Web Protocols and Practice
An Essential Technical Reference for Web Developers
By Eugene E. Kim
Those of you who follow this column regularly may have picked up on some patterns. For instance, I praise concise books and criticize bloated ones. Occasionally, a book that's especially well written, informative, unique, and timeless earns my designation as a Bookshelf Book—a book that belongs on your closest shelf.
Balachander Krishnamurthy and Jennifer Rexford's Web Protocols and Practice is, without a doubt, a Bookshelf Book. At first, it may not be clear how this book qualifies. Its topics seem somewhat scholarly, and it has been set in the TeX typefaces that usually indicate an academic publication. Of course, "academic publication" often translates to "boring".
In this case, such a knee-jerk assessment would be foolhardy. Web Protocols and Practice is a well-written account of the Web's technical history that's the most comprehensive and authoritative reference I've seen for Web developers at all levels.
Web Protocols and Practice
By Balachander Krichnamurthy and Jennifer Rexford
Addison-Wesley, 2001, 642pp.
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$49.99
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