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Summary: A Fantastic Reference.
Review: In the preface, the author writes "when those books [how-to books] have been digested and placed on your bookshelf, this one will remain on your desktop." I don't think I could say it any better.This book is not designed to show you how to do HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CGi and so on. It is designed as a reference, and I think it does a terrific job. The format is very efficient, and easy to look up what you need. Perhaps the best features of the book are the brief summaries of each section. The reader is expected to already be familiar with that topic, but the book still provides a very succinct summary, just to make sure. This is rather handy when you are somewhat familiar with the topic, but not a guru. I particularly liked the section on getting the best performance out of the webpage, and webserver. Many of the tips listed here are very common sense, yet can make dramatic improvements in load time. Thus, to sum up. This book is a very comprehensive reference to several aspects of the web, including HTML, CGI, JavaScript, PHP and others. Anyone who actively works in this field of computing should seriously consider purchasing this book. You will use it often both as a reference, and as a brush-up.
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Summary: A Fantastic Reference.
Review: In the preface, the author writes "when those books [how-to books] have been digested and placed on your bookshelf, this one will remain on your desktop." I don't think I could say it any better. This book is not designed to show you how to do HTML, JavaScript, PHP, CGi and so on. It is designed as a reference, and I think it does a terrific job. The format is very efficient, and easy to look up what you need. Perhaps the best features of the book are the brief summaries of each section. The reader is expected to already be familiar with that topic, but the book still provides a very succinct summary, just to make sure. This is rather handy when you are somewhat familiar with the topic, but not a guru. I particularly liked the section on getting the best performance out of the webpage, and webserver. Many of the tips listed here are very common sense, yet can make dramatic improvements in load time. Thus, to sum up. This book is a very comprehensive reference to several aspects of the web, including HTML, CGI, JavaScript, PHP and others. Anyone who actively works in this field of computing should seriously consider purchasing this book. You will use it often both as a reference, and as a brush-up.
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Summary: Get it. (if you find it at a yard sale)
Review: Its 8:00am on Monday. Your boss pulls you into his office and looks you over seriously. He says: Thompson, I want to put our company on the web. Do you know how to do that? I've been told I need to hire a Webmaster, where do I find one? You, being egar to please, tell her/him that you can put the company on the web and you can be the Webmaster. The fisrt thing you do is go out and buy this book. But that is the only situation that I can recommend this book for. I keep it around as a reminder of what my job is but it doesn't go into enough detail about any of the topics it covers. It may have been more apropriately titled: Your responsiblities as a Webmaster. Good Reference, but not good enough for the experienced.
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Summary: handy
Review: Of all the books in our office, this is the one
in highest demand. The coverage of Javascript
is weak, but otherwise it has everything a webmaster needs in a convenient package.
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Summary: great reference overall but definite bias toward UNIX/Apache
Review: Overall it is a very valuable reference but a few comments: Regarding the table of content: The book focuses largely on web development on a UNIX platform with Apache webserver and does not address many topics of relevance to those of us who (not necessarily by choice) work on windows. The list of topic covered is quiet inclusive but I would have prefered a book one or two hundred pages thicker that would have included coverage of: ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, Applet programming, Active X controls and plugin based multimedia applications (Flash, etc). The current section on Apache configuration can go as far as I am concerned. Regarding the book itself: The book does a very good job at explaining simply and providing reference for a number of topics, especially for the price which is typically low for that kind of books. For instance, the section on CSS concisely and clearly review css principle (some coverage of css2 would have been good) and give a very good reference. Another example: the section on PhP did a perfect job to introduce me to that environment which I was unfamiliar with while offering a comprehensive reference. However, the book (and the 'In a nutshell' collection as a whole) is designed for a public familiar with web authoring and programming concepts. I got acquainted with the book when I took over a class which uses it as a coursebook. As a coursebook it was less sucessful because it assumes too much knowledge of basic programming concepts (arrays, objects, etc) for real beginners. To sum up: If you are already familiar with web authoring and have programming experience, this is a very worthwhile book which may even prove to be about the only reference you need if you work is mostly on Apache with Perl or PhP. For server-side application programmer and multimedia designer, some additional reference may be needed. I see that there is a deluxe edition of the book (currently out of print but still on sale at Amazon) which offer also five book on CD for a slightly higher price. I'ld go for that one.
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Summary: IT IS A REFERENCE :)
Review: Perl in a Nutshell is quite complete. The 2nd addition covers CGI and Perl. This covers things that are specific to using perl on CGI. It is not a perl reference, it is a CGI reference.
This is not a tutorial for newbies but it is a fine book to get when you are a newbie. Obviously, since it is titled as a reference you will also want a book that is titled as a tutorial. (duh?)
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Summary: Provides a lot of information over a wide subject
Review: The book includes reference on HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, PHP, HTTP, Apache modules and configuration, and web server performance. While all of the material is covered in O'Reilly's other books, I was impressed with the layout and presentation of this book. I also found that the reference material that is buried deep in O'Reilly's other books, was very easy to find in this one. I was especially impressed with the JavaScript and HTTP reference, and feel that these two sections will be used by the majority of this book's readers.
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Summary: Provides a lot of information over a wide subject
Review: The book includes reference on HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, PHP, HTTP, Apache modules and configuration, and web server performance. While all of the material is covered in O'Reilly's other books, I was impressed with the layout and presentation of this book. I also found that the reference material that is buried deep in O'Reilly's other books, was very easy to find in this one. I was especially impressed with the JavaScript and HTTP reference, and feel that these two sections will be used by the majority of this book's readers.
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Summary: Other review not accurate
Review: The first review said Perl has been taken out of this ref - not true. There is a section on Perl/CGI . Just saw the book at Barnes/Noble.
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Summary: Please Disregard Review from Osaka, Japan Below
Review: The reader from Osaka, Japan is reviewing the first edition of this book, printed in 1996. Obviously, it is obsolete; that's why we wrote the second edition! Chapter 11 is no longer CGI Variables, it is instead now a tutorial on Javascript. The 1.1 variables are updated. We also no longer cover NCSA in the latest edition, but instead concentrate more on Apache, 2 chapters worth.
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