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| Book: | Apache: The Definitive Guide | |
| Subject: | Apache: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition Review | |
| Date: | 2002-12-09 15:05:57 | |
| From: | Carlos Ross | |
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Rating:
 
This book is outdated (references Windows 95 only), and does not provide a step-by-step guide for testing from a Windows workstation. I bought this book because I wanted to set up a lab at home to run Apache on a FreeBSD machine, and use a Windows 2000 workstation as the client. The book seems to concentrate on the use of Apache directives; however, this can be obtained for free at the www.apache.com website. This book starts with a poor attempt to lead the user to building a working website, but it fails from lack of details, and also appears to lack from experiential knowledge. If you are looking for a hands-on guide to help you set up and run a lab to learn Apache web hosting, and test using the IE browser, this books will let you down. Scary that it's called "The Definitive Guide". It certainly wasn't worth the $34.95 + tax, or the trip to the bookstore. |
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