Web Application Architecture: Principles, Protocols and Practices
Web Application Architecture: Principles, Protocols and Practices by Leon Shklar and Rich Rosen
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 440
- ISBN:
- 047051860X
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons
- Publication Date:
- March 27, 2009
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 45
In-depth examination of concepts and principles of Web application development Completely revised and updated, this popular book returns with coverage on a range of new technologies. Authored by a highly respected duo, this edition provides an in-depth examination of the core concepts and general principles of Web application development.
Reviews for Web Application Architecture: Principles, Protocols and Practices
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Excellent ground-up overview of web technologies
Rated out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2009
My ideal web book. I have always found it difficult to understand and appreciate the web 'as a whole', since it encompasses many and varied technologies such as http, SMTP, Java, HTML, web servers, Struts, AJAX, application frameworks... Too often to understand one technology in the context of the web requires knowledge of other areas to a good level, and even though I come from a technical IT background, I found it easy to get lost. I know a smattering of HTML, I understand what XML can do, I've programmed in Java, but how do they all fit together on the web? Never really got it, until I dipped into this book.
This book occupies the middle ground between management-level waffle and geek-level technical details, with historical background for context and interest, together with good technical explanations of the main web technologies - why they arose, how they are used, the current state of the art, and examples (often with code) of how they are actually used. You won't become an Ajax or Ruby programmer with this book, but you'll have a better idea than most of what they and other web technologies can do.
Excellent. And readable!