Product Description
XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a standards-based technology which is being universally implemented by major corporations such as Microsoft, IBM, and Netscape. It is seen as the information format of the future: a programming language which is more flexible than HTML, allowing excellent accessing and cataloguing of data, and the ability to display it attractively. This resource is written in light of important changes, aimed at Webmasters and designers who want to fully exploit XML's capabilities for presenting data. The challenge is not in knowing how to format an XML tag, but in knowing how, when, and why to incorporate it into a Website. The key to using XML effectively to present data lies in understanding the nature of structured documents and the relationship between data, structure, display interpreters, and final display. By clearly and comprehensively exploring these areas, the authors aim to give readers a firm grasp of the problems that XML solves and how it solves them. The companion Website allows users the opportunity to see XML in action, and to practice design techniques with a live demo.Amazon.com Review
With the arrival of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and itssupport for XML, more and more Web developers can start relying on XMLto deliver content to Web clients. Written for the Web designer ordeveloper, Project Cool Guide to XML for Web Designers presentsa remarkably comprehensible explanation of how to use XML effectivelywith coverage of all the major related standards.

The best thingabout this book is its clear (and friendly) style when approaching thedifficulties of XML and related acronyms. With simple examples (usingfood menus and newsletters), it shows how XML is used to structuredocument content. Perhaps the best section here is the clearexplication of DTDs used to define XML documents. Only after XML andDTDs are covered does the book turn to display issues with coverage ofCSS and XSL (for defining visual styles for elements) and HTC (forscripting events). Of course, Web programmers might be most interestedin HTC, but as the author notes, different players on a Web site'steam must work together to use XML effectively.

Another standoutsection presents interviews with some of the major XML innovators,plus an excellent explanation of how the W3W reviews and approvesstandards like XML. Of course, XML is still much more difficult tomaster than HTML. But this book makes a good case that you can starthand-coding XML successfully right now. Project Cool Guide to XMLfor Web Designers is probably the simplest available choice forlearning XML for any Web designer or developer. --RichardDragan

Topics covered: XML basics, W3W standards reviewprocess, DTDs, CSS, and XSL. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

Great way to start down the XML path
I'm a web designer. I know CSS, HTML, and a whole load of stuff, but I wanted to learn XML and XHTML. It was recommended in other books I checked out that I should learn XML first because XHTML uses XML for it's formatting. So, after skimming through some XML books, I found this one and what an awesome book it was! I've read it- every single page, every word, and wrote a complete set of notes for my personal use on DTDs, entities, namespaces, etc.

The best thing about this book is how easy-to-read it is. Other books are huge or they're technically to advanced for me to undderstand. Everything about this book is just right: page number, explanations, langauge... It's so down-to-earth (not to mention the examples are fun).

I checked it out from the library and now I'll be looking for more books by this wonderful author! Because of this book, I know how to use XML and now I'm learning XHTML for effective web design.

A MUST buy for *WEB DESIGNERS*

Project Cool Guide to XML for Web Designers
This book was a waste of money for me...The title should really be "...for Managers", not Web Designers.If you need detailed how-to info skip this book.

Note the title: FOR WEB DESIGNERS!
Don't be swayed by the negative review up there at the top - If you're a programmer you should probably check out something from O'Reilly, and you should read the name of the book before you buy it.This book is aimedsquarely at *web designers* and is intended to be an overview of thesubject with just enough technical and spec information to get youstarted.

I'm halfway through the book, and I highly recommend it foranyone on the web design side of the industry who's interested in XML butnot really familiar with what it is or the fundamental roots of HTML.

The book goes over what XML is and what it isn't, how it compares toHTML, how it relates to CSS and XSL, potential applications for XML, DTD's,the W3C recommendation process, and lots of other related information.

Ifind these many different angles quite helpful, because my perspective islimited by comparison; HTML, JavaScript, and graphics occupy the bulk of mytime, and I never would have thought of some of the considerations andadvantages of XML brought up in this book.

If you're a web designer, buythis book.If you're a programmer, go look for the O'Reilly book!

Great Non-Tech Resource
If you want to know what XML is and does before you dive into its technical end, this is a great book!The author presents this complicated topic in a way that makes it simple and understandable.

Watered Down Information
Well, I bought this book because by the reviews, people seemed to say that it was the most understandable xml book out there.I now realize the other books are not dificult to understand.Instead, you just have a vast numberof people out there who cannot program, and rather than face that realitythey have taken to balming the books. If anyone out there is a REALprogrammer that needs REAL hardcore information, learn from my mistake. This book is the most understandable because it is apple juice.Anyonewith any type of programming aptitude will surely find this book to befrustrating, insulting, and infuriating.I can't believe I paid for this. The auther spends an ENTIRE CHAPTER on what the X the M and the L mean.Iwas halfway through this book when she finally started to give some syntax. If she had given half as much information on the syntax and real worlduses of XML as she did on the meaning of the letter X, this book might haveactually been useful.Once again, if you have any intelegence whatsoever,this book will be an insult to you.Buy something else. ... Read more

Product Description
XML, Data, Dates, Web Services, and Web APIs

• Maximize your productivity through the use of proven, powerful, reusable PHP components
• In-depth coverage of a range of important PEAR packages
• Many code examples provide a clear and practical guidance

In Detail

PEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, and is a framework and distribution system for reusable, high-quality PHP components, available in the form of "packages".

In this book, you will learn how to use a number of the most powerful PEAR packages available to boost your PHP development productivity. By focusing on these packages for key development activities, this book is an in-depth guide to getting the most from these powerful coding resources.

You will become a master of various PEAR packages that help you with the essential tasks of PHP development such as:

*Accessing databases with MDB2
*Displaying data in a range of formats (HTML, Excel spreadsheet, PDF)
*Creating and parsing XML documents
*Serializing PHP objects into XML, and unserializing XML documents to PHP objects
*Consuming and offering web services
*Accessing Web APIs including Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and Technorati

What you will learn from this book?Chapter 1 shows you how to access databases with the MDB2 package. You will learn:

*Connecting to the database, and instantiate objects
*Executing queries and fetching data
*MDB2 SQL abstraction; sequences, replace queries, sub-select support, prepared statements
*Using MDB2 modules
*Extending MDB2 to provide custom fetch and result classes, iterators, and modules

Chapter 2 explains how to use PEAR packages to display data . It teaches you:

*Creating powerful tables of data easily with the HTML_Table package
*Advanced table formatting with HTML_Table_Matrix
*Creating Excel spreadsheets dynamically with Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer
*Adding formatting to these spreadsheets including colors, patterns, formulae and number formatting
*Creating flexible, sortable grids of data with Structures_DataGrid
*Adding columns to the grid, control paging, select data sources, and renderers
*Using File_PDF to create PDF documents on the fly

Chapter 3 covers the usage of PEAR packages to work with XML and stresses on:

*Creating XML documents with XML_Util, XML_Fastcreate
*Transforming PHP objects to XML format with XML_Serializer
*Creating Mozilla applications with XML_XUL
*Parsing XML with XML_Parser
*Processing XML documents to PHP objects with XML_Unserializer
*Parsing RSS with XML_RSS

Chapter 4 is an extensive tutorial on working with web services and Web API's using PEAR packages. We cover the following topics:

*Consuming web services
*Consuming XML-RPC-based web services
*Accessing the Google API
*Searching blog entries with Services_Technorati
*Accessing the Amazon web service
*Accessing the Yahoo API
*Offering XML-RPC-based web services
*Offering SOAP-based web services
*Offering REST-based services using XML_Serializer


Chapter 5 covers PEAR's date and time functions using the PEAR::Calendar and PEAR::Date packages such as:

*Creating, manipulating, and comparing Date objects
*Data_Span arithmetic
*Handling timezones with Date_Timezone
*Keeping track of public holidays with Date_Holiday
*Using the Calendar class to display an HTML calendar

Approach

Packed with code examples, every topic is explained in a clear, practical way.

Who this book is written for?

This book is for PHP developers who want to maximize their productivity through the use of proven, high-quality, reusable PEAR components. Some experience of working with PEAR classes will prove helpful, and developers who've used PEAR before can find something new to delight them. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

a cursory overview
The Chapter 2 Summary says: "the examples given cover only a small part of the functionality available within these very fully featured packages."That about sums this up ...

The cursory overviews may inspire an approach, but this books barely begins to address its subject matter.Example code is not, yet, up on the website.This has the look of being slapped together by four author specialists (a laWrox gang-writing?) albeit with less depth ... hardly the "PHP Programming with PEAR" reference for which so many of us were waiting ... ... Read more

Product Description
Web Design with XML is a quick and practical introduction to key XML technologies for the busy web designer. Featuring easy to use techniques and clear examples, Manfred Knobloch and Matthias Kopp show how to remodel XML documents into useful and attractive webpages. The book provides introductions to XML DTDs, Namespaces, CSS, XSL and XSLT with examples that illustrate how the concepts can be used. All examples are available for download on the accompanying website and can easily be used for server-side webpage generation as well as client-side rendering.

The appeal of XML lies in its capacity for content management. When using it in web design the task of the technology should be to implement requirements as closely as possible. By using Web Design with XML you can ensure that your webpages are as efficient, manageable and user-friendly as possible. ... Read more

Product Description
Provides step-by-step instruction to enhancing Web or Internet sites using XML.Discusses client side and serverside, XSLT, DOM, Java-based servlets, active server pages, and schemas. Includes a complete XML-based Website to kickstart your site's development.Softcover.CD-ROM included. DLC: XML (Document markup language). ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Good for what it covers
This book is an excellent resource for the topics that it covers. However, many of the topics had not yet been released at the time of publication. Rather, the author was able to work along with the development team of XML to get information on those subjects. Before you pick this book up, you should also have knowledge of XML, not only what is behind it and what it is, but also the basic syntax. If you have a working knowledge of XML and can live with semi-outdated information, I would strongly recommend this title.

Simply a good overview of a Convaluted Subject.
I liked this book. As a consultant, I'm forced to assimilate new technology without consideration for my personal interest. I lean more towards the pragmatics of solving my customer's problems, and while XML as a data transport mechanism can be a very appropriate technology choice, XML for presentation, in my experience so far, has fallen short in providing any compelling argument for adoption over conventional client technology in combination with server dynamics.

This book provides a fine over view of a subject that seems to be rarely addressed directly. It provide good comparative evaluation of technologies, but leans slightly toward Microsoft Centricity - mostly because at the time of the books writing Microsoft IE was the only browser to offer any XML support and it's XML on the server technology was arguably the most mature.

The book provides a good look at what you would use different XML related technology for and how you might approach certain problems including how to support XML enabled browsers and "XML Challenged" browsers in the same code base.

The book comes with a CD, the good news is you don't have to type in the code samples; the bad news is the samples have lots of bugs and yje CD contains ONLY samples from the book. No extra code or goodies.

The Prentice Hall XML Series is well regarded. This book is a valuable tutorial for Web Developers - Front End or Back End.

Joe@ASPGurus.com

Using This Book To Build My Site
This book was my introduction to XML. I purchased it specifically with the intention of creating the XML driven web site at http://mobile.act.cmis.csiro.au. The book provided an excellent background on the purpose, advantages and development of XML and the use of XSLT for transforming XML to HTML for viewing. It also describes the document object model and its use and has short sections on document type definitions and XML schemas. Unusually for a computing book I found it a great read and couldn't put it down until I'd read cover to cover with some skimming where there was too much detail for a first pass.

The book aims to be "platform neutral" and describes implementations in Java and the use of Apache in the Unix environment however there is an emphasis on the Microsoft environment, due mainly to the native support in the Microsoft browser and the integration of various components and tools that make this environment easy to use for XML development. The anti Microsoft fraternity may not approve of this emphasis but it suited my needs, as it was the Microsoft environment I was intending to use.

It is apparent throughout the book that XML standards and development tools are still very new and undergoing rapid change. The book describes a number of XML vocabularies that are in early stages of adoption, discusses standards that are still evolving and includes speculation like "This chapter... examines... and discusses the role XML will play over the next several years." This makes for a contemporary text and is in part what makes the book an interesting read as I got quite excited by some of the scenarios described and possibilities that became apparent. But it does mean the book will rapidly become dated and need a second edition. It also left me with a feeling that the book was rushed for publication in an unfinished state.

The book includes a CD that contains the files for a "full blown Web site" that "includes template files, style sheets, and server pages that you can use to create your own site for serving XML." The techniques employed are discussed in the book and this is a great approach. I created a new directory in the Web server's path and copied the files and subdirectories to my new directory with the intention of starting with a working site and modifying the files supplied to create my own site as suggested. This was a great disappointment. Nothing worked. Absolute rather than relative addressing was used so that hyperlinks were invalid. The cascading style sheets were full of errors so didn't work. The scripts assumed my computer had a recent version of browscap.ini, which most computers wouldn't so they didn't work, and it wasn't obvious why. Getting it to function was tough because fixing up the problems with something you don't yet understand is a big ask. Had I realized how much effort it would take I would not have used the sample templates as a starting point for building a Web site. As well the site includes a database sample but no XML is used in the sample and the HTML is constructed entirely by scripting in an Active Server Page, the opposite of what the book is talking about. It was this disappointment that convinced me the book was published when not yet finished. The source code should have been accessible from the accompanying web site and updated as required with additional implementation issues discussed as they emerged when readers tried to use the supplied code.

With the exception of my major criticism I regarded the book as an excellent and wide-ranging introduction to XML and its uses.

excellent xml book
hi, i can found herer it is the good xml book for all web developer.

A practical guide for webmasters
As the title suggests, this book is targeted for Webmasters with some knowledge of client-side scripting assumed.The examples are clear and most are general enough to be usable in any website. Later parts of thebook go into short descriptions of XML-related products currently on themarket and their inevitable quirks (most being beta code).Much of thiswould have been better handled with a link to the author's websiteconsidering that a good deal of this info may be obsolete in a few weeks. In the same vein, the included CD which includes a small example websitedone using XML could have easily been provided online, reducing the overallcost of the book. ... Read more

Product Description
Domino 5 Web Programming with XML, Java, and JavaScript provides the latest information about the newest technologies in the Domino Designer. Learn how to program client interfaces with the Domino Designer. Use JavaScript to enhance your Web user experience and access back-end database systems with Domino Java servlets or agents. Each of the Domino Object classes is described, making this a handy reference for Domino Java programmers. You'll learn advanced techniques such as how Notes and Domino interact with Java threads and how to create Java Server Pages by integrating the IBM WebSphere Application server with Domino. You'll learn secrets of component programming with Java Applets and JavaBeans. Each chapter ends with a set of questions that can be used to test your understanding.Amazon.com Review
Few platforms for content and service delivery over Internet-standard networks have built upon open programming languages to the extent that Domino has. IBM's flagship server product, with support for its own object models as well as those generally supported by Web browsers, has a remarkable capacity to support platform-independent clients. Domino 5 Web Programming with XML, Java, and JavaScript shows how to create server-side applications by using Domino Designer, and then how to communicate with those programs from the client side by a variety of means.

In large part, this book is an object reference. It includes a complete directory of the Document Object Model (DOM) with which JavaScript works, plus reference material on the Domino objects for Java. The DOM and JavaScript material--to the extent that it documents the standard, non-Domino-specific scripting environment--isn't especially valuable; better references exist in print and on the Web. The portions of the reference that deal with Domino's own object model, however, are very good and worth including in the library of any Domino shop. Explanatory material is excellent, such as a play-by-play description of what happens when a user submits a form. Examples also make this book worthwhile. For example, you can turn to this book for a quick demonstration of how to use CORBA to mediate communications between a Java applet and a Domino server. Randall Tamura's work shows you several ways to solve most client/server application problems under Domino. --David Wall

Topics covered: Creating custom Domino and Notes applications through the use of Java, JavaScript, HTML, and XML. Coverage of Domino Designer explains the server side of the development equation, while tutorials on HTML, JavaScript, the Document Object Model (DOM), and Java applets take care of the client side. Database access and forms management get special attention. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (12)

Good coverage of some advanced topics but better books available now
This was a highly anticipated book when it came out because it covered some very hot topics; namely XML and Java.The book probably didn't quite live up to expectations but still provided a load of useful information about those topics.

Today you're probably better off with purchasing Lotus Notes and Domino 6 Programming Bible. Brian Benz and Rocky Oliver have done a great job with that book.

Useful
I have read this book and found it useful. As a beginner on Domino Web Development this book has realy helped me in developing adequate skills in XML, Javascript and Java.

About as bad as they come
Don't waste your time or money with this book.I thought for sure with a title like this that it would skip all the what is Notes junk (like how to create views and forms, etc.) that all Notes books seem obligated to include.It is just a bunch of a filler in an otherwise useless book.I was looking forward to seeing some good JavaScript examples as it is used in common Notes situations.Well, no such luck.I struggled to find anything on something as basic and useful as the onChange event.This book is also not organized very well and is very confusing to learn follow.I am not sure the author has a good grasp of what he is writing.VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!!

reference book written with little care and effort
At page 682 of 836 Tamura introduces Chapter 22 with the phrase "What is XML?". At page 808 Chapter 27 begins with "What is a servlet?". Introducing fundamental terms of web technology near the end of the book should make it obvious that something with the concept of this book went fundamentally wrong. From a modern book on Domino Web programming I'd expect some information about how to implement a multitier architecture, scalability,maintainability , perfomance and security etc... You won't find anything useful about these things in the whole book. So what does Tamura consider important then? The book is a collection of reference sections, e.g. Notes Design elements (Chapter 2 to 6) found in numerous other books including the Designer online help in better quality. It is especially annoying, though, that he also explaines design elements that can be used in the notes client only but not in a webclient (e.g. layout regions). So why mention it at all here? It looks to me as if large amounts of this book have been inserted via copy and paste from other resources and other contexts. The html/Javascript reference sections do not contain any Domino specific information and can be found in other books in much better quality as well. The examples given (checking for blank fields etc)are extremely trivial and of no practical use. On the other hand Tamura dosnt tell the reader how to implement a nice looking navigation with DHTML views but only shows the ugly domino standard views and the performance critical view applet. XML: Tamura doesn't even mention the SAX or other modern APIs like JDOM. He just keeps talking about the rather old fasihioned DOM API. This is the worst book on domino development I've read so far and what makes it especially annoying from my point of view is the little care and effort with which it has been written. I think it's getting time to stand up against the black sheep in the business and name them explicitely. Hopefully this will enable other authors of better quality bring their books to the market.

Good book for reviewing What Notes/Domino can do
This is the book that let me keep reading all the times. As a As400 RPG programmer and Notes Developer, I like to know what Domino/Notes can do and looking for the way of directions and the key elements to bring back-end database to the Internet thru Domino. I like this book because it gives me the directions and shows me the ways to apply Java,JavaScript and Servlet to the Domino Server either from inside Domino Agents or outside Domino.Especially, the topics for Notes Java classes really shows me the way to java coding in Notes Agents. Though it is not complete to cover all these area, it is definitely a excelent book to keep.The writing is good and author always get to the point right away for each topic. Maybe it is a waste of money for people who knows all these topics already but it is certainly a key door to the people like me who has been wondering how to get to these area for years. After reading all of it, I definitely know where to go and how to do to be a cutting edge programmer. ... Read more

Product Description
Web developers rely on XML to separate data frompresentation and create a consistent templating system for aweb site.Although limited XML-to-HTML conversion ispossible within some browsers, web developers creatingdynamic or complex sites will find server-side XMLtransformation a necessity. Unfortunately, until recently,there have been few XML tools available for server-side XMLtransformation or authoring.

AxKit, a mod_perl and Apache-based XML content deliverysolution, was designed to meet that need with acost-effective and efficient plugin architecture. AxKitallows the developer to quickly design modules to createfaster web sites, and deliver them in a wide variety ofmedia formats. AxKit also takes care of caching so thedeveloper doesn t have to worry about it. AxKit meets thedemands of the web developer nicely, but, as with any newtoolkit, there is a learning curve.

For developers who want to flatten that learning curve andget right to work with AxKit, XML Publishing with AxKitprovides detailed information on how to install, configure,and deploy AxKit effectively. The first book solely devotedto AxKit, XML Publishing with AxKit also offers a conciseand focused look at how to create XSLT and XPathScript-basedpipelines for XML data transfer. This solidly useful new book presents web programmers withthe hands-on knowledge they need to get really creative withAxKit. It features a thorough introduction to XSP(extensible Server Pages), which applies the concepts ofServer Pages technologies (embedded code, tag libraries,etc) to the XML world, and covers integrating AxKit withother tools such as Template Toolkit, Apache:: Mason,Apache::ASP, and plain CGI. The book also includesinvaluable reference sections on configuration directives,XPathScript, and XSP.

With XML Publishing with AxKit, web developers will have allthe tools they need to deliver complex XML-based systemsquickly, the power to develop their own systems for stylesheet negotiation, and the flexibility to design completelynew style sheet languages.

XML Publishing with AxKit gives those new to XML all thebackground and the courage they need to jump right in anddeploy AxKit. And it gives XML-savvy professionalseverything they need to hit the ground running. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

XML Publishing for Apache and Perl programmers
XML seems to be on the mind of just about everyone who publishes information to the Internet.The big advantage is the ability to take content and publish it in various formats from a single source.As a general rule when you are talking about XML you are talking about using Java to implement it.AxKit gives the user the ability to publish XML documents using Perl.That means that you will have to have Perl installed to use it.Basically the prerequisites are an Apache server, the mod_perl Apache extension module, an XML parser written in Perl or in C with a Perl interface module, and the AxKit distribution.One you have all that put together and functioning you can start using the book to learn how to publish XML documents with AxKit.The actual techniques in the book are straightforward and well explained.If you are familiar with Perl there is nothing complex here, just a few different things to learn but nothing bizarre.With plenty of sample scripts so you can follow along and write your own following the examples XML Publishing with AxKit is a recommended read for people who are very familiar with Perl and want to get up and running with XML publishing with the minimum of effort.

How to publish XML
Suppose you have a bunch of XML data. You want to offer it up on the web and your web server happens to be the most common one, Apache. Perhaps, as Hampton points out, you want to make the data available in various transformed ways - HTML, PDF or RTF, say, as these are very common formats. Each format needs a different operator to generate its output from your XML. Well, you may be in luck. Hampton suggests adopted AxKit as a way to do all this, fully compatible with Apache.

Along the way, he offers concise ways to use XSLT, XSP, RSS and stylesheets. In other words, he gives a motivating context in which to quickly learn the rudiments of these packages. Certainly not comprehensive in each. But this can be a blessing in disguise. For example, the full expressive power of XSLT grammar can be rather daunting to master. So his book also practises an informal but useful subtheme. He gives you a pragmatic minimum acquaintance with various subsidiary packages that are not AxKit itself. A useful extra benefit of the book. ... Read more

Product Description
This digital document is an article from American Journal of Applied Sciences, published by Science Publications on October 1, 2008. The length of the article is 7036 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Keywords: Geospatial web services, XML database, geography markup language, interoperability

Citation Details
Title: Publishing geospatial data through geospatial web service and XML database system.(Report)
Author: Pouria Amirian
Publication: American Journal of Applied Sciences (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2008
Publisher: Science Publications
Volume: 5Issue: 10Page: 1358(11)

Article Type: Report

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Product Description
This book shows how you can publish LaTeX documents on the Web. LaTeX was born of the scientist's need to prepare well-formatted information, particularly with pictures and mathematics included; the Web was born of the scientist's need to communicate information electronically. Until now, it has been difficult to find solutions that address both needs. HTML and today's Web browsers deal inadequately with the nontextual components of scientific documents. This book, at last, describes tools and techniques for transforming LaTeX sources into Web formats for electronic publication, and for transforming Web sources into LaTeX documents for optimal printing.You will learn how to:*Make full use of Acrobat with LaTeX *Convert existing documents to HTML or XML *Use mathematics in Web applications *Use LaTeX to prepare Web pages *Read and write simple XML/SGML *Produce high-quality printed pages from Web-hosted XML or HTML pagesYou will find practical descriptions of:*LaTeX2HTML, which uses Perl to interpret LaTeX source and generate HTML *TeX4ht, which redefines LaTeX's macros to generate HTML or XML *Browser plugins, such as techexplorer, that are able to interpret mathematical markup directly *Tools for authoring and interpreting XML *Tools for translating XML into various output formats, using Cascading Style Sheets, DSSSL, or XSL *Mathematical Markup Language (MathML)In addition to giving the Internet location of the software described in this book, the authors also provide a full, annotated catalogue of URLs for the standards and documentation relating to this fast-moving area. Many of the packages and programs described in this book are freely available in public software archives, and the source code for examples has been placed on CTAN, the TeX archives. 0201433117B04062001 ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

wasted paper.
I'd put this on my amazon wishlist since I saw it listed used for ~$2.Unfortunately, somebody spent the money to buy it for me new.As mentioned by another reviewer, this book is dated, and much of it stale and not worth reading.This is especially true if your interest is mathematics presentation content.

You'll find gross detail on:
- latex2html, a processor system that produces output that looks awful
- mathml from latex, a system that has little good browser support, and only primitive mathematics tooling.
- a big chapter on xml, something that has little interest to somebody producing document content.
- ...

Parts of the pdf chapter I found worthwhile, but a printed copy of that text doesn't justify the dead trees.Perhaps I'll hack that bit out of the book with a knife and recycle the rest.

out of date, not very useful
This book dates back to 1999, and since I'm writing this in 2006, that's seven years ago. Seven years is a long time for computer documentation. Virtually everything in the book is so far out of date that it's useless. The authors also didn't do a very good job of staying on topic; there are many long digressions that are neither interesting nor useful. In many cases, the authors merely give a broad-strokes outline of how to accomplish a particular task, or talk about several different approaches that have been taken by different people, without concluding with anything very helpful about how to actually accomplish the task.

very handy
I am an user of latex on linux for sometime now. The possibillities are uncountable with this excellent software. This book touches on the use of tex and latex for the web. Being not that experienced with all the possibillities this book is very usefull. It is a good introduction for converting latex and tex files to documents for the web. If you can grasp all the stuff in this book you will be able to easily prepare all kinds of documents for the web and in the end save a lot of time lost with programming html yourself.
Don't expect to much examples and user details, it has an excellent index and reference list to get you started.
There is a lot of math stuff in this book, so trying to get a lot of formula's on the web this will certainly be of help. I am not into math so a couple pages could be skipped.
Concluding: want to get started with latex and the web, want to make good documents for the web on a fast and good way, this is the book for you.

Almost definitely recommended
I have found this book almost as useful and interesting as the LaTeX Companion. I think that it gives enough information about sharing TeX and LaTeX texts on the web, but the chapters covering pdfTeX and SGML/XMLapplications could be more detailed.
I have found that there is anotherbig problem - with every day coming the information tends to get older andolder. I can fully recommend buying this book today, but I am not sure if Iwould do it once more after half a year has passed.

If you wereinterested in transforming TeX into PDF, I would recommend also the LaTeXGraphics Companion, or some other book introducing the problematic ofPostScript and PDF. ... Read more

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With the XML "buzz" still dominating talk among Internet developers, there's a real need to learn how to cut through the hype and put XML to work. Java & XML shows how to use the APIs, tools, and tricks of XML to build real-world applications. The result is code and data that are portable.This second edition adds chapters on Advanced SAX and Advanced DOM, new chapters on SOAP and data binding, and new examples throughout. Following a concise introduction to XML basics, the rest of the book focuses on using XML from your Java applications. Java developers who need to work with XML, or think that they will in the future--as well as developers involved in the new peer-to-peer movement, messaging, or web services--will find Java & XML a constant companion.Includes a quick reference on SAX 2.0, DOM Level 2, and JDOM. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (27)

A book worth owning
The author covers some background, but mainly sticks to the business end of dealing with XML using java. The book is set out so you can read the parts that are relevant to getting a particular piece of technology working quickly.

Before reading this book I had never written an XML parser, but within a couple of days I was able to rework a parser to make it work both faster and with a smaller memory footprint by following the guidelines in this book. The details are not covered in great depth, but enough to get a job done, and make this a portabe reference.

Another book worth owning from the O'Reilly press.

Good but could be more.
Second editions are always great. However, I find that I dont like all of the API reference in the book. I would rather look at APIs electronically and talk concepts in the book.

Good introduction, a little diffuse
Compared with .NET and XML this book tends to wander and rat hole a little. The book covers the basics. The SAX and DOM approaches. It also covers XSLT and serving XML. It also covers advanced topics like Castor, JDOM, and web services. But most of the subjects are covered at a cursory level and do not serve as a complete introduction.

There is a small reference at the end of the book which is not as easy to read as the APIs described in the Nutshell style.

I gave this book four stars because, while it does lack focus, it is a good introduction to the XML APIs for Java. In the third release they should concentrate a little harder editing in some focus and a better reference section at the end.

No XML Security
This book doesn't have anything I couldn't find by just looking at samples on Sun's site.

Most of all, it's missing security like XML Signatures, and XML encryption.

Pleasant, but flakey
This book is great if you know something about XML and Java. For true beginners, well, it's a stretch. It also starts to show its age, and furthermore, its supporting website - both on the author's web server and O'Reilly's own servers, is sketchy. You will rely on both to use the code mentioned in the book.
Otherwise, it is just an unremarkable information piece about Java and XML. ... Read more

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More Java developers today want to work with XML, the technology that enables data to be transported intact over the Internet, but they don't have time to become XML experts. If this describes you, then you'll appreciate data binding, the new way of converting XML documents into Java objects, so those documents can be worked on and manipulated like any other Java object, then converted back to XMLThis new title provides an in-depth technical look at XML Data Binding.The book offers complete documentation of all features in both the Sun Microsystems JAXB API and popular open source alternative implementations (Enhydra Zeus, Exolabs Castor and Quick). It also gets into significant detail about when data binding is appropriate to use, and provides numerous practical examples of using data binding in applications. ... Read more

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Outdated, incorrect information. Stay away!
This book was written before the version 1.0 release of the JAXB data binding API's. As a result much of the information in this book is incorrect and not current. If you follow the instruction in this book you will NOT sucessfully perform XML binding to java objects. For example, the book uses DTD's as the XML description model used by JAXB. This is wrong DTD's were dropped in favor of XML schemas. The instructions for using the JAXB jar files are wrong. The required jars have changed since this book was printed. The instructions for using the generated java data binding classes is wrong, the usage has changed since this book was written. The author tried to get to far ahead of the technology curve on JAXB and as a result authored this book too early in the JAXB life cycle. The book is of minimal value.

Outdated, incorrect information. Stay away!
This book was written before the version 1.0 release of the JAXB data binding API's. As a result much of the information in this book is incorrect and not current. If you follow the instruction in this book you will NOT sucessfully perform XML binding to java objects. For example, the book uses DTD's as the XML description model used by JAXB. This is wrong DTD's were dropped in favor of XML schemas. The instructions for using the JAXB jar files are wrong. The required jars have changed since this book was printed. The instructions for using the generated java data binding classes is wrong, the usage has changed since this book was written. The author tried to get to far ahead of the technology curve on JAXB and as a result authored this book too early in the JAXB life cycle. The book is of minimal value.

Waste of money
This does not talk about JAXB at all. What it talks is about some non standardised APIs that existed before JAXB.
The brief mention of JAXB ( 4 pages ) is only philosphical. Even that is w.r.t. an obselete version with DTD support.
( Current JAXB only supports XML schema )

JAXB section is out of date
The book describes the JAXB api based on an early access version. The definitive version is completely different form the early access version, making this book almost useless.

JAXB section is out of date
The book describes the JAXB api based on an early access version. The definitive version is completely different form the early access version, making this book almost useless. ... Read more

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"Content Management mit XML" wendet sich an Mediendesigner und Entscheider im Bereich Electronic Publishing, die eine fundierte Antwort auf die Frage benötigen, ob und in welchem Maße XML für Content Management-Aufgaben geeignet ist, also für die Erzeugung, Aufbereitung, Präsentation und Wiederverwendung von Inhalten. Hierzu werden die funktionalen, technologischen und konzeptionellen Grundlagen sowhl des Content Management-Prozesses wie auch des XML-Standards herausgearbeitet und präsentiert und damit verdeutlicht, warum XML die Schlüsseltechnologie beim Aufbau von Content Management-Prozessen aller Art ist. Vertiefte XML-Kenntnisse werden nicht vorausgesetzt. Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen XML, HTML und Datenbanken werden herausgearbeitet und der Einsatz von XML in kommerziell verfügbaren Produkten vorgestellt. In der 2. Auflage wurden die Neuerungen und Fortschritte besonders bei der Standardisierung berücksichtigt. ... Read more

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Web developers must master several technologies to create sophisticated Web sites. Platinum Edition Using HTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2 gives Web developers this information in a concise tutorial/reference style that contains lots of code examples and real world solutions.This book not only teaches the most popular technologies, but shows Web developers how to build the most popular Web applications, including animation, interactive forms, Web databases, e-commerce, and Web broadcasting.Amazon.com Review
Effective Web development involves wise integration of anumber of various programming disciplines and Using HTML 4, XML,and Java 1.2 covers a good chunk of them. Aimed at intermediate toadvanced level Web developers, this massive guide offers minimalintroductory material. It moves quickly into a section that offers anHTML tag reference and discussions of tables, frames, forms, stylesheets, and image maps. This section sets the foundation for Webdevelopment and moves at a quick pace.

The authors then illustratethe basic concepts behind XML and discuss some of the currentimplementations. They also show how to use JavaScript for client-sidescripting, how to implement cookies, and how to control browserobjects interactively.

The authors cover the confusing state ofDynamic HTML, describing both Microsoft and Netscape implementationsof DHTML and offering suggestions for cross-vendor DHTML use. Chapterson CGI/ASP and Java follow. While all of these sections presentextremely key technologies, space constraints limit the discussion tothe most important points; don't look for a comprehensive guide toJava programming. Fortunately, the companion CD-ROM fills in many ofthe blanks with inclusion of five Special Edition titles as well asthird-party software programs. --Stephen W. Plain ... Read more

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excelent book in all respects
I am professional web developer and have been using this book for already a year. It is exellent as an introductory book and then as an everyday reference. For some resons its coverage of JavaScript is not displayed in the book name, but this is the best book I have found about JavaScript and its integrations with browsers.

Useless Collection of Generalities
The book covers a little bit of everything, which makes it overall a nothing. Although it attempts to be encyclopedic, yet it fails to even make mention important and basic things such as http cookies! From cover to cover, the book is filled with contrived examples and useless discussions on generalities. This is NOT a good technical book. -- NOT RECOMMENDED.

A good HTML 4 reference, written well
This is a thick book. But never misunderstand the fact that no matter how many pages are included in a computer reference, there will always be information missing for the most advanced user. HTML 4 is covered in-depth-- and should be the primary reason for wanting to purchase this title, forI have not found a better reference on the subject anywhere. Java 1.2 andXML receive good general overviews. A review previous to mine suggestsother, more comprehensive titles, if one wants to delve into the world ofJava and XML fully. An excellent suggestion and something that should betaken into account before buying.

Regarding "Platinum Edition UsingHTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2," it should be noted that for first-timesite developers that are looking for an introduction to HTML 4, this isprobably not the best way to go. The basics of Web development, such as thebest placement for links, graphics, and text, are summarized in the firstfifty pages. (First-timers should look for Web development books that coverboth HTML 4 and graphic design well.) Following, is a reference-style bookthat comes in very handy when looking for specific information (that thisbook covers). I would say, and I think that I share the sentiment of otherreaders, that this book is geared toward the intermediate to advanced sitedeveloper.

Several more aspects worth noting: The style of writing isclear and straightforward, with few grammatical mistakes; there are plentyof examples (code and screen) with good descriptions of why somethingworks; and I would've preferred that the screen shots be in color, but thatwould probably double the price.

This is a good reference book for HTML4, that includes an overview of XML and Java. It's not everything, but it'sexcellent nonetheless.

Just what i needed
This book is just what i was looking for. When i was hired to a web company i didnt' even know what HTML stood for.This book takes you deep enough into things you need to make basic html pages, all the way toventuring into basic javascript, and java.Its isn't something you want tobuy if you want to learn java, or java script.This book, however, willhelp you tremendously when it comes to two things: (1) Just learning html,from what it stands for - to creating tuly user friendly webpages, thatlook and feel good to users. (2) it serves as my offices Number ONEreference for HTML. It has been our reference manual for months now.Ithas yet to really let us down. IF you want to learn html with no backgroundin computers (even if you didnt' even have a commodore) GET THIS BOOK IFyou want a good reliable reference manual for HTML; GET THIS BOOK

Written for someone who wants to learn quickly.
However, even though I originally purchased this book for the XML, I also read the JavaScript chapters and found it to be very informative and easy to read.Unfortunately, there were errors in the sample code. Nevertheless, they were luckily easy to figure out.I pretty much have afull grasp on JavaScript and am now moving on to full Java 1.2.Now, thisbook shouldn't be used to REALLY learn Java, but it is a good primer forit.Highly suggest getting a full blown book for that.This is anexcellent book otherwise.Anyone with experience programming in otherlanguages like C, or VB won't have a single problem with the languagescovered in this book. ... Read more

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XML -- the new standard for creating interactive, cutting-edge Internet content -- promises to be an excellent bridge between differing technologies that are crowding for online attention.XML, which stands for eXtensible Markup Language, combines the dynamic power of SGML with the networking strengths of HTML in one new package that's compatible with a variety of programming languages, Web data formats, and Internet protocols. In short, it's the greatest invention since pizza.

Cut to the heart of XML's robust tools and open standards with XML For Dummies Quick Reference, simply the best and most effective one-volume guide to XML.Here, you discover all the tips and tricks you need to create your own markup language that works any time, anywhere, on the Web. Get fast answers on what you need to know, when you need to know it, with XML For Dummies Quick Reference.Plus, the book's compact, alphabetical design and lay-flat binding make it the perfect desktop companion. ... Read more

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Good for reference, bad for trying to learn
This is entitled "Quick Reference" for a reason - it's just a reference. Don't try to use this to learn XML from scratch. It's not bad as a reference, but not superb either. I wouldn't highly recommend it, but if you need something that's inexpensive, small, and covers the basics, this would work for you.

It's great to have around!
I disagree: this book is very useful. Of course, I have several, more comprehensive XML references, but this is a lightweight companion to the heavier books, and I use it all the time to look things up quickly. Unless you've completely memorized XML (have you?), it can be very convenient. It's like an abridged dictionary.

Hard to Follow
I like the price, but this book is really only good for looking up thingsthat you already understand. I certainly was not able to understand what anXML entity is from this book.

Difficult to read
I would not recommend this book for anyone who is starting to learn XML. This book is very difficult to read unless you are already familiar with XML terminology. If you are already familiar with XML terminology, then youdon't need to read this book.

Well-worth the small price.
This book is worth buying for the step-by-step instructions on how to write any type of DTD alone. The descriptions and examples of attributes, elements, entities, and character entities are useful as well. I wassurprised to see a fair amount of space devoted to XML developments, suchas with Java, Perl, style sheets, and more--but it's there. I recommendthis quick reference as a starter or a companion to some of the larger XMLbooks on the market. ... Read more

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With the help of XML and Java from scratch, you will build a Web site and application for ChaseWeb Furniture-a fictitious catalog furniture company. All of the information on products, prices, vendors, and so on, is rendered in XML. You'll learn how to display products on the company Web site, take orders, produce a paper catalog, and communicate with the external databases of vendors using XML. The from scratch format is designed to teach novice programmers the hows and whys of programming in the context of creating a functioning application. ... Read more

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TERRIBLE
This book trying to cover everything among three-tier design within 470 pages, which is impossible. In order to understand this book, I need to read other books, like "Javaservlet" and "Beginning XML". But after I finish those reading, this book is not necessary anymore, so why wast time on this book? Some of the programs in this book are not executable and even worse.....some figures (screen shot) are misplaced.
My opinion of this book is "terrible"!

fustrating
I haven't finished the book yet but found it confusing. The examples are not completed, the reader doesn't have an example of the completed exersize. The author assumes the reader is using apache and tomcat servers. I don't know anyone using them, most developers I know use windows 2000 or NT, running IIS. JDOM is still beta and there's a whole chapter dedecated to JDOM, where it could have been spent on explaining SAX and DOM in further detail by applying useful simple examples. Overall I'm not impressed with the book. Better to read it at the book store and look for something better to purchase. Look for a text that uses IIS and not tomcat and apache, unless you are running those servers. This is not a beginners book, also purchase a JAVA/JSP text.

Don't be amazed by this book.
This book tries to cover so many things at once --XML, Java, DB concepts, tools, Servlets, -- that it ends up teaching technically nothing. About half the contents of the book are XML non-related stuff.

The author tries to cover such a programming language like Java in 470 pages of so many things, that he even does some bad practice! For example, he starts teaching a way of reading the contents of a file in Java, and two pages after the example he explain the Exceptions issue. If you're a Java newbie, you'll be on a big trouble unless you read the whole chapter before typing anything. The author even tries to explain the relational database concept by ilustrating it with an Excel sheet!

I must confess that this book covers just the basics, since it wastes too much time in things it can't cover. This book would be better if it talks about XML only, and leaves Java and other subjects to the pros.

If you want to "get serious" (like the author says), then buy a book that goes deep into this matter, a book that doesn't talk about everything just to mention a bit of each.

Good Concept, but
In my opinion, The concept would have been good if the content was not so inept. The source code that was associated with this book was dismal, virtually useless. Many times the source code would not give the results in the book, so I found myself doing more trobleshooting than learning.

Both Que and the author should be ashamed of distributing such an inferior product.

There exist better books than this!
If you are a "from scratch" reader, then choose another book, because this one tries to teach you too many things in a few words (XML, XSL, Xwhateverelseyouwant, DTDs, Java and OOP basics, JSP, JDBC, even some SQL, Server side programming, etc...). Otherwise, if you already know Java and JSP, this book could be helpful to you in understanding what XML is, but you'll find it spends lots of words in explaining useless things about Java that you already know, and it doesn't give any reply to the question: "How XML and XSL can be used to separate content from presentation?". The author uses XSLT mainly to dynamically build different XHTML pages (with different contents, but the same presentation) starting from a single XML file and a number of XSL files. From the developer point of view, what is needed is just the opposite: the developer writes a program that outputs a number of XML files, the designer builds a single XSL file and the server mixes up the files and produces the XHTML output. The fact that XSL is (nearly) powerful enough to substitute a programming language is not a good reason to use it for that! ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (13)

Who is the target audience of this book?
As a Java programmer (not a web developer) that is interested in exploring the use of XML (for non-web based applications), this book is useless.Most books outline basic concepts and then provide examples with explanations of how these examples work and what they do.The following quote from the beginning of chapter 3 (page 41) demonstrates the author's take on this convention:

'I'm increasingly of the "learning is best done by doing" philosophy, so I'm not going to hit you with a bunch of concept and theory before getting to code.SAX is a simple API, so you only need to understand its basic model, and how to get the API on your machine; beyond that, code will be your best teacher.'

This loosely translates to "I'm just going to throw a bunch of samples at you.You can use trial and error (or read other books) to figure out what's going on."

If you are already familiar with using Java and XML together, then it might be interesting to read about the author's take on the topic.If, however, you want to learn how to use Java and XML together, the only thing this book really provides is a bunch of plugs for other O'Reilly books that (presumably) contain the information that is missing from this one.

OK, and better than the rest
While I have never much liked this book, I have found this better than the others I have and the book I turn to most.

I didn't know much about XML when I started, but I am now proficient at using the StAX parser thanks to this book. So there is some proof in the pudding there.The explanations and examples were sufficient, although not particularly expansive.The book provided me with enough knowledge to know which parser I needed to use, and I also a liked this book's coverage of JAXB.

I have Processing XML with Java(TM): A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX, which doesn't cover Stax or JAXB (perhaps for good reason?) so I found it useless. Further I have Pro XML Development with Java Technology where I found the examples too encompassing, that is it requires you to become intimately involved with each example in order to follow it.

So compared to the other two books, Java & XML was the easiest book to use for learning, and the one that I would recommend for using Java and XML.

Best book on working directly with XML in Java
This is probably the best book currently out about working directly with XML and Java. It seems to be the most up to date with respect to coverage of the most commonly used Java XML APIs.The book gives a good overview of SAX, StAX, DOM, JDOM, dom4j, and JAXB.In reading the book, I got a good sense of the ideas behind the different API's.I also got a good sense ofand when and how to use them.After looking through many other Java-XML books, this one is my first choice.The book still functions well for me as a reference when I have an XML processing task that I need to do in Java.

Good for early XML w/ Java info
I'm not using the technology in this book right now, and just wanted an overview of Java and XML together.I never expected this book to be super-in-depth, if it was covering this broad space in a book that isn't huge.

The good points:I found the book fairly easy to read for at least the first third of the book.The rest seemed a bit dry, but I think that is largely because I was getting out of my depth.Once I'd worked with the early material some, I think the later material would have been more readable.

I got the information I was looking for, which was an overview of XML and how it connects to other tools in real life.The book also had lots of ideas for further reading.Handy.

The bad points:The author seems to have a blatant open-source bias.While that isn't shocking in a Java book, it does come across as a bit unprofessional, is somewhat little minded, and is distracting from the key subject matter.

Also, while this was a good overview, I was left feeling that more could have been said about XML, Java, web services, and working with client-server architectures.Another reviewer mentioned that these chapters were dropped from a previous edition.I will probably be looking for that previous edition to see if I like it better.

Of several XML books I've looked through, this is the only one so far I would consider buying. However, I will also be considering getting a more in-depth book for my bookshelf after checking this one out of the library for an introduction to the subject.

Poor packing resulted in damage
Although the seller's description of the book as being in good shape was surely truthful, their use of an envelope, rather than a more rigid shipping container resulted in the softcover book sustaining cosmetic damage during shipping. ... Read more

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Cocoon Developer's Handbook is a thorough, detailed guide to developing XML-based Web publishing applications using Apache's powerful Cocoon framework. This book is a practical, detailed guide for experienced developers who need to learn how to implement the Cocoon framework in a Web XML publishing system. The book is not a theoretical work about XSL, XSP, and XSLT standards, but rather a hands-on explanation of these technologies within the Cocoon framework, with examples and solutions to get developers up and running with Cocoon.

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Great book for a great price and service
I did not find any other book which covers that much details.
It good for the pros. and beginners alike. I like to see its second edition covering v2.2 coming out soon.
The only drawback is the lack of CD but otherwise a must read for those who want to implement this web publishing framework.
The service was good and I recieve the book in the exact quality as mentioned.
Thanks

Outdated.
Unless you are using Cocoon 2.1.x or earlier, you are better off trying to learn from online tutorials or by asking questions at an online Cocoon forum. Relative to other Cocoon books available, this one is very good. Relative to 2008 and the release of Cocoon 2.2, this book is almost useless.

Simply Outdated
Sorry guys I know I should have wrote this one sooner.I went to a local bookstore here in Taipei and I bumped into someone who was buying this book.If only I could speak mandarin I would have told him that this book is simply OUTDATED because Cocoon has always been changing.It has never been, and may take a long time for it to be a full blown butterfly :)

The book is great. It taught me a lot of stuff. Let us just say buying this book is like buying a book with a title "Mastering Windows 95 in one month".

I am not going to preach on staying away as far as you can with Cocoon, not the book, even if it almost cost us our project but take a good, very good, look at the Table of Contents and see if the stuffs there are still supported by Cocoon. Or go to Cocoon website and decide on which stuff you would like to use (god bless you) and check if they are in this book.


If I am to rate this book regardless of whether or not its updated, I will give it 5 star or even 6.It's a great book for academic engagement ONLY.

A useful introduction to Cocoon
I'm using Cocoon, and i was looking for a good book to help me in developing XML based web sites.
I buyed this book and i'm really satisfied. It is simple and complete. The book follows a well defined learning path. Some chapters, which analyzes advanced featuresin Cocoon(like SOAP, Internazionalization, ...), are extremely useful.

Pretty Darn Good
I normaly spend my time cringing at the writing of computer science authors. This book is fairly straight forward. It skips a beat here and there, but not so much that it stops one dead in the tracks. It is an exhaustive read and only on the basics. I thought that more depth is eventually needed when Cocoon gets finalized, but this is about as good as it gets right now. ... Read more

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"Java P2P Unleashed" provides a single source for Java developers who want to develop P2P systems. The book explains the benefits of each technology and shows how to fit the P2P "pieces" together - both in building new systems and integrating with existing ones.starts with a discussion of the P2P architecture, referencing similarities with existing, familiar systems while previewing several types of P2P applications. It explains how to plan ahead for security, routing, performance and other issues when developing a P2P application.Each technology included in the book - JXTA, Jini, JavaSpaces, J2EE, Web services - is approached from a P2P perspective, focusing on implementation concerns Java developers will face while using them. The last section includes several large-scale examples of different P2P applications - managing content, building communities, integrating services, routing messages, and using intelligent agents to gather information. The final chapter looks ahead to future developments in Java P2P technologies. ... Read more

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Referencing similarities with existing, familiar systems
Peer-to-peer (P2P) has progressed from a curiosity to a serious opportunity for businesses to move beyond the costs and limitations of traditional client-server based computing. With a choice of several new, maturing technologies, Java developers need a single source to explain the benefits of each technology and help them see how to fit the P2P "pieces" together - both in building new systems and integrating with existing ones. Java P2P Unleashed: With JXTA, Web Services, XML, Jini, JavaSpaces, and J2EE starts with a discussion of the P2P architecture, referencing similarities with existing, familiar systems while previewing several types of P2P applications. Java P2P Unleashed explains how to plan ahead for security, routing, performance and other issues when developing a P2P application. Each Java P2P technology is approached from a P2P perspective, focusing on implementation concerns Java developers will face while using them. The last section includes several large-scale examples of different P2P applications - managing content, building communities, integrating services, routing messages, and using intelligent agents to gather information. The final chapter looks ahead to future developments in Java P2P technologies, including the use of J2ME. Java P2P Unleashed is confidently recommended for Intermediate to Advanced level users. 752 pages.

One-stop shop
This book's title is a bit misleading, as it covers a lot more than P2P. In addition to JXTA, it also has chapters on Jini, and several chapters on Web services. Some of the chapters are better than others; the chapters on JXTA are especially informative. Because the book has many authors, some of the information is repeated, but that does not detract from the book's overall high quality.

too wordy
this book has too much redundant info and lacks coherence. try the jxta in a nutshell instead; to the point, simple and clear. ... Read more

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So what do I do with XML now?
I love the "In Easy Steps" series.The books are great introductions and make great reference manuals when you finish with them.With all of the coming changes for web pages and other applications that will utilize XML, I purchased the book.The book does a good job of explaining why XML is more flexible than HTML and its creation of custom tags, but I couldn't figure out what to do with XML once I finished the book.I understood the rules and implementation into a web page but no explanation was evident for other application use. (Office 2007 and SWF files)Basically, I couldn't justify changing all of my web pages when XHTML and CSS get the job done.Like I said earlier, I plan on using this book as a reference. ... Read more

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Title: DataPower Technology delivers world's fastest XML web services security gateway.(DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway)
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