Complete Internet and World Wide Web Programming Training Course, The (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Complete Training Courses)
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Complete Internet and World Wide Web Programming Training Course, The (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Complete Training Courses)
Now, with one interactive, hands-on course, you can master all the technologies you need to build robust, database-intensive Web applications -- client-side, server-side, and enterprise! Using their renowned "Live Code" approach, Harvey and Paul Deitel cover it all, from the basics of Web page coding through state-of-the-art servlets, JSP, and wireless development. This completely updated course now includes extensive coverage of open source technologies, including PHP, MySQL, Perl, and Python -- as well as in-depth introductions to Web security, accessibility, and more. This package integrates an interactive Web development training CD-ROM, and the Deitels' outstanding 1,300-page book, Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, Second Edition. The CD-ROM features 15,000 lines of fully tested and functional code in 250 working programs, along with more than 15 hours of detailed, expert audio descriptions, hundreds of hands-on programming and interactive exercises. Coverage includes: effective Web page design; server- and client-side scripting; interactive Web development with DHTML; e-commerce essentials; repurposing existing Web content with XHTML; programming wireless Web devices with WML and WMLScript; Internet security; and much more.
A solid jack-of-all-trades reference, this book-and-browser package comes straight from the school of college textbooks--and your outlook will determine whether it's for you. If you find helpful the terse writing, heavy reliance on spot illustrations, and strict end-of-chapter exercises that characterize textbooks, this package will be invaluable to you--it provides a lot of content, and is a perfect set for the corporate trainer or teacher. But, if you're looking for a chatty style, in-depth coverage on specific topics, or lots of asides on how things work in the real world, you might want to look elsewhere.
The book itself proceeds in a very linear fashion, and evidently has been written in a course style--starting with the basics, and each chapter building on the last. In this, it works nicely. It starts off with simple HTML and table structures, and moves into the simplest of scripting languages (JavaScript, natch)--spending five chapters and various exercises to teach the reader the basics of programming and programming techniques. Variables, arrays, input methodologies, functions, and simple object-oriented concepts all are covered clearly and concisely in various small programs. After JavaScript has been explained thoroughly, the book moves on to the more global performance-enhancing suite of using "Dynamic HTML"; then, it covers multimedia, and ends up on the heavy-hitting topics of client-side scripting, databases, and e-commerce. When you finish, you'll have under your belt an industrial-strength overview and understanding of Web programming issues.
Every chapter has the same strength and weakness; each subtopic is covered meticulously with a brief, well-written exercise--but only one. If that particular exercise doesn't make it clear to you (because the book uses each chapter as a stepping stone to a more advanced topic), you could misunderstand large sections of the rest of the book--rather like missing a class in the middle of a calculus course. Thankfully, Deitel's eye for solid examples and good writing keeps the danger of this disaster to a minimum, but the singleton nature of the samples means that you might have to do a lot of outside exercises for maximum reinforcement and retention.
There are other subtle difficulties, too. For one thing, the book has in-depth coverage of Microsoft Visual InterDev in a chapter, but does not provide a trial copy of InterDev--mentioning, in an embarrassed side note, that InterDev only comes with the classroom edition. The end-of-chapter exercises are left without answers--obviously to be given later in the instructor's manual, and leaving you to research whether you were right or not. Above all, this book definitely is aimed at the programmer, and not the designer or global Web master. Scant coverage is given to such critical design-worthy topics as page size, differences between GIF and JPEG, differences in browser interpretation, and advanced use of tables to provide complex graphical interfaces. If you want extremely functional pages, this is the place to go--but you'll need another book to help you design beautiful and quick-loading pages.
The CD-ROM is somewhat disappointing; it's mostly an expanded version of the book, transported to HTML format. You'll find code samples, which are always helpful, but no examples of live Web pages that have the code already programmed in. The questions in the end-of-chapter live examinations are ridiculously easy ("Primary key fields may not contain duplicate values: T/F"). There's a lot of content here, and this CD-ROM would be ideal for business and mass-training purposes--where an easily portable and wide-ranging format is necessary--but it might be a bit of a disappointment for the individual user.
In short, this is a fine package for trainers, teachers, and individuals who like classroom learning. It presents the core topics well, will give you a deep understanding of the issues, and is as comprehensive a book as you could hope for--given that it covers such an incredibly wide range of topics. --William Steinmetz
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Better than I thought!:
When I decided that I wanted to learn a new computer language, I decided that HTML was the one I wanted to learn. When I started doing a research about the HTML books, I bumped with this book, and even though it's cover design wasn't all that professional, I love it, so I bought it. When I started reading and applying the content, I was so excited because it was so easy and effective. After having the book with me for about one month, I was already making programs with JavaScript and VBScript. This book... more info
A Must Have Book If You Want to Do Web Programming!!:
The university that I attend to highly recommends this book and it's been used for the past 5 years. This book has helped many students and myself achieve high grades. It's easy explainable plus a great introduction to ASP and XML which is so demanding in the job market today. I urge everyone to check this book out!!
Good Book:
Easy to read and to understand. I garanty that you will be following without any problems.Like their other books, there are helpful 'tips' and 'common programming errors' sections that bring the objective of writing functional well-written programs into sharp focus.
Best Deitel book I've read...:
I've read the Deitel Java, VB and C++ books prior to this. All of these books were marred by poor color choices (text and background), errors in the code and the fact that you needed a teacher to explain the book to you. This is not the case with this book. It's seems the Old guy and the Young guy have learned a thing or two about what students require in a learning guide. This book is for Internet Explorer ONLY. No examples of cross browser code is here. This book alone will NOT make you a web developer... more info
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