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XML @ Web Programming
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XML Index - XML Book :
The XML Companion
by Neil Bradley Paperback - 864 pages 3rd edition (January 10, 2002) Addison Wesley Professional ISBN: 0201770598 Dimensions (in inches): 1.68 x 9.23 x 6.80 Introduces programmers to techniques for designing and managing XML documents as well as standards for linking, styling and processing XML data. The second edition adds coverage of DOM 1.0, SAX 1.0, CSS 2 and Namespaces 1.0, and recently proposed standards for Xpath, XHTML and XML Catalog. Development Exchange: "Both a great way of learning about XML and related technologies, and an excellent reference book you'll want to keep handy on your shelf." Customer Reviews Reviewer: A reader from Boston I really liked this book; it starts with what you know (HTML) and works toward this new thing, XML. It even discusses SGML vs. XML, and how they might merge. It isn't full of the bizarre examples I've seen elsewhere; most of the examples are related to familiar typesetting issues. Apparently, the book itself is written in XML and the DTD is provided in an appendix. Other examples concern transforming database information into XML. Finally, there is some useful (if slightly out-of-date) information on parsing XML, including using the Java SAX parser. Basically, this is an XML book done right. It could have more detail in some areas ... but it could also be too big to carry around. I recommend it. Reviewer: A reader from Chicago, IL All reference books should be this short. The XML Companion is generally clear and concise and does a nice job of relating XML to its cousins SGML and HTML. The examples are easy to follow, although the diagrams are often messy--too many arrows pointing this way and that, obscuring parts of the drawing. The charts, tables, and glossary are extremely handy. Unfortunately, two chapters (XLL and XSL) are based on specifications that haven't even become official W3C recommendations yet--why waste the paper and ink on something you know will be outdated by the time the book appears in print? Apparently some marketing bozo at Addison-Wesley decided this was the way to go. Worse, despite its helpful content, every chapter of this book is riddled with typos and other lapses in copyediting and proofreading, which is an embarrassment to the author and a disgrace to the publisher. One expects better of Addison-Wesley--or at least I used to. The proofreader of this book should be whipped, and the project manager should be fired. Reviewer: A reader from Shy-town don't expect to learn how to use xml from this book. the structure and layout of the material is incomprehensible, doesn't lend itself to self-study and the chapters do not seem to "build on concepts described in previous chapters" (as touted in the preface)--rather, discussing and expounding on specious, irrelevant and unimportant topics. since i obtained this book with the intention of learning xml (and not the incredibly trivial details bradley insists on explicating), i expected to see some (at least one) examples of an actual xml document. no such luck. don't buy this book if you want to know *how* to use xml--total and complete waste of time and money. perhaps it could be of use to some people however. you never know. Reviewer: A reader from New York This is not that great a book, in fact it is fairly poor. The writing is confused in places and the examples badly thought through. Technically minded readers will find it largely pointless, and will offer little of any great use. Over-rated. |
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