Codenotes for Web Based Ui

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Summary: Excellent succinct overview of the topics
Review: Based on this book, I'll definitely check out other CodeNotes volumes. This is the "anti-doorstop", it gets right to the point, inserts code and screen scrapes for maximum effect, &is backed up w/a lot of good detail on the CODENOTES website. The 30-50 pages on each of web UI, Javascript, DHTML/DOM, and XML are best surveys of the topics I've seen anywhere.

A Few caveats: No Bibliography, and the index's pretty thin. Javascript chapter very Java/C++-centric, and perl/python-like features are labeled "strange" , "for (x in a)". The fonts are a little funky, more section headings shd be bolded/italicized/whatever. But on the whole, the best $... a web developer, tech analyst or CIO who needs to catch up in a hurry can spend.

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Summary: DONT' BUY Adobe eBook Reader format eBooks
Review: I've been developing web applications for more than 5 years, and though not perfect and not necessarily written for the beginner, I feel this is the best book of its kind available. Thanks to the authors for putting something useful out there finally.

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Summary: The best web application UI book available.
Review: I've been developing web applications for more than 5 years, and though not perfect and not necessarily written for the beginner, I feel this is the best book of its kind available. Thanks to the authors for putting something useful out there finally.

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Summary: Didn't have much value for me
Review: If you have some basic web skills, no formal training in design or development, and are looking for one small book to take you a little further in all aspects of web development, this book might be worth reading. However, I found it to be too basic to be of any use for me, but I have training both in design and development. It is also already feels a little dated. I would recommend a good book on CSS/DOM for DHTML, a good book on web usability, and as for design, well, that's a little harder...

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Summary: DONT' BUY Adobe eBook Reader format eBooks
Review: The content of the book is great. There is no doubt about that.

However, the Adobe eBook format is far too restrictive. This is the first .PDF file that I've found only works in Adobe eBook Reader. eBook Reader is designed to prevent copying of eBooks: The eBook is downloaded...by eBook Reader itself, saved on the boot partition with a cryptic name, and secured so that it cannot be opened from any other location. And with this eBook, you are limited to printing 300 pages per year. Too many restrictions!

In addition,[some sites limit] the number of downloads of the eBooks that you purchase.

So, if you frequently need to re-install the OS on the boot partition, like I do, then you lose your eBook! This is not good for the customer or the publisher or the writer.

I'd like to backup the file that I've purchased rights to, but I can't! I expected the eBook format to be portable, like standard PDF.

...The majority of independent eBook authors on the Web using the .PDF format do not restrict the copying of .PDF files. Some of these files have no restrictions at all. Certainly, there are some people who violate the copyright, but many of these eBook authors are making bags of money in spite of that. Unfortunately, it seems that the traditional publishing houses are reluctant to take the risk of allowing the customer to keep backups of the eBooks they have the rights to use, and as a result infuriate customers like me, who never again will purchase an eBook for either Adobe eBook Reader or Microsoft Reader.

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Summary: Know what you wnat to do but need a little kick start...
Review: This is a great little book. If you are like me who is not a programmer, but ends up doing lots the Web front end development tasks because the real developers " don't do scripting" as its beneath them. Then this book is for you. It gives real life examples that can be used to get you started on that dynamically cascading menu or that regular expression to validate your date entry field. Small and compact gives you well targeted golden nuggets of information about HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, XML and XLST not 100's of pages of theory and "hello world" examples.

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Summary: Know what you wnat to do but need a little kick start...
Review: This is a great little book. If you are like me who is not a programmer, but ends up doing lots the Web front end development tasks because the real developers " don't do scripting" as its beneath them. Then this book is for you. It gives real life examples that can be used to get you started on that dynamically cascading menu or that regular expression to validate your date entry field. Small and compact gives you well targeted golden nuggets of information about HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, XML and XLST not 100's of pages of theory and "hello world" examples.