Wilde's WWW: Technical Foundations of the World Wide Web

by Erik Wilde

Book Overview

What is the difference between a URL and a URI? How does HTTP fulfill its task? Why do we need XML? What is it, and will it eventually replace HTML? This book gives answers to these questions and a chore of others that may be asked by attentive inhabitants of cyberspace. The book is, of course, not just a glossary of abbreviations and frequently used terms. It is rather a comprehensive and still succinct presentation of the technology used in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642958575
• ISBN13: 9783642958571
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent, but dated

This book is an excellent compendium of most of the core web technologies. An added bonus is the author used LaTeX so its easy to read and well formatted. Unfortunately this technology is moving so quickly that this book is already outdated. It is easier to track these technologies through online documents.

Basics First

When there are numerous technologies behind the internet or part of internet, one needs to have a macro view of related technoliges to do any sensible thing. If you are looking for such a macro view / total perspective of internet, this is the book to refer to. Even though one cannot expect to get details of numerous techologise in one single book, this book managed to cover the basics of most relevant technologies.

An almost complete survey of Web Technology

At first, a warning: reading through this book sometimes is not very entertaining, as the author tried to squeeze in as much information as possible. However, as a reference, it is almost invaluable, containing a huge glossary and a nice index. I especially liked the author's attempt to present the Web's many technologies in an interconnected way, providing readers with the opportunity to understand many dependencies between technologies. I heavily recommend this book to all people who are looking for a (almost) complete and extensive reference of Web technologies.