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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag. By Peachpit Press. The regular list price is $44.99. Sells new for $27.08. There are some available for $25.00.
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5 comments about The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter).
  1. I am a big fan of the website which is a big source of inspiration, and was very happy when I found out that there was a book.
    And now... Disappointment.

    First of all, the cover is very ugly, and the book's format is a bit clunky.
    The designs they have chosen are nothing special, kind of boring designs. Why did they choose these designs, when there are much more interesting designs on the site?

    And the book also feels a bit out-of-date. Hey, they even talk about Netscape!

    Nope, spend your money on some other book. Read the CSS on the website!


  2. I came across this book due to my love of the great website of the same name as the book. If you are a web designer or want to see some better ways to make your online web presence look better, and more slick, this book is a great addition to your tool box.


  3. I bought this book years ago wanting to learn CSS before it became popular. I have always loved the artwork produced on csszengarden's web site. I figured that the book would teach me css. I was somewhat wrong. The book covers techniques the page developers used to create some of the artwork, but never really explains what the different settings mean. The book also seemed to jump around and did not flow with any explanation. I ended up learning CSS from the web. Even now that I know CSS extensively, I have gone back and read this book again and can really see how it jumps around and does not explain the techniques very well. I do still keep the book in my toolbox for some reference, but hardly ever look at it anymore.


  4. Very readable and enjoyable book. The authors' carefully chosen example designs are dissected to highlight key CSS concepts. The process examples were especially enlightening for me. Even the references at end of the book were spot-on.


  5. I bought this book understanding that it would help me learn CSS design, but soon found that it was not for the beginner but for an experienced CSS practitioner. The book is divided into themes such as 'Layout', 'Typography', etc. and illustrates the points being made by references to examples on the web site.

    You can browse to the relevant pages and read the CSS code to understand how effects were made. As such the book is an inspiration for beginners to aim for after they have had some experience with CSS, perhaps by going to the original inventors, Lie and Bos: Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web (3rd Edition).


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by Jennifer Niederst Robbins. By O'Reilly Media, Inc.. The regular list price is $12.99. Sells new for $6.37. There are some available for $5.00.
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5 comments about HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)).
  1. I'm a big fan of the O'Reilly Pocket Reference series, but this one was a bit disappointing. While the basic content is there, the book is less than 100 pages and seems to only be a wrapper for three tables defining the common elements, character entities, and colors. Only the first five pages attempt to provide any foundation for the tables. Missing are more general references on forms, tables, scripting or even techniques for relative/absolute addressing. Probably most surprising was the lack of an index. For a pocket reference, that seems a pretty major oversight.


  2. This is an excellent text and well illustrated. I am sure an updated edition will come out soon.


  3. What kind of a reference book doesn't have an index? Sure, the tag reference is in alphabetical order, but that only helps if you remember what the tag is. Also, I had a brain fart this morning and couldn't remember the exact syntax for a comment (I work with way too many languages)- couldn't find it. That's what a pocket reference is supposed to be for, the little things you can't remember!


  4. After I figured out there structure of displaying information, this tool has become a valuable asset. Definately recommend.


  5. The product got there 2 days earlier than other items I ordered the same day. The condition was good.


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by James Shore and Shane Warden. By O'Reilly Media, Inc.. The regular list price is $39.99. Sells new for $29.79. There are some available for $29.98.
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5 comments about The Art of Agile Development.
  1. After reaching 100 pages I felt really disappointed. I was looking something more similar to "Beautiful code" but about management. I have found a book without facts and measures but "tips". I think that we [developers, project managers and other animals] should try to move our profession towards a scientific discipline (i.e. hypothesis-measure pairs).

    I was looking for something either like "Mythical man-month"/"Peopleware" or the IEEE articles "voice of evidence". I didn't found any of those.

    I do not need any tips but real evidence about what development strategies are good/bad and in which conditions. Real data please.


  2. This book is very well written and gives a great description of many different types of Agile practices. Although the book centers around XP, I think many of the techniques and practices could be brought over to any of the different Agile disciplines. The book also goes into the all important steps of selling agile practices to those with the money: managers, directors, stake holders, and the customers. This is a very important step! The book is also nice in that it doesn't necessarily have to be read in chapter order. If you need some help on something, it's easy to pick up the details by just going straight to that section - no need to read everything before it to get caught up. All the information in the book can be applied directly. Many of the concerns related to starting up Agile development in a shop are covered very well.


  3. In my opinion, this is the best book for someone starting to implement XP. Before this book, other two books on XP practice were "XP applied" and "XP installed".
    Book by James Shore and Shane Warden provides more broad coverage, then previous books, and contains a lot of good advice, what to do, what not do, and how to do what should be done, while going to the path of Agility.

    Presentation is based on the XP, but book also shows a more wide perspective, and contains comparison with SCRUM

    What I really like in the book
    - Pragmatic approach to XP - In this book, you will not see approach XP as a holy grail - do it either this way, or you are wrong. Instead, authors expand the original definition of the XP from XP Explained by the practices, which they found to work well in real world
    - Its practical focus - It contains a lot of the practical tips (for example, how to implement continuous integration successfully, how to do test-driven development, what is the real meaning of the user stories etc..)
    - Balanced presentation - for each practice there is Q&A section, contraindications and alternative practices.
    - Live style - book is written in clear and engaging language

    Quality of book is very high, and I would recommend it to my friends as a best book to read on working in agile/XP style


  4. I have about a dozen books on Agile and Lean development and this rapidly became my favorite.

    Why: It's advice at the level I can use. Clear solid explanation and methods to understand what to do, what not to do, and most important, why.

    It's just incredibly easy to read and use.

    I've already bought 2 more copies to share with friends!


  5. This book has three parts in it - introduction to agility, guide to extreme programming and afterthoughts. You may want to read this book if you want to set up XP in your team or participate in it. It is mostly beneficial for the developers or project managers to read it.

    The first part (Getting Started) is about 40 pages long and just puts you on the right track by discussing what agility means and introducing you to extreme programming. Here is where the authors explain how to determine whether XP is right in your case, what prerequisites are needed and what steps need to be taken to start.

    The second part (Practicing XP) takes most of the book, some 300 pages and contains detailed guide to extreme programming. This is where all the XP practices are explained one by one. Each is given a big chapter - Thinking, Collaborating, Releasing, Planning and Developing. Inside each chapter, there is a detailed explanation of the relevant practices.

    The last part (Mastering Agility) is again on the smaller side, it takes 40 pages and contains assorted advices along the "rules are there to be broken" lines. Afterthoughts to help you improve XP once you think you have mastered it.

    It is therefore safe to say that the book is essentially a guide to XP, and a good one too. The writing style is excellent - information is organized in half a page long self-contained chunks, each chunk covers some concept or answers some question. Because of this, it is really easy to follow the material.

    Even better, each chapter is closed with mandatory sections Questions, Results, Contraindications, Alternatives. Questions are indeed short Q&A and the questions were real-life, more often than not I have found mine answered. Results explain what exactly comes out of the discussed practice. Contraindications explain what obstacles there could appear. Alternatives explain what to do whenever you cannot use the discussed practice. Very realistic and informative.

    There were a few imaginary tales from the field. You know, the ones that go like
    - "We use XP here", said Alice.
    - "Wow !", said Bob.
    I don't generally like such stories, they make me feel stupid and therefore in my opinion the book (just like any other) could have got without them better. But this is just me.

    An extremely practical guide to extreme programming.


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by James Floyd Kelly. By Apress. The regular list price is $24.99. Sells new for $15.61. There are some available for $15.40.
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5 comments about LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide (Technology in Action).
  1. There's no other book out there that covers the NXT-G programming language. Jim Kelly covers the subject thoroughly, in a clear, friendly and encouraging style.

    The book not only covers NXT-G, it's also a primer on what programming is and how it works. With this book, teachers, students and beginners will have everything they need to understand how NXT-G works and how to use it. Advanced users will learn a thing or two as well, particularly with respect to some of the lesser known blocks within the NXT-G program.


  2. When it comes to wanting to do Lego Mindstorm NXT-G, this is the first book you should get. The book shows the reader what different blocks are and how they work. The book also reads in terms that middle school students can understand and follow. Programming is the most difficult item that you have to do with a roboit. This book shows is a great resource for people that are in to lego roboits.


  3. We bought this book for our nine year old son who had recently received the Mindstorms NXT for Christmas. He could not put the book down - read it from cover to cover and thinks it is a great book. Highly recommend.


  4. This book covers a lot of ground on NXT-G programming and is a must have resource for anyone serious about programming in NXT-G as the on line help included with the NXT set is not adequate.
    As a professional programmer and a robotics hobbyist, I would recommend that anyone wanting to bring out the full potential of their NXT creations move to a text based language like Robot-C instead. While NXT-G is good for simple programs, it is just to difficult to create anything of any complexity as the graphical elements and all those connecting lines distract you from what you are trying to accomplish.
    I am giving this book 5 stars because it does well at what it is, a reference / guide to the NXT-G programming language. It is NXT-G itself that I would only give 2 stars.


  5. I was hoping to learn more about NXT-G. I didn't. There is nothing in this book that is not in the online help files that come with the software. There are a number of errors. The X/Y coordinate system on page 188 in wrong, half of the time in the discussion of the logic block he calls it the compare block. It expected much more from this book. In the discussion of the logic block he shows how to evaluate 2 things. That is very simple and covered in the on-line notes. He doesn't explain how to compare 3 things or 4 things. This is actually tricky to figure out. I did but an example in the book would have saved me a lot of time. As you know my now, telling the bot to turn 90 degrees will not turn the bot 90 degrees. He notes that--in the appendix--but doesn't tell you how to get accurate results. That would have been useful. It would have been useful if the author had shown how add to the number in a variable block. This is useful if you want your bot to keep a running tally of something, like keeping score. There are many more examples I could site but this will do. I did, however, discover some very useful tips in The Lego Mindsotrms NXT Idea Book. That book too has its flaws but is worth the money unlike this book.


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by Joel Murach and Andrea Steelman. By Mike Murach & Associates. The regular list price is $52.50. Sells new for $29.99. There are some available for $25.50.
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5 comments about Murach's Java SE 6: Training & Reference.
  1. As a UNIX/C/C++/python programmer, this book has allowed me entrance into the Java world. I went to the Java Conference and was overwhelmed by all the choices, but this book allows learning of the different methods and how to put Java together. I am still in about the fifth chapter so I am not sure if it suitable for an advanced Java programmer, but it is easy for a beginning Java programmer to follow. I heartily recommend this book. It also is accurate and the programs actually work (which is not always the case with a programming book....)


  2. This is a great book for both training and reference. I was a VB6 programmer and needed to get into Java and object oriented programming for work. I read this book about 3/4 of the way through from page one and did all of the exercises after each chapter. The book is split so that the left side facing page is narrative description and the right side facing page is bullet points. This is great in that it allows you to read on the topics you don't know and just use the bullet points for the stuff you do know. This is also nice for going back to something for reference while working on a program. I plan to finish reading the remainder of the book within the next couple weeks.


  3. I found the book to be excellent and much easier to understand than many other java text sold today. The book teaches the basics very well and is a solid foundation for anyone who wants to learn basic java programing skills in days instead of weeks or months. The expansions are clear and the examples are well thought out.

    LG


  4. I am very satisfied with whole amazon-purchasing experience, as always ! Book was shipped in solid protecting box and received on time. I would like to say thank you to amazon staff for doing high quality work.


  5. What a weird book. I don't program Java, have never been but I've got quite a few years of C++ and C# under my belt. We needed to use some Java-only open source libraries for a project at work, so I figured having a Java reference book would be handy: after all, it can't be 100% identical to C# as they say, right?

    Well, this book couldn't fulfill even this modest role: it covers very little, but wastes nearly 6 pounds of dead trees to do it. It takes two pages to explain how to assign a number to a variable. The author uses Windows (!) as a platform of choice and the word "DOS" pops up many times, over and over. It even contains section that teaches you how to use DOS commands like "dir", "copy" and "cd". I am not kidding or exaggerating.

    I would understand if it was marketed to teenagers who want to start programming in something, but a book of such shocking size and wall penetrating power can't be possibly aimed at that audience: if someone needs 2 pages explaining the "magic of assigning a value to a variable", one's probably too young to lift this book off the floor.

    I covered first 225 pages without seeing any useful information there: every topic is explained in such a shallow manner, that it could be compared to a common-sense knowledge of Java of someone (like me) who never wrote a line of code, but heard other people talk about the language. The book, like many others, uses a sample project that a reader takes on in the beginning and keeps improving upon as he learns new material, but guess what - this book uses a number multiplying program for that purpose: that's right - read two numbers from a console, multiply, print out, repeat.

    I am speechless. This is the first time in my life I had to return a book. Yes, Java isn't supposed to be a brain grinder and I expected a super-easy read, but this book is beyond "easy", it redefines an "easy read" by insulting your intelligence, it's that dumb. Heck, one of the exercises calls for documenting a code written for the previous exercise!

    It says $52 on the cover, Amazon sells it for $32 and it's available used for about $14 - isn't that telling you something?


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths. By O'Reilly Media, Inc.. The regular list price is $49.99. Sells new for $28.19. There are some available for $30.00.
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5 comments about Programming WPF.
  1. This book is the most in depth resource into WPF i have seen. And not just that, it gets to the good stuff that you'll actually use in your code and not just filler or lists of properties that you can get from intelisense. The examples are extremely useful.

    The other benefit of this book is that it doesn't just tell you how to do things, but why. This is incredibly helpful in finding the best solution to your specific problem.

    Thanks guys! great book!
    Ralph


  2. I bought the first edition of this book called Programming Windows Presentation Foundation (AKA Avalon) at the PDC in 2005 and read it completely on the plane home.

    When I heard the second edition was released I didn't think much would have changed, but this is even better than the first edition. It's twice as big and covers all major (and not so major) topics in WPF (inc. an introduction to 3D and Silverlight).

    I think this book will proof to be for WPF what Programming Windows, Fifth Edition is for WIN32 programming.


  3. Writing a programming book is not an easy thing to do -- I know, because I've done it myself. And I have to say that I'm really impressed with the job that Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths have done with "Programming WPF". This is one of the best programming books I've ever read (and I've read a lot of them).

    For a programming book to be good, it's not enough for it to simply contain all of the information that you need to know. If that information doesn't stick to your brain, then the book hasn't done it's job. If you want the information to stick, then the book has to be interesting to read. It has to have a lot of clear examples that show you real-world applications without extraneous fluff. And to be really effective, all of that should be done with a little bit of style and wit.

    And I'm really pleased to say that "Programming WPF" does all of those things. I recently needed a refresher on WPF, so I just spent a lot of time over the last few weeks going through the book very carefully. And I have to say that I'm really impressed. It's engaging, interesting and they chose really good examples. And it's witty! (You'd be amazed at how the occasional chuckle keeps a reader from getting that "eyes glazed over" feeling that far too many books induce.)

    I know from experience -- believe me, I know! -- just how hard it is to pull that off. And they did it with style. So first of all, congratulations to Chris and Ian for doing a great job. And second, if you're a C# developer looking for a good, hands-on way to learn WPF, I highly recommend "Programming WPF".


  4. I'm almost ashamed to admit that after diving into WPF back when it was known as "Avalon", I haven't even touched WPF since. So I finally needed to suck it up, get started, and learn WPF.

    As somebody new to WPF, I just have to give a huge "Thank You" to both Chris and Ian. This book is very entertaining and the quality of the writing between both Chris and Ian is just tremendous. The pace of the book is perfect and the teaching style is one that any developer can relate to.

    As a Technical Evangelist working for Microsoft, I think that every "Evangelist" in the tech industry can learn from Chris and Ian on how to tell a compelling story that developers can relate to and "grok". We evangelists are all-too-willing to simply explain the technical details of an API while completely forgetting to answer the "why" (let alone telling a compelling story to suck people in). This is yet another area that this book excels at.

    I can say with full confidence that this book is the first book I recommend to anybody wanting to dive into WPF. Enjoy!

    Jason Olson, Technical Evangelist, Visual Studio & the .NET Framework
    [...]


  5. I have both WPF books by Chris Anderson and Adam Nathan. I read initial chapters of both of them but never got so excited to continue reading and got astray into LINQ and other stuff. Then I bought this one from Chris Sells and all I can say is it is much better than both Anderson and Adam book and the book keeps you engaged making you eager to find out what next in very simple terms and wonderful example. I loved the way the data binding chapter was explained and am hoping to finish this soon.

    Great Job Sells and Ian.


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by Matthew A. Russell. By O'Reilly Media, Inc.. The regular list price is $39.99. Sells new for $15.95. There are some available for $16.95.
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5 comments about Dojo: The Definitive Guide.
  1. This book is incredibly frustrating. The introduction promises the book will address anyone "who is able to construct a very simple web page and apply a dab of JavaScript and CSS..." What a joke. I'm a web designer who prototypes in HTML, CSS, and slightly complex Javascript. But this book continually mystifies me. Instead of giving clear, plain-English, step-by-step explanations, it jumps headlong into complex code samples and advanced programming terms, leaving me completely in the dust.

    And don't get me started on the typos and errors. The funniest is that in the illustration figures, different items shown top and bottom are referred to in the captions as "right" and "left." I've already stumbled on numerous typos in the code samples. I guess that's kind of standard for computer books these days, but I expect a little better from O'Reilly.

    Sigh. Guess I'll have to look elsewhere for help learning Dojo.


  2. This a is good refrence book. But if you are buying it to learn dojo then it is not a really good book to buy. There also are a lot of errors in this book as well. But other Dojo books I have read seem to suffer from this problem.

    If you are looking for a tutorial then look elsewhere. This book seems like it was rewrite of the Free dojo documentation. Other books out there on dojo are better and your better off getting them.


  3. This is not a bad book on a great toolkit but clearly the author is clueless on how to write a book. For instance, who is it for? If it is for Dojo beginners it would help if the author had a sample page to type in and check if you have everything installed right - nothing fancy just dojoOnLoad , some requires, a console log and so on. If you talk about require, an explanation may be in order how dojo locates the js file. Instead he talks about how to write a custom module and buries the detail in a side bar. He is raring to go and in each chapter he covers the most obscure feature when he would be better off spending more time on the basics. This book needs a good editor to help the author


  4. This book is an outstanding resource for anyone who plans to work with the Dojo Toolkit. Dojo is my personal favorite toolkit for JavaScript development. This book really helps to explain not only the "how to" of Dojo but also the "how come". It is a great reference for Dojo's core functionality, for Dojo's Dijit widgeting system and for the Dojo build system and test harness. It gives great practical advice on how to exploit the power of dojo.query, and provides great coverage of Dojo's data stores for data source abstraction. It has excellent coverage of dojo.fx for animations, it provides an invaluable desktop reference for Dijit. There is also a excellent coverage Dojo's Data Transport apis like XmlHttpRequest, dojo.io.script(Dynamic Script Tag injection for JSONP or JSON with a check string mechanism), as well as the use of iframes for data transport.
    If you are working with Dojo this book will make your life a whole lot easier.

    One thing you should know before buying this book. It does not have in depth coverage of anything in the Dojox package, so you will not find anything in this book on the Data Grid!

    Take a few days and give it a read, then keep it on your desk for reference. You can't go wrong.


  5. Any computer library strong in web development will find DOJO: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE an excellent introduction which covers all 1.x versions and offers plenty of examples and tested code sets. From customizing Dojo to overseeing developers using Dojo in larger settings, this offers the programmer/manager a set of keys to working efficiently with Dojo to produce superior layouts and web applications.

    Diane C. Donovan
    California Bookwatch


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Posted in Languages and Tools (Monday, October 13, 2008)

Written by Andy Clarke and Molly E. Holzschlag. By New Riders Press. The regular list price is $49.99. Sells new for $24.99. There are some available for $24.99.
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5 comments about Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter).
  1. This book is amazing in it's holistic approach to web design using CSS. It's from a designer's perspective and helps a lot in the thought process and workflow departments, then shows you a wonderful way to build up a design from the ground up based on a content-out approach. In some ways I wish that I had read it before any other CSS book, but I don't think I would have been able to appreciate it as much that way - it's an advanced book that has great pacing and brings a large number of design concepts all together. It gave me the feeling that I was tying up a lot of loose ends in my personal knowledge base and making it all complete. Great book! *I wouldn't sell my for anything*


  2. Transcending CSS is a book that, as it explains in its opening, isn't intended as a basic overview of CSS. It assumes a solid base of knowledge, and if you have that, the book can be extremely beneficial.

    That's not to say that the book wouldn't be useful to a novice designer, but they might want to pick it up again after they have more experience with the CSS selectors and attributes Clarke uses.

    The book has a lot of material regarding separating layout and style and making semantically correct HTML, which is important for both designers and developers to understand as web pages become more and more feature-rich and stylized. Clarke presents it in an easy-to-understand format, and helps the reader see semantic markup everywhere.

    The sections regarding layout and inspiration were very well done, however I felt that more could have been done here. I suppose that it's forgivable since it is a book about CSS and web design rather than design theory, but I found those sections to be the most interesting.

    I highly recommend this book to any designer or developer looking to get a better grasp of where web design is going and what constitutes good web design.


  3. This book is a real gem! I read it often just for inspiration. The author is passionate about design, markup, and styling and it rubs off on me. Transcending CSS fills a niche somewhere between the technical manuals and design books. It has had a clear impact on my work.


  4. I wanted to like this book. If you are new to design, it contains useful sections on page prototyping, grid-based design, color, and design practices. These are things designers should learn about, especially if they arrive in web design from other fields. I give the book three stars for these positive features and for its high production values.

    Physically, the book is about two inches wider than a standard programming book. The paper is heavy and coated with full color all over the place. This is nice, but the author goes too far. Some pages include pictures of websites, but many other pages are filled with seemingly random photographs and montage works. In fact, pages 239-242 are fully dedicated to a scrapbook sample. Page 243 includes some text, but 244 is another wasted page. The images are sedate, and these picture pages seem to take up a quarter of the book. White space abounds. Consequently, as others have noted, the book is light on useful information.

    I understand the attraction of grids. CSS divs and table cells both lend themselves to grid layouts. I know it is in vogue to emulate the multi-column layouts found in a newspaper page. I've read plenty about usability and how people actually surf. Unfortunately, the author's fixation with these conventions leads to dull page design. The most interesting, useful technique in the whole book involves the intelligent use of relative and absolute positioning to displace background images so that they break up the outlines of the blocks.

    On the down side, the author advocates the use of browser-specific style sheets and the use of CSS3 style rules. Current browsers still have problems with some CSS 2.1 rules. The CSS3 rules will be great when browsers support them, but they won't help you write pages that work on multiple browsers and platforms. And that's the real issue with this book. It contains information that is useful to beginners, but it's not really a beginner book. This book won't have you writing CSS and XHTML in a few hours. The strange mixture of beginning and advanced materials mixture may confuse beginners while offering little that is new or useful to more experienced designers. Add in the sheer volume of wasted space and I have only one recommendation: Borrow the book from the library.


  5. Warning: Transcending CSS is not for beginners. It might not even be for intermediate CSS users. It is for advanced users who have made several ho-hum, run-of-the-mill websites with CSS and are looking for ways to put some oomph in their designs. There is code in this book - XHTML markup and CSS syntax are given for all of the examples explained in the book - but it will be useless to readers who don't already know how to create table-less XHTML and CSS websites. This is not an instructional book; it is an inspirational book. The first paragraph makes the objectives clear:

    "Transcendent CSS is more than a plea to use the latest, coolest CSS. It's a quest to use the lessons you're learning in CSS as a means to becoming the finest artist and designer you can be. Transcendent CSS asks you to embrace the new rather than the old and to stimulate new ways to find inspiration, create more agile and appropriate workflows for Web design, and encourage yourself to constantly learn more about both the design and the technical issues with which you work."

    As one might expect of a book concerned with art rather than technique, it is visually stunning. It is filled with pictures, every one in color, which probably explains the higher-than-average price. Many are screenshots of websites, but even more depict hundreds of examples of color and design from the real world. This book is likely to appeal to designers and non-designers alike, if only because it is so visually appealing.

    The first two chapters of the book are largely concerned with things one might expect to find in a web design book: markup, layout, prototyping, best practices, process, and workflow. Chapter three, "Inspiration," is entirely different, as it directs the reader to seek inspiration in all sorts of places outside of the World Wide Web and urges the designer to think less about technology and more about art. Chapter four returns to a more traditional results-based approach, but this time with an eye toward the future: CSS3 and advanced layouts are demonstrated. It is important for Web designers to keep the future in mind, but it can be frustrating to see examples of slick techniques with so little browser support that implementation is impractical.

    Transcending CSS is a book for competent designers who want to make more beautiful websites without sacrificing flexibility, extensibility or standards-compliance.


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Written by Tony Redmond. By Digital Press. The regular list price is $69.95. Sells new for $43.81. There are some available for $48.50.
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3 comments about Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with SP1: Tony Redmond's Guide to Successful Implementation.
  1. Have Tony's 2003 SP1 and 2007 SP1 books. They were recommended to me by a former co-worker of his. Tony cuts out all the BS and get right to it. Few IT books capture my attention and leave me awake but Tony's words make it all easy to understand. I really enjoy the SCR section that is new to this edition and the Exchange world, he got really in depth with the dynamics and it shows that he knows how to make it work properly.

    In the beginning he stated that to cover all the new technology to E2K7 he would need a thousand more pages, and I am hoping he delivers another edition. Thanks Tony for making the new "complex" Exchange very understandable and giving real world best practices.

    -Justin Vashisht


  2. Intersante información relacionada a casos practicos, es una guia completa para implementaciones y migraciones exitosas de Exchange 2007. Excelente compra para los que lo están evaluando, excelente libro a pesar de no contener mucho sobre Mensajería Unificada.


  3. Its a good book to understand the core concepts of exchange 2007.
    But I wouldnt recommend if you are looking for a book to help your day to day exchange administration tasks


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Written by Joel Scott and David Lee and Scott Weiss. By For Dummies. The regular list price is $24.99. Sells new for $13.48. There are some available for $13.57.
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