Computer Book Reviews
Page Two of TwoTeach Yourself Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 by Jill T. Freeze, Wayne S. Freeze.
Sams, May 1999.Trade Paperback, 446 pages.
ISBN: 0672313286
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
This reference provides an introduction to
Internet Explorer 5, the latest edition of
Microsoft's web browser, and provides advice and
information on web navigation, using email and
designing simple webpages. Coverage in the
book includes: getting connected online, web surfing
basics, finding websites, safe e-commerce tips, customizing Internet
Explorer, using your address book, using favorite places,
browsing offline, using Outlook
Express, chatting online, NetMeeting, Microsoft FrontPage and using Explorer with other Microsoft
applications. There are twenty-four chapters (or lessons)
in the book and each one is designed to take the reader
approximately one hour to complete. Each lesson includes
definitions of new terms, examples, instruction, practice exercises,
a chapter summary and a short quiz.
The accompanying CD-ROM includes WinZip, graphics
for use with webpages, HTML authoring tools and other third-party
web development programs.
For web novices eager to go online
with Internet Explorer 5 and get the most
out of the experience, this book
will give you a great jump start.
Webmaster in a Nutshell by Stephen Spainhour & Robert Eckstein
O'Reilly, June 1999.Trade Paperback, 523 pages.
ISBN: 1565923251
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.
Webmaster in a Nutshell covers a variety
of subjects commonly referenced by
Web developers. Some of these subjects
include: HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript,
CGI, Perl, PHP, HTTP and web server
configuration. The book
provides general information about each
web programming language, details its main uses,
and provides
instruction on the fundamentals. Each subject
chapter also
provides a quick reference section of the
languages major coding tags and functions. For example
the HTML section provides a complete
directory of HTML tags and their attributes
and the JavaScript section contain listings of
JavaScript objects and statements.
Webmaster in a Nutshell is a highly organized and well-structured compilation of web developing instruction and quick reference information including web coding tags, expressions, values, modules and statements. Webmasters looking for a quick fix, brush-up or fast introduction to a new topic will find this reference extremely handy.
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