Books for Prep | |
by: Steven Hahn, Stephen Mohr, Brian Loesgen, Richard Blair, Alex Homer, Corey Haines, Dinar Dalvi, John Slater, Mario Zucca, Luca Bolognese, Kevin Williams, Bill Kropog, Mario Zuccar  List Price: $49.99 Price: $6.77 You Save: $43.22 (86%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.276 EAN: 9781861004024 Edition: 1st ISBN: 1861004028 Label: Peer Information Inc. Manufacturer: Peer Information Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 883 Publication Date: 2000-06 Publisher: Peer Information Inc. Studio: Peer Information Inc. Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) and the Extensible Markup Language (XML) are two of the hottest Web technologies, but each, because it is a complex topic in its own right, usually is documented individually. Professional ASP XML ties the two together in an important way, illustrating how to utilize them both to produce next-generation Web applications. This product of several Wrox authors shows how and where XML fits in with ASP development, and whets the reader's appetite for creative solutions to typical data-handling problems. Because the focus of the book is a step beyond the XML specification itself, the basics of XML are covered up front in a quick and practical discussion. The authors do a great job of explaining the Document Object Model, as well as the DTD-versus-schema controversy. Then it's on to the fun stuff: a look at how to build XSL style sheets dynamically from a database, bind XML data locally with data islands, and construct a component that encapsulates reusable XML file operations. The best way to grasp the power of XML, however, is to see it in action. Fortunately, the authors devote a large portion of the book to case studies that use XML in various ways: to drive an online survey system, generate programmer documentation for DLLs, represent a shopping cart, and serve as the glue behind a workflow application. If you're developing for the Web, sooner or later you will find XML either useful or necessary. This book should be required reading for any serious ASP developer. --Stephen W. Plain Topics covered:
Product Description: XML, the Extensible Markup Language, is a platform-independent language for describing data. The XML and related specifications, as well as the Document Object Model, have all been developed with language independence in mind. This was done to allow any programmer to use these powerful protocols and object models in their own language of choice, thus providing a huge development potential for the XML community and offering a myriad of opportunities to developers working with established technologies. ASP has long been leading technology for server-side, dynamic web applications. And XML, as the newest markup language and a standard format for the universal sharing of data, is undoubtedly set to become an intrinsic part of all major development both on the Web, and in the wider business community. The next generation of web sites will inevitably combine these technologies as e-commerce matures and developers look for more efficient ways to integrate Internet presence with business systems. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Notice the Dates on the ReviewsI got this book from a friend and after reading a few chapters I checked the Amazon reviews to see if "it was just me" or if this book was horrible. I was surprised to see it had even 3 1/2 starts. Then I read the reviews carefully... Just days after the book came out, there was a rush of excellent reviews, most of which where only a few sentence long and lacked any detail. Then reality set in. People who really read it, universally hated it. -- And gave detailed examples why. ... Read More Rating:  - Best for Programmers to implement XML in ASPExcellent! for ones who are pro to ASP and need to intergrate XML with ASP! A must buy! Rating: - Best for Programmers to implement XML in ASPThis is definitely a good book for developers having good knowledge of ASP and XML and how to integrate XML in ASP. I just loved this book. People who say they don't like it, they have not read the book I am sure. Its sure worth the money! Rating:  - Bad examples, choppy, dated and not for beginnersI'm a big fan of the WROX publications (for ASP in particular), but this book was a disappointment. The writing was choppy - as you might expect from a book with 14 guys on the cover. The examples were cryptic and raise more questions than they answer. The author(s) seem to me to be attempting to impress us (and each other) with their knowledge of the subject rather than really trying to write a digestible explanation of ways to utilize XML in an ASP environment. Rating: - Not worth it (at all)This book was a real dissapointment. I LOVE wrox ASP 3.0 Ref and ADO 2.6 Ref. Maybe Wrox should have taken that approach with this book -- instead of trying to act like this book can in any way teach anything about XML. The examples in this book are horrid, they aren't in depth enough, and more importantly, don't even correspond well with each other. Too many of the chapters jump into the middle of a subject, then try to work back to the beginning and then forward ... Read More 
In association with Amazon.com | |