XML Programming with VB and ASP

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 250 pages
• Published by: Manning Publications
• Edition: 1st Edition December 15, 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1884777872
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1884777875
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Mitch Tulloch of Swynk.com
"a well-written book for experienced VB programmers and ASP developers to introduce them to XML programming5 stars out of 5."

Product Description
An introduction to XML for both beginner and intermediate VB and ASP developers featuring over 50 pages of example code and a best-practices approach to XML on the Web and in 3-tier development.

Reader Reviews
After a mere twenty-two pages into the book, I was starting to doubt the usefulness of this book. The very top of page 22 talks about "examples above" on handling special characters. Flip back to page 21, however, go to the bottom of the page and read about examples that "are described below". I give up, are the examples on the magical page 21 1/2? While other reviewers seem willing to let slide the number of typos, omitions and code examples that simply don't work, I am less forgiving. I got this book on the assumption that I would be able to learn how to integrate XML with my knowledge of ASP. Most examples in this book, however, are for Visual Basic, and while that only requires little to moderate tweaking, the pure ASP examples in this book are almost non-existant. Add in the fact that the book constantly interrupts a lesson to add new concepts we're supposed to either immediately understand, or bookmark and thumb through the book hoping they remembered to include the examples, makes this a frustrating book to learn from. Doing a quick search on Google for "XML help basics" gave me more insight into XML in just a few minutes than reading this book for a few hours did. Comment | | (Report this)