Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days

A great book, very thorough. Hits all the XML topics. I was very pleased.

Starting off, I was a bit skeptical about reading this book, as I have read a previous title by Steve Holzner on JavaScript, and was dissapointed to say the least. This book, on the other hand, is a well balanced title spread out over 21 days. It contains enough material without being oversaturated with information in any one day (or chapter), as well as giving the reader enough to absorb during the course of reading and after. This technical book does is not about injecting humor after every sentence, but about describing aspects relating to the subject or language of which the writing is about - which this book does well. I feel that the information provided in this book is straight forward and systematic to follow. Unlike certain titles, in particular certain Dummies title's (not all), I was and am not distracted by useless material and often dry humor from this title, but useful information that I need in order to make XML pages, as well as showing other aspects that support/improve upon XML's capabilities (JavaScript, Flavors of ML, .NET, etc.) without confusing the reader. The examples are easy to follow, and are broken down in an easy-to-follow manner. If you want an interesting technical book geared towards delivering knowledge about XML and it's purpose, I would recommend this book - if you want an exciting book, get an action title. Well done SAM and Mr. Holzer.