Worth mentioning "Tangled Web" is probably the best overview of security issues that emerge from browsers and the HTML architecture. http://nostarch.com/tangledweb
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.
I have that book on my Amazon wish list, but the e-book is $39.95 on No Starch's website (so $19.98 after 50% discount), yet is only $17.57 in Kindle format on Amazon, every day. Am I supposed to feel bad about saving $2 but contributing to DRM by buying it for Kindle format?
Honestly, I'm already "locked" into the Amazon world by them having the best e-book reader that I've owned for years (though removing DRM from Kindle books is very easy).
I'm very unlikely to ever read this type of book again after I finish it, so needing it on a non-Kindle format if I were to ever switch to another e-reader is not that important. And unless there's a lucrative, legal resale market for e-books that I'm unaware of, there is really no point in even keeping the file around once I'm done reading the book.
Okay, valid points. But IMO, for an opportunity to vote with your wallet, $2 is as cheap as it gets (not that one sale will change much, but it is a step in the right direction, regardless of how easy it is to strip the DRM).
Preordering is disabled due to technical limitations with their credit card processing. If I were you I'd try contacting them directly. There's a good chance they'll accommodate you with a discount on your future order.
I know Bill, too (and I've been together with NSPs former managing editor for the last decade)...his taste in Scotch I'm not sold on, but his books are great :)
Thanks but it's BOURBON. That's why you don't like my taste in Scotch. I have 22 bottles of Bourbon in the office at the moment. Only a couple of bottles of Scotch.
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[ 4.9 ms ] story [ 56.7 ms ] threadIt 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.
I'm very unlikely to ever read this type of book again after I finish it, so needing it on a non-Kindle format if I were to ever switch to another e-reader is not that important. And unless there's a lucrative, legal resale market for e-books that I'm unaware of, there is really no point in even keeping the file around once I'm done reading the book.
No Starch Press is absolutely one of the best publishers in technology books, period.
Bill, their founder, also has a fine taste in scotch, so you should trust them based on that alone.
I've met the founder, Bill, he's a great guy.
It's the opposite of a practical security book, more philosophical I guess. A good read, full of more or less crazy ideas ..