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Apache Essentials: Install, Configure, Maintain (Pioneering Series)
by Darren James Harkness
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• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Disappointing
  "Apache Essentials: Install, Configure, Maintain" by Darren James Harkness promises to "explain how to configure Apache using plain language, giving examples that matter to you" and to turn the reader into an "Apache superstar." Disappointingly, it doesn't deliver on these promises. The book reads more like a book report than a technical volume, in that the author seems to have chosen only a handful of his favorite Apache topics to write about in some depth, to give the book its meat. Unfortunately, you... more info

• Best basic guide - not a technical guide for power users
  While this book will not make you an Apache guru it does give you all the basics you need to get an Apache server up and running on Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X. The author literally starts at the very beginning by discussing what a web server is and the basics of how one works. From there he examines the history of the Apache web server and how it compares to Microsoft IIS as well as which operating system might be the best one for you. Each server operating system has its pros and cons when used as an... more info

• Concise coverage
  Harkness does a nice job of two things. First, in arguing persuasively that you should use Apache as your web server. They cite the massive installed base; the largest of any web server. The only major competitor is Microsoft's Internet Information Server. But IIS has been continuously riddled with bugs. Whereas for Apache, these are rare. Plus, the Apache open source community can respond within a few days to a discovered bug. With IIS, you are dependent on Microsoft's schedule for a patch.

  The second... more info

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