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XML for Dummies (Paperback)

by Ed Tittel (Author), Frank Boumphrey (Author) "The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is pretty hot stuff ..." (more)

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Paperback: 378 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (21 April 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0764506927
ISBN-13: 978-0764506925
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 18.5 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Now updated with coverage of new applications and thew latest standards, this is the ideal beginners guide to XML (eXtensible Markup Language), the widely heralded successor to HTML. Readers will discover how to use this powerful, flexible language and its specialized applications to format all kinds of complex data for the Web. The CD–ROM comes with software, code, Internet links, and more.

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Put the power of XML to work on your Web site.

Is your Web site hampered by the limitations of HTML? This friendly guide––completely updated with new examples, tools, and techniques––shows you step–by–step how to take your site to new heights with Extensible Markup Language, from enhancing database connectivity to enhancing pages with specialized data elements.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected., 8 Jun 2001

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I was hoping to get a thorough beginners introduction to xml but all I got were stabs in the dark!! A little disappointing for the dummies range. Not really worth the dough! Try Inside XML by Steve Holzner. It's bulky,(1000 pages!) but very informative, and great value for money!!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Thank God I didn't buy it, 9 Feb 2004

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This review is from: XML for Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

I had to do some work in XML and found this book lurking around the office. I've read a lot of books on IT and this is by far the worst. I didn't think it was possible for 350 pages of references and tutorials to teach me nothing, until I read this. Please don't waste your time with this book, it is useless.

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1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK, 4 Oct 1999

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This is the worst book I have ever read on any computing subject. It side tracks into SGML, pads out the already weak content and point you to broken links on the web.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely awful
I bought this book hopeing it would explain to me the basics of xml and help me make simple xml based web pages. Read more

Published on 19 Jul 2000 by andrew.mcintosh@ed.ac.uk

1.0 out of 5 stars The Dummies WROTE the book...and BOUGHT it!
Given that this book was written over a year ago and is based on a specification that is STILL changing, I suppose it is too much to ask that it would actually contain some... Read more

Published on 28 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS LOUSY BOOK
Ive read the first 4 chapters.

This book explains how xml is different from html, and its relationship to sgml, but I have yet to find out WHY people use xml, or HOW... Read more

Published on 12 Jun 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Poor
Poorly organized, incomplete, difficult to read. This is overall a bad reference for XML.

Go to a bookstore, flip through it. Read more

Published on 8 May 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Good to start but not a reference.
Having bought 3 xml books, this one is the one I wish I read first. It does not go into any great depth but is an excellent introduction to XML and why it is different (and... Read more

Published on 14 Feb 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Zero Stars Would Be More Appropriate
This is my first book from the "Dummies" series. It may be my last. Did no one edit this book for outright mistakes? Read more

Published on 26 Oct 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Dummies won't stand it either!
This is definately NOT a good book. The authors are too busy using the word COOL! In short, this books keeps on talking how COOL XML is, but does not cover a single complete... Read more

Published on 14 Sep 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars You Won't Learn Much About XML from THIS book
Skimpy, hard to read, and sadly incomplete are the primary attributes of this book. Key concepts are presented in a half-baked manner leaving the reader to figure things out... Read more

Published on 27 Aug 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars STUFFED WITH FLUFF
I finally found out the tie in and conicidence with the *ml books from IDG: They have similat designs and authors. They are going to run the humor element into the ground. Read more

Published on 21 Jun 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars Good plan, horribly botched execution
Unique approach breezes through XML and gets into real apps like CDF, DRP, SMIL; I like this. Unfortunately the technical presentation of XML is so deeply inaccurate that the... Read more

Published on 8 May 1998

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