Product DescriptionXML Weekend Crash Course covers the ins and outs of XML in 30 sessions. Each session is designed to take 30 minutes to complete, so the Crash Course is an intense 15-hour learning period. You can complete the Crash Course over a single weekend -- but you can also easily adapt the Crash Course sessions to whatever schedule best suits your needs.
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Rating: - No Support and the Disk Doesn't Work
I have bought a lot of Programming Books, at least one other of this "Brand" and have NEVER before written a negative review. I am so disgusted with this book that I decided to at least get the word out.
Realizing this book was published in 2001, I know they could not foresee everything about this programming language, but you do not set up more than half your book based on one piece of software. Of course there are other ways to go further with XML without the Instant Saxon software ... Read More
Rating: - 3.75 stars, I'd say
Good book for someone new to html, xslt, xml and the like. You get a good background of the evolution of the webspace languages as you are learning, and lots of little self-tests and pretty good examples. I had trouble with the CD-Rom, the Turbo XML included either no longer supported the beta copy or I missed something in the installation, in any case I never bothered with it any more. I was mostly just using it to gain an overall understanding of XML before I started studying XSLT. For that it was ... Read More
Rating: - A concise and useful set of exercises
A great introduction to XML.
The example programs and tutorials cover a breadth of topics. The sections are related and continue to build on useful tools and suggested practices.
I would recommend the book to anyone new to XML that wants to rip through some examples and would like to know about dtd and xlst.
Rating: - Good crash course
I knew nothing about XML and needed to come up to speed quickly. This book served that purpose well. It starts with basic theoretical explanations and goes into some technical detail. It did not teach me "everything" I needed to know, but it did a good job of getting me started. I would recommend it for a novice with little to advanced technical background who needs to learn XML.
Rating: - Already out of date
XML is changing at a lightning fast pace, and this 2000 book is already out of date.
- No Support and the Disk Doesn't Work
- 3.75 stars, I'd say
- Already out of date
