XML Black Book [With Contains Shareware Versions of the Latest XML...]

by Natanya Pitts-Moultis, Cheryl Kirk, will-kelly

XML is one of those topics that demands that you digest traditional tutorial information and learn how this language is implemented in the real world. XML Black Book compiles a large set of this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157610284X
• ISBN13: 9781576102848
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 790 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The best ever

I review and found the book is extremely useful for experienced programmer. The structure is confused but when I get used to, it became handful reference.

Decisions, Decisions.......

Cheryl Kirk, aka, Lou K., wrote a review entitled, "I agree with the bad reviews - and I'm one of the authors!" on March 12, 2002.Her review was more of a slam against her co-author, Natanya Pitts. Read all of the editorial reviews and customer reviews before making your decision on whether or not to purchase this book.

It is a get-the-job-done kind of book!

I started the book as a novice to XML and am now in the process of using XML as a MAJOR piece in a rather complex commercial product. Good solid explanations and instruction allowed me to get up to speed. There are other books out there that are a lot of talk and no walk. This one walks away with 5 stars.

Best full-spectrum XML book available at the moment

Although other books may cover a specific facet or two of XML in greater detail, none (and I've bought close to a dozen) provide the clarity and depth that this book does. And contrary to the "reader from London", I did not find this a dull or tedious read at all.

The best XML book available today.

This is an excellent book on XML for the programmer who needs to know how to implement XML and it is also good for the layperson who wants to learn about XML. Perhaps not the best book for beginners, but I think the assumption is that if you know about XML, you are not one.The book is readable, well designed, and best of all they use my favorite format: They discuss a particular feature until every point is clear, then show an example in the 'Immediate Solutions' section. You can actually learn XML by reading this book and trying the examples. What a concept!I have read and returned a few XML books by the so-called masters, including the one by Goldfarb, and found them to be poorly written, obscure, or overpriced marketing tools(e.g. the XML Handbook.)The XML Black Book is the only XML book currently available that won't make you feel like you wasted your money.