way that I was able to just dive in and get started. The book provides clear and easy to understand exercises and examples that really worked for me! Such topics as XSL, XSLT, XPath, DOM, XLink, XPointer, XML Schema, and DTD are explained so that I knew how they are used, and when. The book also contains excellent and up to date resources.
This is a very useful and practical first book for beginners, those with HTML knowledge, or those who are curious about a technology that is transforming the Web. If you are interested in certification or just want a background in XML, this is a good book to start with.
Rating: 2
Summary: Much too wordy in all the wrong places
Comment: I usually don't say anything unless I have something nice to say, but I feel the positive reviews for this book are highly overrated. I'm quite stunned by how much copy the author of this book managed to churn out on what otherwise could have been a concise and to-the-point tutorial. Do I really need to read through 7 paragraphs on the decision-making process of the W3C before I can learn about XML schemas...? While some may find that kind of information thorough, I find it distracting. The reviewers who feel this book was well-written obviously don't think good writing should be compelling. The writing style, while organized and grammatically correct, is very very dry and repetitious. The tone reminds me of the more boring professors I had in college. There is no humor or person-to-person feel you get with writers like Laura Lemay. Even given the author's verbosity, the book (almost flagrantly) glosses over what I felt should have been the most important lesson: the XSD schema language, which most people agree to be the standard syntax for XML. If you want an efficient introduction to XML, you are better off running through the online tutorials offered on the w3schools website.
Rating: 1
Summary: Recommend
Comment: Wonderful book if you have enough time to type all codes. No CD comes with this book, no source codes available.
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Java 2 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition (3rd Edition) by Laura Lemay, Rogers Cadenhead ISBN: 0672324555 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself J2EE in 21 Days (With CD-ROM) by Dan Haywood, Martin Bond, Peter Roxburgh, Debbie Law, Andy Longshaw ISBN: 0672323842 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself XSLT in 21 Days by Michiel van Otegem ISBN: 0672323184 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 31 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) by Michael Morrison ISBN: 0672322137 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 18 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself JavaServer Pages in 21 Days by Steven Holzner, Steve Holzner ISBN: 0672324490 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 19 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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