I love TTW. I've read most of it now. It's detailed, for example the URL parsing discussion. However, Zalewski pulls the details into a big picture narrative.
It immensely benefited me -- a web developer familiar with the craft but lacking depth. It could be a difficult introduction to read cover to cover! By all means get it if you plan a deep relationship with web programming.
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Somehow hadn't heard of this book, and as I'm intending to do some web development soon this book sounds worthwhile. Thanks for the tip!
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I love TTW. I've read most of it now. It's detailed, for example the URL parsing discussion. However, Zalewski pulls the details into a big picture narrative.
It immensely benefited me -- a web developer familiar with the craft but lacking depth. It could be a difficult introduction to read cover to cover! By all means get it if you plan a deep relationship with web programming.