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John December, Mark Ginsburg, et al.
Sams.Net, 1995.
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I was the technical editor for this book.
I had perhaps imagined, before I started, that the task would be
something like reading a book, and getting paid for it. Wrong!
Every technical assertion needed to be verified if I didn't already
know it to be true; every URL had to be verified if I didn't already
know it to be valid; and every line of code needed to be checked.
I'm sure the publishers do their best to select competent authors,
but evidently some duds do slip through. One author - whose work did
not appear in the final book - wrote a code segment of several lines of
Perl whose sole net effect was to index an array!
This book presents an overview of HTML markup and gateway programming
(CGI) as well as web content development, including processes
of planning, analysis, design, implementation, promotion, and
innovation. The coverage of gateway programming includes discussion
of fundamentals and techniques, with an emphasis on implementation
in Perl.
It offers a thorough treatment of Web Design, HTML syntax, and covers
Perl 4, Perl 5, Python, Tcl/Tk, Expect, REXX, C, and other interesting
topics such as experimental imagemap modifications, VRML, and more.
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Urban A. LeJeune.
Coriolis Group/IDG Books.
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The book weighed in at over 700 pages, over 300 pages of HTML
material, and is now available at your favorite book store.
The book is written in a light, hopefully humorous, style with gobs
of "hands on" explorations. It will get you up and going from ground
zero. Everything you need to get you going with Netscape, or any other
Web browser is either on the enclosed CD-ROM or there's directions on
how to get it on the net.
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