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Title: XML Developer's Handbook (With CD-ROM) by Kurt Cagle ISBN: 0-7821-2704-5 Publisher: Sybex Inc Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: Average overall
Comment: This book was difficult for me to rate. While it had some very strong qualities, it was weak in other areas. The book surpassed many others in the following respects.

1) Content - This book is one of the most advanced XML books I have ever seen. The author promotes the use of XML/XSLT as a programming language. The book's examples demonstrate how XML can be used to create platform/language independent applications.

2) Scope - The book is complete in its coverage of XML. The topics covered include; The DOM, the MSXML parser, XML, XSLT, XPATH, XML schema, XML Programming with parameters.

3) Length - The book is very concise and doesn't redundantly elaborate the obvious.

The book needs improvement in the following areas.

1) Difficult to understand - The book would introduce a new topic in a single page and then proceed to advanced examples. This book is for experts only. Unless you develop XML applications on a regular basis, this book will probably be extremely confusing.

2) Out of date - Although this book was only published a little more than a year ago, it is already out of date. The standards were finalized in 2001 and most XML books will probably be dated. The information covering the schema is slightly out of date and the MSXML parser information is extremely dated.

3) Inconsistency - The examples were not written to one standard. The Schemas and MSXML code examples are extremely varied and alternate between chapters. Unfortunately, the standards were fluid during the writing of this book.

The overall rating will vary depending on the reader. Advanced readers will probably view this book as having four stars, while beginners will see it as a two star book. Given the balance between pros and cons, I give this book three stars.

Rating: 5
Summary: Just what you need.
Comment: This book is the definitive source for XML (and related technologies) for the vb programmer.
The only drawback are the typos in the listings on papers.
The author has profund knowledge of the things he's talking about, and he knows how to transmit them.

Rating: 4
Summary: Best book for those seeking learning in easy simple examples
Comment: This is conceptually a very well done book. I like smallstand-alone code examples that can be entered into VB (or copied fromthe accompaning CD) and then run without having to code up and thenunderstand a large working program example. Unfortunately, as a ...the code samples are fraught with typo's and what appear to be codingerrors that cause VB 6 to choke. Examples are: Using CreateObject toinstantiate an instance of the DOMDocument requires that a variable oftype Object be used but the exmamples in the book use theDOMDocument. VB 6 doesn't like that. Also the error handling checksfor values > 0 but the ParseError returns large negative numbers soa greater than 0 test doesn't trap the error. as for typos: avar isnamed to be "errormsg" but the code example tries to set avar named "ErrorMsg" which of course doesn't work. I findthis ... editing on the behalf of the author and/or the publisher fora .... The problems are all easy to find and correct unless you're areal beginner to VB but annoying just the same. I still recommend thebook for its content ignoring the typos and language syntax bugs asmere inconveniences. For the VB 6 developer, I think this the bestbook going. Far better than what WROX provides i.e. Professional VB 6XML. If you can wade thru the typo's, syntax problems. As an aside, Iwent to the... site for this book and checked the errata hoping tofind a a downloadable file with corrected code examples.. It says noerrors have been identified with this book so I guess I will submit afew. ....