Core Web Programming

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.

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.

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!

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 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.