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Interesting sites, web servers, web clients, techniques, programming for the web.The Information Superhighway: Beyond the Internet
Authors: Peter Otte, Que Corporation, Que Development GroupReview:
The "Information Superhighway" is a political and promotional catch phrase. The reality behind it is the National Information Infrastructure, the intent of which is to promote advantages to American business through advanced technology. A number of actions, promotions, bills, and proposals are said to be related to the NII; the most frequently cited is "The High-Performance Computing Act of 1991". (It is one of the ironies of this work that the author has chosen to make his home in Amsterdam.) This book is an opinion piece, told by a professional "gee-whizzer", full of verbiage and vendor promotions, signifying nothing. The author introduces the book by suggesting that it is best read as nine magazine articles. It certainly doesn't... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Internet Homework Helper
Authors: Tim McLain, Dorissa Bolinski, Gregory Giagnocavo, Classroom ConnectReview:
(Sigh.) To paraphrase Dave Barry, help with homework usually involves information, mostly in the form of answers. Yes, the net can give you resources to help with homework. However, you have to learn how to use the net in order to get that help. This cutesy and rather oversized book *might* help. But somehow I doubt that the simplistic contents will provide much of any value. I think I'll teach my grandsons how to use the net myself. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1997
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The book is brief documentation for the demo software included with it. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996
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Says the back jacket, "JavaScript: quick, easy and complete." JavaScript? Yes, it's about JavaScript. Quick? Yes, it starts throwing sample code and a "hello" program at you fairly early on. Easy? No. The early samples are not well designed to introduce you to the language. The authors admit that their target audience consists of experienced programmers, but then experienced programmers don't really need an introduction to a new language. Complete? Hardly. There is no mention of the fact that JavaScript is still a moving target. There is only one mention of a single difference between JavaScript for Netscape Navigator versions 2 and 3. The fact that server side JavaScript really doesn't exist yet is glossed over. Competing ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Start surfing the Net with this reader-friendly, fast-answer book that covers everything a Mac Internet user neds to know. Tips, techniques, and advice abound on getting around the new electronic global village.
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