Xhtml 1.0 Web Development Sourcebook: Building Better Sites and Applications - Softcover

Graham, Ian S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471374865 ISBN 13: 9780471374862

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Synopsis

A hands-on guide to planning, designing, and implementing better Web sites and applications using XHTML. This sourcebook gets both novices and experienced Web developers and programmers quickly up to speed on the latest technologies, tools, and approaches for building Web sites and applications. In particular, it explores how XHTML 1.0's powerful new features allow for more flexible, scalable Web sites and business-critical Web apps that can be viewed from an array of devices besides PCs, including TVs, palmtops, and cell phones.

Expert Ian Graham starts out with a concise, yet thorough, review/tutorial of the basics for markup, formatting, rendering, and document scripting with HTML, XHTML, XML, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Then, writing from the perspective of both Web developers and Web project managers, and with the help of dozens of illustrated, real-life examples, he:
* Explains the relationships between XML, XHTML, HTML, CSS, and other Web technologies
* Acquaints you with all of XHTML's powerful new features
* Explores the practice of elegant, reusable document design
* Schools you in the principles of good Web site and Web application design
* Presents several site and application-building models
* Provides management guidelines for site design, implementation, and maintenance
* Reviews Internet networking basics, URLs, and the HTTP protocol
* Shows how to customize Web servers with CGI scripts, page scripting tools, and more
* Offers selection criteria for choosing Web development tools and software

The companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/graham features all the examples presented in the book, along with additional resources, utilities, and book updates-all available in easy-to-download form.

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About this title

Review

Wiley has an enviable reputation for producing solid, reliable computer books, and Ian S. Graham's XHTML 1.0 Web Development Sourcebook is no exception.

Building Web sites, Graham rightly says, used to be a matter of linking a few HTML pages together and, hey, presto--your site. Nowadays, things aren't so simple. Web sites are technically far more complex, and businesses depend on sites to offer an increasing range of services.

Aimed primarily at Web developers, the XHTML 1.0 Web Development Sourcebook takes you through the technical underpinnings of the primary Web technologies, describing how they relate to each other and how to use them to best effect. The book starts with an overview of HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, JavaScript, and the DOM. It does a fine job of demystifying and contextualizing a range of Web acronyms and technologies, and also discusses the technical requirements of page design and whole sites.

This is not the full, hardcore lowdown on XHTML (and CSS), however. The companion volume, XHTML 1.0 Language and Design Sourcebook, does the job of explaining how to use XHTML for page design, while this volume focuses much more on how to create a project that develops those pages into a large-scale application.

This very readable source book, alongside its companion volume, will enable developers to fully incorporate XHTML into their world. --Mark Thwaite, Amazon.co.uk

About the Author

Ian S. Graham is a Web application development consultant and also a senior instructional technology specialist with the University of Toronto's Centre for Academic Technology, where he designs and prototypes Internet applications. Graham is the bestselling author of HTML 4.0 Sourcebook, XML Specification Guide, and HTML Stylesheet Sourcebook (all from Wiley), as well as XHTML 1.0 Language and Design Sourcebook-a companion to this book and a detailed guide to Web page design using HTML, XHTML, and CSS.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471374865
• ISBN 13: 9780471374862
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 471