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List Price: £37.99
Our Price: £22.72
Author:
Chelsea Valentine, Lucinda Dykes, Ed Tittle
By John Wiley & Sons
 Great reference and more, 2002-06-21
The XML side of things is developing rapidly, the newsletters and other mail that arrives on my desktop are always full of new proposals and recommendations, some interesting and others not.
XML Schemas are I suppose a relatively recent addition to the growing XML soup and whilst it is easy to ignore some things Schemas are an important development.
This book sets out to cover schemas in a comprehensive fashion and definitely hits the mark. The coverage of the schema recommendation is detailed and supported by examples and some really good insight from the authors. You also get coverage of the other Schema proposals including the RELAX NG schema proposals.
The book also lays out some useful standard practice for general XML development and for DTD and schema development in particular.
The book covers the use of DTD's and not only discusses the difference between schemas and DTD's but also offers some advice on how to choose between DTD's and Schemas.
The book deals with the nuts and bolts of schemas but also gives an overview of how to implement things and suggests methodologies to help you put it into practice.
I found this type of insight and advice really useful and for me it made the book into more than just a simple reference and I can see how this is actually going to help when tackling real projects.
The only warning note I would sound is that this is not a book for folks that are totally new to XML and if you don't have the basics then you need to get those elsewhere before tackling this book.
The book has a good set of references and an excellent glossary, the code examples are made available by download, again it's a pity they weren't included on a CD but that's a minor grouch.
Overall I would say it's a good book for the intermediate/experienced developer and one that will give lots of help to developers working in projects using XML as well as providing a standard reference for the current Schema recommendation.
List Price: £47.50
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Author:
Natanya Pitts, Chelsea Valentine
By John Wiley & Sons
 an excellent preparation for the exam, 2003-11-03
I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone taking the exam. Given the volume of the book I would buy it and tackle it BEFORE going on the course. You will easily pass then.I found this book exceedingly useful. It is incredibly thorough, as are all the titles that I have read in the series. The exercises and the tests were a useful alternative to the online tests available. Unless you have broadband of cheap/free access then these will serve instead of the online tests. Tests and lab materials are available through the accompanying CD. Not cheap at £45 retail, cheaper from someone like Amazon of course. Unlike the Foundations Bible, I would say that this is a book that would serve as a good reference book beyond the exam, so you might want to buy and keep this one! If anything, I found the tests in this book harder than the actual exam itself. Coupled with the exercises then this is an excellent preparation for the exam.
List Price: £23.99
Our Price: £11.86
Author:
Ed Tittel, Chelsea Valentine, Natanya Pitts
By John Wiley & Sons
If you are looking for an HTML book, don't stop reading yet. XHTML is also the latest version of HTML, and most of the information here applies equally to both. The main practical difference is that XHTML is stricter, but learning to do it right from the very beginning is no bad thing. This introduction provides the information you need to create advanced Web pages by working directly with XHTML code.Beginning with a full explanation of what XHTML and HTML are all about, XHTML for Dummies goes on to explain elements and attributes, the building blocks of an XHTML page. Next there is an introduction to styling a page with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), followed by a look at document structure and then text presentation. Further chapters cover hyperlinks, graphics and lists. The mysteries of special characters are uncovered, and there is a full guide to XHTML tables. The later chapters are more advanced, and tackle clickable image maps, Web forms and using frames. Two chapters of tips cover common pitfalls and suggestions for good page design. Topics like Java, multimedia, scripting and dynamic HTML are introduced, with explanations of what they are and pointers to further...
 Get another book, 2002-02-21
Slow, unclear, bad use of examples, steer very clear...there are far better choices
List Price: £23.99
Our Price: £18.00
Author:
Ed Tittel, Natanya Pitts, Chelsea Valentine
By John Wiley & Sons
Hard-core programmers would say that HTML is for dummies. Nonetheless, those of us who'd like to build and maintain our own Web sites but cringe at the sight of anything resembling a programming language, HTML 4 for Dummies is the hand-holding guide we need to help us through. Given that so many HTML editors are available that do all of the site-building work for you, it's strange that the authors chose to wait until Appendix C in the back of the book to explain why you need to know HTML. Still, their reasons for learning HTML are sound and the advice they dispense is solid. Along with going through the ins and outs of HTML tags, the authors do a fine job of explaining what design elements work and how to avoid common mistakes. The section on XHTML ensures that budding site builders have all the latest tools at their disposal. Whether your goal is to build a simple, text-oriented Web site, or one loaded with frames and graphics and animation, HTML 4 for Dummies will put you on the right track. --John Frederick Moore, amazon.com
I'm a dummy no more!, 2008-05-30
Fantastic book. The only text I have on HTML. Enabled me to get to grips with my own website www.totalastronomy.com. Crammed with useful tips for the beginner.
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