Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSS
Published on 10. February 2011
840 pages
978-1-118-05879-4 (ISBN)
Description
What is this book about?
Beginning Web Programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSSteaches you how to write Web pages using HTML, XHTML, and CSS. Itfollows standards-based principles, but also teaches readers waysaround problems they are likely to face using (X)HTML.
While XHTML is the "current" standard, the book still coversHTML because many people do not yet understand that XHTML is theofficial successor to HTML, and many readers will still stick withHTML for backward compatibility and simpler/informal Web pages thatdon't require XHTML compliance.
The book teaches basic principles of usability and accessibilityalong the way, to get users into the mode of developing Web pagesthat will be available to as many viewers as possible from thestart. The book also covers the most commonly usedprogramming/scripting language -- JavaScript -- andprovides readers with a roadmap of other Web technologies to learnafter mastering this book to add more functionality to theirsites.
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08/2004
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Person
Jon Duckett published his first Web site in 1996 whilestudying for a BSc (Hons) in Psychology at Brunel University,London. Since then he has helped create a wide variety of Web sitesand has co-written more than ten programming-related books ontopics from ASP to XML (via many other letters of the alphabet)covering diverse aspects of Web programming including design,architecture, and coding.
After graduation, Jon worked for Wrox Press first in its Birmingham(UK) offices for three years and then in Sydney, Australia, foranother year. He is now a freelance developer and consultant basedin a leafy suburb of London, working for a range of clients spreadacross three continents.
When not stuck in front of a computer screen, Jon enjoys listeningto music and writing.
Content
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Untangling the Web.
Chapter 2: The Structure of a Page.
Chapter 3: Links and Navigation.
Chapter 4: Colors, Images, and Objects.
Chapter 5: Tables.
Chapter 6: Forms.
Chapter 7: Frames.
Chapter 8: Deprecated and Browser-Specific Markup
Chapter 9: Cascading Style Sheets.
Chapter 10: More Cascading Style Sheets.
Chapter 11: Page Layout.
Chapter 12: Design Issues.
Chapter 13: Modularized XHTML and Serving Multiple Devices.
Chapter 14: Learning JavaScript.
Chapter 15: Creating a JavaScript Library.
Summary.
Appendix A: Answers to Exercises.
Appendix B: XHTML Element Reference.
Appendix C: CSS Properties.
Appendix D: Color Names and Values.
Appendix E: Character Encodings.
Appendix F: Special Characters.
Appendix G: Language Codes.
Appendix H: MIME Media Types. Index.
