Dynamic Html for Dummies - Softcover

Hyman, Michael I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764504673 ISBN 13: 9780764504679

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Web authoring has come a long way, and Dynamic HTML is the latest innovation, built in to the newest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. With Dynamic HTML, For Dummies, 2nd Edition, expert author Michael Hyman shows how you can easily take your Web pages to the next level, with far more interactivity and sophistication than previously possible.

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Review

Dynamic HTML for Dummies explains how to take advantage of the decorative and functional HTML enhancements that Microsoft Internet Explorer can display. This book does a fine job of introducing Web developers to Microsoft's additions to the standard Web publishing language.

In Dynamic HTML for Dummies, readers are exposed to filters, cascading style sheets, and event-driven interactivity. Rather than document Dynamic HTML (DHTML) fully, this book presents a sort of "best of" collection, revealing the code behind the DHTML tricks that interest most publishers. As a result, it contains the HTML recipes for many effects you've seen on the Web.

While JScript greatly influences the creation of DHTML documents, Hyman refrains from making his book a comprehensive scripting text. Instead, he presents only the components of JScript necessary for writing DHTML event handlers and animations. He leaves detailed coverage of the language to more specialized books. Readers should walk away with a decent grasp of the DHTML object model, ready to explore it in greater depth.

The main shortcoming of Dynamic HTML for Dummies derives from its focus on Internet Explorer 4.x, now outmoded by version 5. The good news is that much of the material carries over to the new release. --David Wall

About the Author

Michael Hyman works on Internet database technology at a large Northwest company and is a contributing editor to Microsoft Interactive Developer. Michael has written numerous other computer books, including Dynamic HTML For Dummies®, Visual J++™ For Dummies®, and PC Roadkill.

Michael has a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University. When not busy working, he sits on his surfboard waiting for waves, follows the Grateful Dead, and changes diapers.; Michael Hyman works on Internet database technology at a large Northwest company and is a contributing editor to Microsoft Interactive Developer. Michael has written numerous other computer books, including Dynamic HTML For Dummies®, Visual J++™ For Dummies®, and PC Roadkill.

Michael has a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University. When not busy working, he sits on his surfboard waiting for waves, follows the Grateful Dead, and changes diapers.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0764504673
• ISBN 13: 9780764504679
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 405