I'm using Cocoon, and i was looking for a good book to help me in developing XML based web sites. I buyed this book and i'm really satisfied. It is simple and complete. The book follows a well defined learning path. Some chapters, which analyzes advanced features in Cocoon(like SOAP, Internazionalization, ...), are extremely useful.
Pretty Darn Good
Rating: 4/5
I normaly spend my time cringing at the writing of computer science authors. This book is fairly straight forward. It skips a beat here and there, but not so much that it stops one dead in the tracks. It is an exhaustive read and only on the basics. I thought that more depth is eventually needed when Cocoon gets finalized, but this is about as good as it gets right now.
Difficult made simple
Rating: 5/5
I bought the book Friday, started to read it that day (after work), continued the reading Saturday, and by Sunday evening I had ported almost the whole website for my workplace from Struts to Cocoon!
The book transforms a very complex subject to a comprehensible level, to the point that you will be Cocooning just after a few days like an expert!
I buyed this book and i'm really satisfied. It is simple and complete. The book follows a well defined learning path. Some chapters, which analyzes advanced features in Cocoon(like SOAP, Internazionalization, ...), are extremely useful.