Practical Web technologies

Practical Web Technologies provides a practical approach to successful Web development and a complete picture of modern Web technologies. Perfect for beginners, this book uses a hands-on approach with more than 150 fully-working examples that cover all aspects of modern Web technologies. The book begins by focusing on how to build a functional, instant Web sites on the Internet with ISP (Internet Service Provider). A practical picture of how to use applications like HTML, JavaScript, Java, CGI, Perl, ASP, DHTML, XML, and database ADO is also provided as readers are introduced to the Web and relevant applications. Beginning Web developers and general readers interested in learning how to use popular Web applications to build Web sites.

There are a vast number of Web technologies ranging from ASP to XSLT. If you are looking for a practical, hands-on guide to all major aspects of Web technology, this book is for you.

Practical Web Technologies provides an instant course and a reference book for Web design beginners, programmers and engineers, as well as Web practitioners. Starting with the basics of Web design, you will be provided with step-by-step practical examples to help you design and set up functional sites on the World Wide Web. The book then moves through more advanced topics, covering subjects such as client and server scripting, e-commerce, broadcasting live video, Web databases and SSL security.

Topics covered include:

Basic - HTML/XHTML, CSS, Java, ECMAScript (or JavaScript),

Intermediate - DOM (W3C Document Object Model),

CGI, Perl, ASP, ASP.NET, and PHP

Advanced - MySQL (Web Databases), SSL and TLS (Web Security),

WML and WMLScript (Mobile Internet)

Other key features:

• Over 400 working examples presented in "cut and paste" format which can be used directly in other Web applications
• Over 450 illustrations and screen shots
• Supporting Web site at www.practical-web.com

 

About the authors

P.K. Yuen is a publicly known expert on Communication, Internet

and World Wide Web. He has more than 13 years working experience

on Web technologies including large scale application developments, engineer training and project leadership. With his work, he filed US and

international patents for a number of designs on images, audio and video

transmission on the Internet and Web applications.

V. Lau is a senior lecturer in computing in theSchool of Mathematics at

Kingston University. He has much experience in teaching programming at

various undergraduate levels and is particularly interested in teaching Web-related programming skills. He is the core member of the computing

courses development team in the School of Mathematics.