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Title: Just Xml by John E. Simpson ISBN: 0-13-943417-8 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Starter for Anyone Interested in XML
Comment: As a developer of an XML certificate program, I have been reviewing many XML titles in the last several months. I found this Second Edition of Just XML the best choice for the first course in a 3-course curriculum. The author is gifted in expressing technical (sometimes sophisticated) concepts in simple terms, using analogies that are familiar to us in everyday life. The author made the right choice of XML-based standards, i.e., XML Syntax, DTD, Namespace, XLink, XPointer, XPath, CSS, and XSLT, because all of them are at least in W3C CR status. The consistent use of B-Movies as case studies throughout the book helps readers stay within the same subject in understanding XML applications. I found half a dozen errors (mostly typos) in the book. I will send an e-mail to the author for inclusion in the errata on his website, where one can also download the examples given in the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well-written overview for savvy readers
Comment: I didn't pay for this book (I checked it out from my local library), and I started reading at Chapter 7 (XML and CSS), but I enjoy the author's style. Having written a couple of technical books myself, I understand the pressure to just parrot the spec or the manual and I am pleased to see that Simpson brings real thoughtfulness to his subject. Instead of describing the syntax of CSS, he explains "the style problem" that led to SGML and offers one reason why HTML is more popular than earlier technologies. Then he describes the syntax.
Reading other, more negative reviews, I wanted to add my positive opinion of the book. Perhaps some of those who were disappointed were hoping for more of a verbose spec, or a canned application. I prefer the thoughtful FAQ that this book seems to be.
Rating: 1
Summary: Useless for learning anything
Comment: I've not yet run across an XML book that offers really good training. Creating your own XML tags is child's play, but good skill with DTDs and XSL is needed, as well as other applications of XML. Because a book has a limit on thickness, the covering of each XML application is spread too thin in XML books.
I took a look through the "just XML" book, expecing more. I don't want someone to provide a thin coverage of just enough information to allow me to determine they know something somewhat. I want them to explain, and provide good examples and applications to work myself. Skill-building comes through 'hands on' training, not through a thin coverage about each application of XML.
I'm learning alot about how to create valid XML documents, with long complex DTDs, but couldn't learn anything from this book. I recommend a 'how to' book with hands on practices.
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Title: Just XSL by John E. Simpson ISBN: 0130603112 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 13 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: XSLT : Programmer's Reference by Michael Kay ISBN: 0764543814 Publisher: Wrox Pub. Date: 03 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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