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Learning Perl, Third Edition |
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a well-written, essential learning tool (
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Before beginning this book, I knew what Perl is and what its good for. However, looking at some Perl code, I was too intimidated to make a serious attempt at learning the language. I had a good foundation in programming concepts, as well as some experience writing simple C programs, so I decided to ..
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Designing with Web Standards |
Standards, argues Jeffrey Zeldman in Designing With Web Standards, are our only hope for breaking out of the endless cycle of testing that plagues designers hoping to support all possible clients. In this book, he explains how designers can best use standards--primarily XHTML and CSS, plus ECMAScript and the standard Document Object Model (DOM)--to increase their personal productivity and maximize the availability of their creations. Zeldmans approach is detailed, authoritative, and rich with historical context, as he is quick to explain how features of standards evolved. Its a fantastic education that any design professional will appreciate. Zeldman is an idealist who devotes some of his book to explaining how much easier life would be if browser developers would just support s..
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Great Book (
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This is the book I have been waiting for! The reams of pages which I have printed from various lists can mostly be discarded because Zeldmans book contains or refers to just about everything needed. Zeldman remarks that 99.9 % of web sites are obsolete. (More recently stated to be about 99.4%!) This..
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HTML 4 for Dummies, Fourth Edition |
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Unusable as a quick reference (
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(FYI, Im new to html, and have only about 1 years experience with computers.) Instead of just listing tags and showing what they do, "HTML 4 For Dummies" goes into long-winded discussions on how things work -- discussions that amount to nothing more than filler, which the reader must sort throug..
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