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Are you a print designer working on the Web? An HTML coder learning about server-side hosting for the first time? Web Design in a Nutshell has slim but whole chapters for those topics-- and everything else you can imagine. Written in the popular "Nutshell" format, this guide is full of helpful tables and lists, making it a perfect desktop reference. The book breaks down the huge topic of Web site development into understandable, readable segments: the Web environment (browsers, displays, design principles), an in-depth guide to HTML tags, graphics manipulation and display, multimedia possibilities, and technologies for larger site management (such as Cascading Style Sheets [CSS] and XML). While this book is certainly comprehensive, the abun... Rest of this review on the detail page
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This comprehensive guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 2 for Mac and Windows serves as both an introductory aid for beginners and a useful reference tool for more experienced users. Lowery does it all: he explains features and technologies fully, throws in lots of usage tips and cross-references, and offers screen shots and step-by-step projects. Lowery begins by explaining Dreamweaver, the current HTML standards, and new features such as dynamic styles and JavaScript behaviors. He provides a tour of the interface and helps you set your preferences, starting you off in the planning and creation of your first site. Later he goes into more detail about HTML, showing how to use Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs, plug-ins, ActiveX, Java apple... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Neal Stephenson, known for a number of books such as Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash, looks at his own tools (the computer he uses for writing) after a particularly dissapointing episode (the computer ate his files). And he starts a long and deep look into 'how we got here and what is wrong'. Although somewhat dated (the book is clearly written in the run towards the Microsoft antitrust case) it is a clear view on the state of computing. MS-DOS was replaced by Windows, Microsoft makes (almost) no hardware and lots of software for cheap hardware. Apple makes special (expensive) hardware for a certain niche. Linux is up and coming and uses the high availability of cheap hardware (thanks to windows) combined with the free software model. Ne... Rest of this review on the detail page
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This is the book that did more for the spread of unix and the ideas contained therein than any other work known to man. Originally only available to licensees of Unix version 6 it has finally been published for everyone to read. In this book you will find full source code for Unix version 6 for the PDP/11-40 computer, including the enigmatic line 2238, "You are not expected to understand this.". The importance of the book however lies in the very readable second part, the commentary by the late John Lions. Reading the sourcecode with this commentary gives a great view in how an actual operating system works. One should not expect the book to be of any direct practical use. The code in it is written in a version of C that predates K&R, and... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Usenet and newsgroups may seem simple to the casual observer, but system administrators who have to manage Usenet on their system or run a newsgroup know otherwise. Spencer and Lawrence share information that previously had to be learned online, providing system administrators with a detailed guide to Usenet management. They tell you how to choose between C News and INN, the two major contenders for Usenet software. Then they show you how set your software up and make your daily operations as trouble-free as possible. The book not only presents administration tasks, but also helps you plan for the future, which is critical since the volume of Usenet communication doubles yearly. Besides the technical aspects, Spencer and Lawrence discuss th... Rest of this review on the detail page
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