SVG Programming: The Graphical Web

by Kurt Cagle

Book Overview

* Empowers readers with what they need to know to quickly begin building powerful SVG-centric Web applications. * Much more than just an SVG reference, readers are provided with valuable instruction pertaining to efficient image creation and manipulation. * Author Kurt Cagle is a well-known author, developer, and XML pundit, with 13 books to his credit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590590198
• ISBN13: 9781590590195
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Apress
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The best book on SVG so far

This book is head and shoulders above the Eissenberg book (O'Reilly). Kurt Cagle is a serious developer, and the book shows it, with advanced examples that explore all aspects of programming. It would have been nice to have a .zip file that had all the examples in it, but that's a minor nit.

SVG Bible for the Web

Finally an SVG Bible for the Web. I have worked with SVG for just under 2 years and had to learn SVG from the W3C documents and lots of "experiments". I have only reviewed half of this book so far and found a wealth of knowledge on using SVG on the Web. It's examples are solid and well organized. This book can be used by the novice and the experienced to add the coolest vector graphics to their Website. This book is well balanced for all levels. It has earned a well respected slot next to my computer...