Market_Desc: Both undergraduate and masters course students taking modules with titles such as Website Development and Internet Programming. Programmers migrating to the web and general readership interested in developing applications which spread over several technologies.
Special Features: · Students will need little previous programming experience.· Includes HTML, CSS and Cookies/Session, JavaScript, DHTML, XML and XSL/T.· Also includes strong and timely coverage of new and important areas such as PHP5, MySQL and mobile technologies.· Focuses on open source and freely available software for use, including Apache server, PHP and MySQL.· Defines the surrounding context allowing students to see how the technologies fit together rather than existing as isolated units.· Strong pedagogical features including workshops and exercises, ultimately leading to the creation of a number of applications at the book s end, which depend upon the student s ingenuity to complete.· Encourages a creative rather than a formal approach to developing applications.· Includes topics such as Website Design Issues, Planning a Website Navigation.· A chapter introducing CGI and Perl Programming.
About The Book: 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.