Customer Reviews

Core Web Programming (2nd Edition)

5 star:		(49)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Before I bought this book: I knew about html basic elements such as head, body, p, and a few more. I had to use tools to create web pages and I never knew how it really works, and I didn't use any advanced elements. Now I can do web pages much better, use CSS and many other cool things.

This book is so well organized it has good approach, from easy elements to harder elements. It covers very interesting topics starting with text elements (for beginning), frames, css, java introduction, java programming, basic 2d & 3d graphics, mouse and keyb. events, layout managers, awt components, swing, threads, network programming (excellent one), and finally server side stuff (java server pages, servlets,jdbc...).

My wish would be to remove java programming sections, since java programming is too big and to complex to show it in 2 or 3 sections, also there are plenty java programming books around. However this is just my opinion.

*All* of the examples are SHORT and INDEPENDENT: you don't have to read all chapters in a row to be able to understand the example. Each topic has it's own nice and small example which exactly points out the essential things. I really hate reading a book from beginning to the end, therefore I hate when whole book is based on one example which grows as you go further - THIS BOOK IS NOT LIKE THAT, althow more examples would be even better.

Finally, this is one of the best books I own, the only negative mark is that java programming should be removed, as well as awt, and instead more java script should be present, however this problem is easy to overcome by buying one of numerous java script books (recomended: JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman).

Sorry for typos, good luck to all, bye !

Marty Hall's well-organized and clearly written book is like four books in one, with major sections on HTML, Java, CGI, and Java Script.

His treatment of HTML and Java are more thorough than in many more specialized books. Highly recommended for the experienced professional learning about web programming!

This is a well-aimed book. If, like me, you are an experienced programmer who is looking to quickly learn Web programming, then this is THE book for you. It doesn't waste time with long-winded explanations of what variables are or what recursion is. It assumes you know all that stuff and quickly explains its four topics.

I can't vouch for most of the HTML section, because I already knew HTML, but I didn't know CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and they are handled succinctly here in about fifty terse pages, sprinkled with very clear examples.

The one exception to the "adult" level of explanation is a chapter on OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) for people new to it.

1200+ pages for $40? Quite the bargain.

I would like to congratulate Mr, Hall for his excellent work in the web programing book. I found it very usefull and supportive > in the work that I do. I am a web programer, I usually do it as a hoby. I work in the field of graphics and special effects for magazines. This book has helped me quite a bit as it has the four major codes in it. I found this book to be the best I have found so far. I have quite a collection of HTML, JAVA and CGI books that I lend to friends but this one has become a favorite of all as it's all in one book. If you din't have one, keep your eyes open for re-prints. I highly recommend CORE Web Programming.

This book is a great for beginner and intermediate Web programmers. Some advanced programmers might even get something out of it. In depth examples allow you to learn by reading and implementing code. The content packs several languages into one book. You can learn HTML, DHTML, XML, CGI, Java, JSP, and JavaScript all in one place, without having to buy one book for each. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in learning Web Programming or learning more about Web Programming.

Agreed that Marty Hall knows how to write and produces great books. Knowing this, I can heartily recommend his more recent "More Servlets and JSPs" as it provides more relevant up to date information. For the Java side of things, this offers the most bang for your buck.

When this book first came out, it was attempting to cover the gamut of web development technology, and tried to go from CGI up through JSPs and the coverage was ultimately spotty. For a more focused approach to servlets and JSPs, read Hall's later books. For a better historical perspective on the evolution of web programming, look at "Web Application Architecture - Principles, Protocols and Practices" by Leon Shklar and Richard Rosen.

It is a all-in-one book that contains four main parts in content, they are HTML, CGI, Java and JavaScript. I read through all of the pages. I would think that the author does a good job on HTML part. He explains this part in details from fundamental things. If you want to get more information about DHTML and XML, this book is not for you. I am happy I can read the parts of HTML, CGI and Java. However, in the part of JavaScript, it cannot give me more materials, and lack of examples. Anyway, if I can, I would give it 4.5 stars. It is a good book and worth the price.

I looked in hundreds of books until I found this one that explains how browsers and servers talk to each other. Now I can easily write programs that automate tasks that browsers do, and I can write tasks that talk to browsers. It is a FAT book. It aims to be an all in one. It needs to be rewritten to include the JDK 2 1.3 level features, but the core material still works. This book is full of information you won't find anywhere else. It has plenty of COMPLETE examples you can type and run, even if you don't fully understand them at first.

As a software engineer the number of books that I have to read to keep current is quite large. Core Web Programmining by Marty Hall was writen in an easy to read style that combined good text with good code examples. A reader with no knowledge of programming web pages would be able to follow and start to write their own pages very rapidly. This book is a good learning text and certainly would be an added advantage to a class room regardless of the technical knowledge of the students.

I purchased the book to aid in CGI programming but found just about every chapter uses Java in its examples. If you are not a Java programmer this book will not help you.