Customer Review: This book really gave me a lot of insight on the fundamentals of Web design. It takes you step by step through the processes of hand writing the Web code. It was a lot of help for me, and I plan on keeping this book for future reference.
Customer Review: I knew little more than how to use a MySpace type HTML editor before looking at this book, and was quite apprehensive about learning the modern hyroglyphic language called HTML. However, after reading this book, I began to see more of a language rather than a jumble of texted mess. It's simple,... more info
Customer Review: I've read through 2/3 of the book for an XML class. This book did not provide a good picture of what could be accomplished with XML. Nor did it explain steps well. I found myself getting very confused in many places and wondering why the author did what they did. While the steps are succinct,... more info
Customer Review: This is a jumpstart tutorial book, so anyone looking for a comprehensive guide to either Perl or CGI will be disappointed. (But the title of the book series makes this pretty obvious.) I'm an experienced programmer, and I've had some experience with Python, a language very similar to Perl in some... more info
Customer Review: Published in 2005, this book has, to an extent, become obsolete. In general the HTML hasn't changed, but during the last few years Blogger has updated its interface so what you see as an example in the book won't correspond 1-to-1 with what you'll see on today's Blogger pages. Now if this... more info
Customer Review: I have been a Web Design and Developer since 1998. I picked up this book in 2002 because I wanted to learn how to create an online database program and a e-commerce store. I picked it up at my local book store and found that it was very easy to read. Today, creating an online store in less than... more info
Customer Review: this was my very first Perl book and it taught me a lot of basic stuff that i still use now eventhough i don't use Perl anymore :) I'd still recommend it and I love the Visual Quickstart Guides!
Customer Review: Excellant book for beginners. Takes you through the process step by step with exercises. A bonus: the book is illustrated with nice photos of some general interest.
