By O'Reilly Media, Inc.
November 2002
Pages: 600
ISBN 10: 0-596-00335-8 |
ISBN 13: 9780596003357
(Average of 2 Customer Reviews)
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DescriptionO'Reilly's "XML CD Bookshelf" provides convenient online access to seven indispensable XML books--"XML in a Nutshell, Second Edition", "XSLT", "XML Schema", "SAX2", "Java & XML, Second Edition", "Java and XSLT", and "Perl & XML" -- all from your CD-ROM drive. The CD has a master index for all seven books and a powerful search engine--and all the text is extensively hyper-linked--so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
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O'Reilly's "XML CD Bookshelf" provides convenient online access to seven indispensable XML books--"XML in a Nutshell, Second Edition", "XSLT", "XML Schema", "SAX2", "Java & XML, Second Edition", "Java and XSLT", and "Perl & XML" --all from your CD-ROM drive.
The CD has a master index for all seven books and a powerful search engine--and all the text is extensively hyper-linked--so you can find what you're looking for quickly. Packaged with the hard copy of "XML in a Nutshell, Second Edition", it takes up less than 2 inches of bookshelf space, and when you're on the run, you can just grab the CD and go. The seven books included on the CD -- over 3,000 pages of useful O'Reilly reference and tutorials-- if purchased separately, would retail for $269.65 (US), but the "XML CD Bookshelf" retails for only $119.95.
They say good things come in small packages. The "XML CD Bookshelf" packs a stack of essential XML books into one comprehensive, immensely convenient, and portable small package.
Books included in the "XML CD Bookshelf":
- "XML in a Nutshell, Second Edition"
- "XSLT"
- "XML Schema"
- "SAX2"
- "Java & XML, Second Edition"
- "Java and XSLT"
- "Perl & XML"
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The XML CD Bookshelf Review, April 28 2003
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Submitted by Antonio Rodriguez
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My goodness, this one is a whammy!! Aside from a hard copy 2nd edition of XML in a Nutshell, the CD contains the complete editions of the same book XML in a Nutshell (2nd Edition), XSLT, XML Schema, SAX2, Java & XML (2nd Edition), Java and XSLT, and Perl & XML. Each one of these books is deserving of its own review, but suffice it to say that having them all on CD just makes it more convenient to carry around. (I already have reviews on XML in a Nutshell and Java and XML.)
Developing a hernia by carrying the hard copy editions of these around is not my idea of a good time, so having the CD takes the cake. Of course, you’ll need a laptop to actually be able to make use of the CD, and that’ll leech battery power if you don’t have a socket handy, so it’s a toss-up either way. Still, the CD edition is searchable, so that you don’t have to wiggle through the index of 7 books just to find that reference you needed.
All in all, a great deal!
The XML CD Bookshelf Review, January 27 2003
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Submitted by Tony
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Apologies in advance to those people hoping to read a review based on the xml strengths of this collection - this will appear to be fairly thin and trivial. I am an owner of a number of O'Reilly titles, on varying subjects and always consider them the first port of call when I'm looking for information on an area new to me. As an owner of the first edition of xml in a nutshell, I thought the opportunity to upgrade to the second edition and in the process expand my collection to cover java/xslt and a number of other areas ideal, and sent for a copy of the new cd bookshelf edition.
Although the CD bookshelf format is one that proves much handier in terms of portability, and also provides a substantial saving in terms of cost there is also a downside to the format.
I am a great fan of the sample chapters, being particularly enamoured of the pdf formats as these can be printed for instant reference, scribbling ideas on and backup for long journeys when the laptop decides to pack up. Unfortunately, the xml cd bookshelf has none of its material in pdf format - instead being in html, and I find some of the illustrations and figures unfortunately illegible.
I also find the search engine while a good idea, a little hit and miss on an XP home edition platform with internet explorer, with the search results disappearing from view when the mouse is moved away from the submit button.
Please can the next edition also include complete pdf versions of the books - I would then consider this a definitive reference.
Many thanks for your patience.
Media reviews "This isn't really a book you can cosy up with and read, but it's indispensable all the same. Starting with a paperback copy of the second edition of the reference title 'XML in a Nutshell,' O'Reilly has bolted together a volume that belongs on any we programmer's bookshelf...Edited to O'Reilly's usual high standards, this is essential material for anyone wishing to work with XML for a living, particularly those who want to design web applications that go a bit deeper than the basics provided by CGI and HTML." Rated 5 stars.
--"Computer Shopper," December 2003
"I highly recommend this 'XML CD Bookshelf' as a great tool and reference for non-experts to be able to effectively work with XML."
--Dave Hannum, Southeast Ohio Macromedia User Group, May 15, 2003
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