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Title: Real World XML, Second Edition by Steve Holzner ISBN: 0-7357-1286-7 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (44 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Among one of the Best XML books around
Comment: One of the best XML books I have read in the last few months. The explanation of the beginning and advanced topics is very clearly setup and will help you understand the topics covered in the books no matter if you are a beginner or more advanced programmer.
The first chapters of this book are a great introduction from XML validators and other resources to well formed documents DTD's and Schemas, this will give you a understanding of the fundamentals of XML and now you can get more aquainted with all the other parts of XML development explained in the rest of the book.
Now that you know the fundamentals of XML you can start with the more advanced topics like eg SAX and the DOM to manipulate you data. In order to use these however you need to step beyond the scope of pure XML and dive into programming or scripting languages. The author choose to use Javascript and Java in this book. However you can argue if the chapters about "getting into Javascript" and "Getting into Java" are at place in a book about XML I personally feel that it was a good choice and I enjoyed reading the "Getting into Java" chapter before getting my hands dirty with Java and XML. And if you know these topics allready you can just skip these chapters.
And if this is not enough the following chapters will give you basic understanding of topics like using XML together with CSS, XHTML, WML, JSP, ASP and pearl. It also gives you an introduction of a new method of using XML as a description of Graphics and animation. This books mentions a few thing about SVG (scalable vector graphics), but goes into VML (vector markup language) in a lot more detail. My personal opinion is that this was a wrong choice because as things are now much more effort goes into SVG than VML. This also shows about the amount of resources there are on the web for SVG compared to VML.
Some other nice feautures of this book is the more than usual coverage of the JAVA XML coverage and the 100s of examples spread throughout the book, altho it would be nice if the samples could be downloaded from the web or were available on an accompanying CD.
In conclusion: This is a very well written book that is aimed to both the beginning as advanced developers, a few things that I missed in this book were a more detailed coverage of SOAP, there was only a slight mentioning in the whole book annd SOAP is becoming so popular that it deserver more detailed coverage. Info about C++ XML parsing, the JAVA and Javascript chapters were a GEM, but a bit info about C++ JAVA parsing would have made the book more complete. We all know that nothing gets more out of date than books about programming, that is also the cause of some of the lesser points I described above. But this is easily fixed, just get a book that explains the subject of your choice in more detail, for myself I am eagerly awaiting the JAVA XML and C++ XML books announced from New Riders.
All in all, its hard to find a better XML book than this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: XML in understandable language.
Comment: Just finishing learning HTML only to find that XML is now more widely accepted and you need a book to help you learn what this language has to offer. Stop looking and get a hold of the book Inside XML and you'll find a world of information enclosed in the 1000 plus pages.
The author takes chapter 1 to break down XML resources and validators, then has chapter 2 delve into well formed documents with great detail, making sure that no stone is left unturned and that you have every bit of information at your disposal.
Move on to topics like DTD, basics of java scripting, CSS, XSL and DOM. The author goes beyond the scope of the book to give you coverage of XHTML 1.0 and 1.1. Then is that's not enough the author adds information on VML, WML, ASP, JSP and perl languages making this one complete manual.
Using great examples to learn from as well as an abundance of diagrams and figures you have everything you need. The book is made for the designer with intermediate to advanced HTML and java Scripting understanding.
About the only thing the author has missed with is there's no cd-rom with working examples to allow you to practice with. Although there is ample examples in the book, this should not detract from the books overall value and worth.
Rating: 5
Summary: exceptionally well written
Comment: I think, learing a technology is best possible, if it is explained in an interesting, clear and organized manner. This book does just that. The details are great, the style is even excellent. This is a must buy for anyone who wants to learn basic, intermediate, and many advanced features of XML.
I rate this, one of the best XML books I have.
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Title: Inside XSLT by Steven Holzner ISBN: 0735711364 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 20 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elizabeth Castro ISBN: 0201710986 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition by Elliotte Rusty Harold, W. Scott Means ISBN: 0596002920 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Learning XML by Erik T. Ray ISBN: 0596000464 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself Web Services in 24 Hours by Stephen Potts, Mike Kopack ISBN: 0672325152 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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