Presenting Xml

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Summary: decent book
Review: ...for non-specific, generalized books like this. I know that XML may not be that exciting a topic, but I think it could certainly be handled with a little more flash.

The book is hard to follow and at times manual-like. This should definitely be in the "cure for insomnia" section.

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Summary: Life is too short...
Review: ...for non-specific, generalized books like this. I know that XML may not be that exciting a topic, but I think it could certainly be handled with a little more flash.

The book is hard to follow and at times manual-like. This should definitely be in the "cure for insomnia" section.

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Summary: The first XML book, co-author comments
Review: As Tim Bray writes in the foreword (he was also the technical editor and, as co-editor of the XML standard, can claim to be one of the most authoritative sources on XML), it's hard to describe a moving target. We tried, but we also tried to go a little further than just a description of XML. This book attempts to cover the whole terrain of XML in its context of SGML, HTML and DSSSL-o (now XSL).

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Summary: Poorly written books
Review: Briefly: this book is dry, repetetive, and way too light on code samples that should help reinforce key concepts.

Just walk right past this one.

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Summary: Don't by!
Review: I am VB/SQL/HTML/JavaScript programmer. Worst computer book I ever red in my life. I would rate it without any star.

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Summary: decent book
Review: I felt this book is decent enough. ... But when I was reading "Java and XML" I find that Presenting XML provides more information on XML than the OReilly book. Ofcourse OReilly book is good on Java programming part. Things like enity references are well explained by Richar Light. Some of the initial chapters try to present a story of sorts which is .... But the following chapters get more technial. Overall concepts are presented in reasonable and simple to understand style rather than W3C's website's formal XML specification.

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Summary: Good for quasi-technical readers
Review: I have a software development background and am now in a project management role. I really thought this book provided a good feel what what XML is and does. It also helped frame XML vs HTML. I liked it. Not super technical, but very readable and informative.

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Summary: Presenting XML
Review: I've only read 4 chapters so far on this book. But, it has been extremely painful! I will probably press on, but this is definitely snooze material!

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Summary: You can do better
Review: This book is miserable. If you like to have your material presented in an organized and precise manner stay away from this one. Save yourself some frustration and buy something else.

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Summary: Good but dated book.
Review: This book is very good if you have no clue what XML is, however it has now become dated with many of the developments in XML standardization. I highly suggest it for a general overview, but take into account that some of what you read is no longer true. There really isn't much choice though since there aren't very many books on XML (yet).