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Post by Avtar on Mar 17, 2008 13:52:59 GMT
I was in the library for 10 minutes today looking for a paper someone wrote about System Software. I came across this 300 odd page book entitled "Web Programming" and it claimed to cover :
PHP
ASP
JavaScript
HTML
xHTML
MySQL
Ajax
Perl-CGI
JSP
Yeah, so... lol. It was painful to leaf through it to say the least. The best it could be used for is an introduction to Web Programming and the possibilities. But it claimed to make one a Web Developer and all that jazz.
Fail. No.
Anyone else had similar experiences?
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Post by Dalton on Mar 17, 2008 14:34:08 GMT
I saw a 72 page book at Barnes and Noble once that said it could make you an expert at Ajax. It was only there for a few weeks and I didnt see any copies afterwards.
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Post by Avtar on Mar 17, 2008 16:49:03 GMT
Hmm... the "Who this Book is For" section of that book must have said, "Experienced Web Developers." 
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Post by Virtuoso on Mar 18, 2008 0:40:05 GMT
I have a book that's:
Perl & CGI
CSS
HTML
(X)HTML
JavaScript
Ajax
It's utter BS. It's so bad that I might as well lose knowledge, rather than gain from it. -.-'
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Post by Avtar on Mar 18, 2008 9:51:07 GMT
HTML, xHTML, CSS and JavaScript in one book is understandable. And if you extend it another 200 pages, you might as well be able to fit Ajax into it.
But then throwing stuff like Perl/CGI and PHP is just LOLZORISH.
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Post by Virtuoso on Mar 19, 2008 0:01:13 GMT
HTML, xHTML, CSS and JavaScript in one book is understandable. And if you extend it another 200 pages, you might as well be able to fit Ajax into it.
But then throwing stuff like Perl/CGI and PHP is just LOLZORISH. Yeah, the Perl section was bogus. I was looking forward to learning, but I was pretty disappointed. They backed quite a few pages into the other stuff, which was good, but Perl was pointless. |
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Post by Avtar on Mar 19, 2008 4:45:39 GMT
The O'Reilly editions of Perl Programming are pretty good, check them out. They don't stuff things into a single volume, they make them easy-paced and have different levels. Beginning Perl Programming, Intermediate Perl, Advanced Perl.
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