The guide for low-end Web developers begins with an overview of available technologies, hardware and software issues, and how to create a simple Web database. It then explores specific development platforms such as Visual J++, cross platform JDBC, Active Server Pages, and ADO. After this, it looks at Microsoft's Visual InterDev tool, and shows some automated approaches for publishing desktop databases such as Access. The book concludes with a case study using the Cold Fusion CGI-based environment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)