Web programming : building internet application

Title:

Personal Author:

Bates, Chris

Publication Information:

Chichester : John Wiley, 2000

ISBN:

9780471496694

Subject Term:

Internet programming

World Wide Web

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Demonstrating not only how to use commonly available tools to create dynamic webpages, this book also covers server side technologies. The aim is to show by example how to employ technologies to good effect. Features of HTML, DHTML and Javascript which produce exciting and interactive webpages are highlighted and explained.
XML enables data to be handled by many different applications so that information from spreadsheets, reports, databases and CAD applications can be utilized on the Web. Bates shows ways in which the power of XML can be added to a website.
Recognising that the Web is not just an environment for display and presentation, but is also used extensively for gathering information - and in a world on the brink of embracing e-commerce - for conducting transactions, technologies which send information from browser to server form an important ingredient to the book. Perl, CGI and Active Server Pages are covered and exercises and examples provided to help learn how to implement features
Features:
* Well selected and up-to-date content for newly emerging course
* Multi-tool coverage avoids necessity of recommending a book per application
* Practical and hands-on guidance is always backed up by example
* Paced for students with some, but not extensive, programming experience
* Examples are plentiful, practical and well illustrated
* Website provides more examples and links to useful online resources

Author Notes

Chris Bates has provided a comprehensive introduction to web progamming which covers the complex labyrinth of web development in a single volume. Concentrating on immediately useful code, rather than theory, this is a how- to book for programmers who need quick answers. From client-side development using HTML and its extensions, to more complex server-side applications written in ASP, Java and Perl, the complete web system is shown. The sidebar lists the principal web technologies that are covered in this volume.

Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 HTML, XML, and the World Wide Web	p. 3
Exercises	p. 13
Part I HTML	p. 15
2 Hypertext Markup Language	p. 17
2.1 Basic HTML	p. 17
2.2 The Document Body	p. 22
2.3 Text	p. 26
2.4 Hyperlinks	p. 31
2.5 Adding More Formatting	p. 37
2.6 Lists	p. 37
2.7 Using Color and images	p. 43
2.8 Images	p. 43
Exercises	p. 47
3 More HTML	p. 50
3.1 Tables	p. 51
3.2 Multimedia Objects	p. 57
3.3 Frames	p. 64
3.4 Forms - Toward Interactivity	p. 69
3.5 The HTML Document Head in Detail	p. 73
3.6 XHTML - An Evolutionary Markup	p. 77
Exercises	p. 82
Part II Stylesheets	p. 85
4 Cascading Stylesheets	p. 87
4.1 Introduction	p. 87
4.2 Using Styles: Simple Examples	p. 88
4.3 Defining Your Own Styles	p. 93
4.4 Properties and Values in Styles	p. 97
4.5 Stylesheets - A Worked Example	p. 102
4.6 Formatting Blocks of Information	p. 106
4.7 Layers	p. 109
Exercises	p. 119
5 Cascading Style Sheets Two	p. 121
5.1 The Design Of CSS2	p. 122
5.2 Styling For Paged Media	p. 124
5.3 Using Aural Presentation	p. 127
5.4 Counters And Numbering	p. 131
Exercises	p. 135
Part III JavaScript	p. 137
6 Introduction to JavaScript	p. 139
6.1 What is Dynamic HTML?	p. 140
6.2 JavaScript	p. 141
6.3 JavaScript - The Basics	p. 144
6.4 Variables	p. 151
6.5 String Manipulation	p. 158
6.6 Mathematical Functions	p. 163
6.7 Statements	p. 167
6.8 Operators	p. 174
6.9 Arrays	p. 175
6.10 Functions	p. 188
Exercises	p. 196
7 Objects in JavaScript	p. 198
7.1 Data and Objects in JavaScript	p. 198
7.2 Regular Expressions	p. 203
7.3 Exception Handling	p. 211
7.4 Built-in Objects	p. 215
7.5 Cookies	p. 225
7.6 Events	p. 230
Exercises	p. 235
8 Dynamic HTML with JavaScript	p. 237
8.1 Data Validation	p. 238
8.2 Opening a New Window	p. 242
8.3 Messages and Confirmations	p. 244
8.4 The Status Bar	p. 245
8.5 Writing to a Different Frame	p. 246
8.6 Rollover Buttons	p. 252
8.7 Moving Images	p. 257
8.8 Multiple Pages in a Single Download	p. 261
8.9 A Text-only Menu System	p. 264
8.10 Floating Logos	p. 267
Exercises	p. 270
Part IV Perl	p. 273
9 Programming in Perl 5	p. 275
9.1 Why Perl?	p. 277
9.2 On-line Documentation	p. 278
9.3 The Basic Perl Program	p. 280
9.4 Scalars	p. 283
9.5 Arrays	p. 287
9.6 Hashes	p. 293
9.7 Control Structures	p. 299
9.8 Processing Text	p. 308
9.9 Regular Expressions	p. 319
9.10 Using Files	p. 328
9.11 Subroutines	p. 331
9.12 Bits and Pieces	p. 335
Exercises	p. 340
10 CGI Scripting	p. 346
10.1 What is CGI?	p. 346
10.2 Developing CGI Applications	p. 347
10.3 Processing CGI	p. 349
10.4 Introduction to CGI.pm	p. 349
10.5 CGI.pm Methods	p. 351
10.6 Creating HTML Pages Dynamically	p. 352
10.7 Using CGI.pm - An Example	p. 356
10.8 Adding Robustness	p. 357
10.9 Carp	p. 360
10.10 Cookies	p. 361
Exercises	p. 367
11 Building Web Applications With Perl	p. 369
11.1 Uploading Files	p. 371
11.2 Tracking Users With Hidden Data	p. 376
11.3 Using Relational Databases	p. 379
11.4 Using libwww	p. 386
11.5 Template-based Sites With HTML::Mason	p. 393
11.6 Creating And Manipulating Images	p. 402
Exercises	p. 417
Part V PHP	p. 419
12 An Introduction to PHP	p. 491
12.1 PHP	p. 422
12.2 Introducing PHP	p. 423
12.3 Including PHP in a Page	p. 425
12.4 Data Types	p. 429
12.5 Program Control	p. 434
12.6 Arrays	p. 441
12.7 User-Defined Functions	p. 450
12.8 Built-in Functions	p. 452
12.9 Regular Expression	p. 464
12.10 Using Files	p. 468
Exercises	p. 473
13 Building Web Applications With PHP	p. 475
13.1 Tracking Users	p. 476
13.2 Using Databases	p. 485
13.3 Handling XML	p. 498
Exercises	p. 506
Part VI Miscellany	p. 509
14 XML: Defining Data for Web Applications	p. 511
14.1 Basic XML	p. 514
14.2 Document Type Definition	p. 523
14.3 XML Schema	p. 530
14.4 Document Object Model	p. 533
14.5 Presenting XML	p. 535
14.6 Handling XML with Perl	p. 546
14.7 Using XML::Parser	p. 550
14.8 Handling the DOM with Perl	p. 568
Exercises	p. 568
15 Good Design	p. 569
15.1 Structure	p. 571
15.2 Tables versus Frames versus...	p. 572
15.3 Accessibility	p. 577
15.4 Internationalization	p. 581
Exercises	p. 581
16 Protocols	p. 583
16.1 Protocols	p. 584
16.2 IP and TCP	p. 585
16.3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol	p. 588
16.4 Common Gateway Interface	p. 592
16.5 The Document Object Model	p. 596
16.6 Introducing The Document Object Model	p. 598
Exercises	p. 599
17 Case Study	p. 601
17.1 The Plan	p. 601
17.2 The Data	p. 603
Part VII Appendices	p. 607
Glossary	p. 609
Appendix A Accessing a Database From PHP Using mysqli	p. 613
Appendix B Accessing a Database From PHP Using Pear DB	p. 619
Appendix C HTML Color Codes	p. 615
Appendix D HTML Entities	p. 630
Index	p. 639

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