Developing Web Applications

Informationen zum Autor The book is a product of Ralph Moseley's experience of developing the course 'Developing Web Applications' as module leader at Middlesex University. His research interest is developing adaptive systems which use the internet to reconfigure their hardware remotely. Klappentext Building applications for the Internet is a complex and fast-moving field which utilizes a variety of continually evolving technologies. Whether your perspective is from the client or server side, there are many languages to master - X(HTML), JavaScript, PHP, XML and CSS to name but a few. These languages have to work together cleanly, logically and in harmony with the systems they run on, and be compatible with any browsers with which they interact.Developing Web Applications presents script writing and good programming practice but also allows students to see how the individual technologies fit together. It includes recent technical developments to provide a practical and modern introduction to building web applications.Assuming no prior programming experience, this concise, accessible book ensures that essential concepts on the client side are quickly grasped, and goes on to examine the server environment and available languages, including discussion of dynamic, modern scripting languages such as PHP. Network and security issues are also discussed. The aim of this book is to deliver exactly what is needed to start producing working applications as soon as possible - and have fun along the way.Ideal for course use or self-study, this book includes practical suggestions for mini-projects which encourage the reader to explore his or her own imaginative solutions, as well as more theoretical end-of-chapter questions. It can also easily be used as a reference work as each section is self-contained, amplifying the key aspects of its particular topic. Most software covered is freely available in the public domain and no particular development environments are required. It is a direct, contemporary and extremely useful resource for anyone interested in learning how to program applications for the World Wide Web. Zusammenfassung Building applications for the Internet is a complex and fast-moving field which utilizes a variety of continually evolving technologies. Whether your perspective is from the client or server side, there are many languages to master - X(HTML), JavaScript, PHP, XML and CSS to name but a few. These languages have to work together cleanly, logically and in harmony with the systems they run on, and be compatible with any browsers with which they interact.Developing Web Applications presents script writing and good programming practice but also allows students to see how the individual technologies fit together. It includes recent technical developments to provide a practical and modern introduction to building web applications.Assuming no prior programming experience, this concise, accessible book ensures that essential concepts on the client side are quickly grasped, and goes on to examine the server environment and available languages, including discussion of dynamic, modern scripting languages such as PHP. Network and security issues are also discussed. The aim of this book is to deliver exactly what is needed to start producing working applications as soon as possible - and have fun along the way.Ideal for course use or self-study, this book includes practical suggestions for mini-projects which encourage the reader to explore his or her own imaginative solutions, as well as more theoretical end-of-chapter questions. It can also easily be used as a reference work as each section is self-contained, amplifying the key aspects of its particular topic. Most software covered is freely available in the public domain and no particular development environments are required. It is a direct, contemporary and extremely useful resource for anyone interested in learning how to...

List of contents

Preface
* Introduction
* Features
* Additional Materials
* Acknowledgments
 
Chapter 1: The Way the Web Works
 
1.1 History
 
1.2 The Internet and the WWW
 
1.3 Protocols and Programs
 
1.4 Secure Connections
 
1.5 Applications and Development Tools
 
1.6 The Web Browser
 
Chapter 2: The Client Side: HTML
 
2.1 Introduction
 
2.2 The Development Process
 
2.3 Basic HTML
 
2.4 Formatting and Fonts
 
2.5 Commenting Code
 
2.6 Colour
 
2.7 Hyperlinks
 
2.8 Lists
 
2.9 Tables
 
2.10 Images
 
2.11 Simple HTML Forms
 
2.12 Web Site Structure
 
Chapter 3: From HTML to XHTML
 
3.1 More History, More Standards
 
3.2 The Move to XHTML
 
3.3 Meta Tags
 
3.4 Character Entities
 
3.5 Frames and Framesets
 
3.6 What's Inside a Browser?
 
Chapter 4: Getting some Style: CSS
 
4.1 The need for Cascading Style Sheets
 
4.2 Introduction
 
4.3 Basic Syntax and Structure
 
4.4 Using Cascading Style Sheets
 
4.5 Background images, colours and properties
 
4.6 Manipulating Text
 
4.7 Using Fonts
 
4.8 Borders and Boxes
 
4.9 Margins
 
4.10 Padding
 
4.11 Lists
 
4.12 Positioning using CSS
 
4.13 CSS2
 
Chapter 5: JavaScript 1
 
5.1 What is JavaScript?
 
5.2 How to develop JavaScript
 
5.3 Simple JavaScript
 
5.4 Variables
 
5.5 Functions
 
5.6 Conditions
 
5.7 Loops and Repetition
 
Chapter 6: JavaScript 2
 
6.1 JavaScript and Objects
 
6.2 JavaScript's own Objects
 
6.3 The DOM and the Web Browser Environment
 
6.4 Forms and Validation
 
Chapter 7: DHTML
 
7.1 Combining HTML, CSS and JavaScript
 
7.2 Events and Buttons
 
7.3 Controlling your Browser
 
Chapter 8: XML
 
8.1 Introduction to XML
 
8.2 The many uses of XML
 
8.3 Simple XML
 
8.4 XML Components
 
8.5 DTDs and Schemas
 
8.6 Well Formed?
 
8.7 Using XML with applications
 
Chapter 9: XML, XSL and XSL/T
 
9.1 Introducing XSL
 
9.2 XML Transformed
 
9.3 A Simple Example
 
9.4 XSL Elements
 
9.5 Transforming with XSL/T
 
Chapter 10: Web Services
 
10.1 The need for Web services
 
10.2 SOAP
 
10.3 SOAP, XML and HTTP
 
Chapter 11: The Server Side
 
11.1 What is a Server?
 
11.2 Choices
 
11.3 Setting up
 
11.4 Unix and Linux Web Servers
 
11.5 Which OS?
 
11.6 Logging Users
 
11.7 Dynamic Ips
 
Chapter 12: PHP 1: Starting to Script on the Server Side
 
12.1 Starting to Script with PHP
 
12.2 Errors in PHP
 
12.3 Getting Some Input
 
12.4 Decisions
 
12.5 Looping
 
Chapter 13: PHP 2: Arrays, Functions and Forms
 
13.1 Arrays
 
13.2 Functions
 
13.3 Browser Control
 
13.4 Browser Detection
 
13.5 String Manipulation with PHP
 
13.6 Files
 
13.7 Passwords
 
13.8 Email
 
13.9 Uploading
 
Chapter 14: More Advanced PHP
 
14.1 More File Handling
 
14.2 Object Oriented Programming
 
14.3 Cookies
 
14.4 Sessions
 
14.5 Mobile Technologies
 
14.6 Other PHP features
 
Chapter 15: Network and Web Security
 
15.1 Introd

Product details

• Authors: Moseley, R Moseley, Ralph Moseley, Ralph (Middlesex University Moseley, Moseley Ralph
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2006
• EAN: 9780470017197
• ISBN: 978-0-470-01719-7
• No. of pages: 410
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Informatik, Web-Entwicklung, computer science, Webentwicklung, Web Site Development