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Summary: Oldish by now, sorry to say
Review: As good as it may look at first there are problems under the surface. The book is printed in 2000 meaning that PHP installation is out of date, for instance. Moreover, the 40+ pages about JServ integration are pure junk as the product JServ no longer exists and has been replaced by a totally different product (Tomcat). Also, there are several things that are not discussed at all even though they are referred to (the htdocs directory, for instance). As somebody stated all of this information can be found more up-to-date in the Internet now. I like the book, however :-)
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Summary: Excellent Reference
Review: I bought this book in August 2001 and I still keep it close at hand. It has paid for itself over and over again. Most times I wonder how can I do "?" in apace? And this book has delivered everytime.Now I think I'll buy his book on Apache 2.0
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Summary: Excellent Reference
Review: I bought this book in August 2001 and I still keep it close at hand. It has paid for itself over and over again. Most times I wonder how can I do "?" in apace? And this book has delivered everytime. Now I think I'll buy his book on Apache 2.0
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Summary: Useless book
Review: It is a completely useless book. The topics are described superficially. The examples are very simple, doesn't treat the really important and serious problems. The example configurations from the apache instalation are more helpfull than this book. Also a much better resource is on the Apache website, with many example configurations explained.
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Summary: awesome book - well worth the price in my experience
Review: This book doesn't waste much time spoon feeding people. I love it. When Peter starts a topic, he explores it completely and IN DETAIL. Nice work.
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Summary: Best of the alternatives
Review: This book is the best book covering Apache that I have seen, and this is after comparing this to Apache: The Definitive Guide by O'Reilly Press. To be honest, most of the books out there on Apache give a thorough and adequate run-through of the features and use of the Apache Server. What set this book apart for me was its careful attention to the configuration/installation process- one of the most frustrating aspects of running Apache, especially for Linux users. In particular, it explains in-depth the options and methods for adding modules to the Apache server, including fleshing out the different ways of implementing the modules. For example, the author shows how to compile Apache with statically linked modules, to do the same dynamically, and to do a combination of the two. This really hits home when you are trying to run Apache with third-party modules such as mod_perl, PHP, mySQL, and Jakarta, for example. Online documentation and even documentation from other books may describe how to implement these individually, but seldom take into account the scenario where one wants to run many or all of them. I strongly recommend this book, especially if you are a serious linux user who is tired of searching the internet for out-of-context messages on Apache configuration problems.
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Summary: Professional Apache
Review: This is an excellent book that covers just about everything you'll need to know to get the most out of Apache. It's much more accomplished and up to date than the O'Reilly book. Everything from advanced Apache build options to implementing virtual hosts, cgi and dynamic content (including php3) to performance and monitoring are covered in a detailed yet easy to digest way. There's a good chapter on security which covers authentication as well as server security in good depth. The author makes little attempt to cover Apache running under Windows, though this is explained in the first chapter. However, if you can get Apache up and running on a Windows machine without help, the book will still be of enormous use. My only criticism is that Wrox insist on putting moody pictures of their authors on the front cover of their books. Why couldn't he at least smile?
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Summary: The best Apache book I have ever seen
Review: This is really a great book for people who are interest in web hosting. Even I'm 15, I still can read it smoothly and say "Ok, I got it" after I read.
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Summary: A Great Reference to Have On Hand
Review: Wow, I'm shocked to see some negative reviews here for a book that I've come to rely on all the time! Maybe it's not for everybody, but as someone who works with various installations of Apache every day, I value it as an in depth reference manual. Apache is such a monster of an application and can be configured in so many ways that it's not always easy to see how things are working. When I come across a configuration option I haven't worked with before, this book does a great job of explaining it in a language I can understand. It always starts off by saying _WHY_ you'd want to use a particular option, and is clear about pointing out when it might be better to use a different methodology. The chapter on content negotiation is particularly good, and made me a huge fan of ModRewrite. I was looking for a simple way to serve up dynamic PHP CGI content through URLs that looked static (so search engines could easily spider the whole site). This chapter outlined many different approaches to this sort of task and carefully weighed the trade offs inherent in each. After reading it I felt that I had made an informed decision based on the particular needs and constraints of that project. As with any printed book about web technologies, some of it may be out of date. Note that the author has written a newer book on Apache 2.0 which probably has more recent information regarding related technologies like PHP, Perl, etc. Still, there's going to be a lot of 1.X servers out there for quite a while so this book probably won't be collecting dust on my shelf anytime soon...
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