Dynamic Html for Dummies

Dynamic HTML is heating up the Web, or at least the pages that use it. With dynamic HTML, you can design sophisticated page layouts, create animated pages, connect to databases, modify pages on the fly, incorporate cool multimedia, create Web channels, and a whole lot more. Is it difficult? Not with Dynamic HTML For Dummies. Michael I. Hyman, an expert on dynamic HTML and Internet technology, goes beyond basics and shows anyone who knows HTML how to write the code that makes Web pages sing. Discover how to use Cascading Style Sheets, write scripts to respond to user events, integrate low-bandwidth multimedia in your pages, add online databases to your site, and everything else you need to know. Plus, Dynamic HTML For Dummies is written in plain English with plenty of examples and lots of fun in mind. In addition, the book contains a bonus CD-ROM that features software that you can use to create your own dynamic HTML pages, including Dynamic HTML sample programs to get you started Internet Explorer 4.0, the popular Web browser from Microsoft HomeSite, a powerful HTML editor from Allaire PaintShop Pro, a shareware image editing tool from JASC, and CoolEdit 96, a sound editing tool from Syntrillium Software Corporation Dynamic HTML For Dummies can help you make fantastic Web sites a reality.

"Dynamic HTML" is a euphemism for "the standard tags are not enough and you have to learn some programming." Hyman introduces the dynamic object model, Cascading Style Sheets, and scripting languages like VBscript and Jscript. Like most books in the IDG series, this one is well written and entertaining. One caveat: the examples are Microsoft-centric, and some of the nonstandard suggestions here will not be supported in Netscape. For larger collections as an adjunct to Campbell. Since Netscape still has about 60 percent of the browser market, web authors exclude a lot of readers by designing for Internet Explorer 4. Campbell's book is for folks who want to design for all browsers. In a two-chapters-per-day seminar, Campbell covers all the bases and nicely balances the hands-on practical tips with underlying theory. He concludes with some worthwhile thoughts on "How much dynamic is too much?" Highly recommended for both beginners and advanced HTML users moving to the dynamic model and JavaScript. While Darnell does not use the word "dynamic" in the title, his bible covers everything dynamic: HTML, JavaScript, ActiveX, Java and the CGI, and even XML. To cover all that ground, he makes some assumptions, so this is not a book for beginners. It can work as a great quick reference for power users. For larger collections.
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