Web Standards Programmer's Reference : HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, Python, and PHP

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Web Standards Programmer’s Reference: HTML, CSS, JavaScript , Perl, Python , and PHP......Page 3 What Is the World Wide Web?......Page 31 Hyper text Markup Language......Page 37 Your First Web Page......Page 41 Summary......Page 42 About the Author......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Introduction......Page 25 A Word about Standards......Page 26 How This Book Is Organized......Page 27 Conventions Used in this Book......Page 28 What You Need to Work with Examples in This Book......Page 30 Understanding Document-Level Tags......Page 43 Document Type Tag......Page 44 Head Tag Section......Page 45 Body Section......Page 50 Summary......Page 51 Paragraphs — The Basic Block Element......Page 53 Manual Line Breaks......Page 55 Headings......Page 57 Horizontal Rules......Page 58 Preformatted Text......Page 60 Block Divisions......Page 61 Summary......Page 63 Understanding Lists......Page 65 Ordered (Numbered) Lists......Page 67 Unordered (Bulleted) Lists......Page 72 Definition Lists......Page 76 Nesting Lists......Page 77 Summary......Page 79 Image Formats......Page 81 Creating Images......Page 87 Inserting Images into Web Documents......Page 88 Image Attributes......Page 90 Image Maps......Page 93 Summary......Page 97 Understanding URLs......Page 99 Using the Anchor Tag......Page 101 Attributes of the Anchor Tag......Page 102 Document Relationships......Page 105 The Link Tag......Page 106 Summary......Page 107 Methods of Formatting Text......Page 109 Special In-Line Text Elements......Page 112 Bold and Italic......Page 114 Superscript, Subscript, Big, and Small Text......Page 115 Insertions and Deletions......Page 116 Grouping In-Line Elements......Page 117 Summary......Page 118 Par ts of a Table......Page 119 Formatting Tables......Page 121 Using Tables for Page Layout......Page 141 A Word About Frames......Page 151 Summary......Page 152 Understanding Forms......Page 153 Form Handling......Page 157 Passing Form Data......Page 158 The Input Tag......Page 159 Text Input Boxes......Page 160 Radio Buttons......Page 161 List Boxes......Page 162 Large Text Areas......Page 164 Buttons......Page 165 Images......Page 166 Submit and Reset Buttons......Page 167 Fieldsets and Legends......Page 168 Tab Order and Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 170 Preventing Changes to Fields......Page 171 Summary......Page 172 Understanding Plugins......Page 173 The Old Way — The Embed Tag......Page 174 The Object Tag......Page 176 Object Examples......Page 177 Support for Older, Netscape Browsers......Page 180 Summary......Page 181 XML Basics......Page 183 XML Syntax......Page 185 Using XML......Page 190 Summary......Page 192 The Purpose of Styles......Page 193 Styles and HTML......Page 194 CSS Levels 1, 2, and 3......Page 195 Defining Styles......Page 196 Cascading Styles......Page 197 Summary......Page 199 The Style Definition Format......Page 201 Property Values......Page 202 Understanding Selectors......Page 203 Using Pseudoclasses......Page 209 Pseudoelements......Page 211 Shorthand Expressions......Page 215 Summary......Page 217 Aligning Text......Page 219 Indenting Text......Page 224 Controlling White Space......Page 225 Letter and Word Spacing......Page 228 Text Decorations......Page 230 Formatting Lists......Page 231 Autogenerating Text......Page 235 Fonts......Page 240 Summary......Page 244 Understanding the CSS Box Formatting Model......Page 245 Element Padding......Page 248 Element Borders......Page 249 Element Margins......Page 253 Dynamic Outlines......Page 254 Summary......Page 255 Element Colors......Page 257 Background Images......Page 261 Summary......Page 266 CSS Properties and Table Attributes......Page 267 Summary......Page 274 Understanding Positioning Methods......Page 275 Specifying an Element’s Position......Page 282 Floating Elements......Page 285 Controlling an Element’s Size......Page 286 Element Layers......Page 288 Controlling Visibility......Page 291 Summary......Page 292 History of JavaScript......Page 293 Determining the Document Object Model......Page 294 Uses for JavaScript......Page 295 Incorporating JavaScript in Your Documents......Page 296 Summary......Page 298 Basic JavaScript Syntax......Page 299 Data Types and Variables......Page 300 Calculations and Operators......Page 302 Control Structures......Page 304 Labels......Page 308 Built-in Functions......Page 309 User-Defined Functions......Page 310 Objects......Page 311 Event Handling......Page 314 JavaScript Errors and Troubleshooting......Page 316 Summary......Page 320 The History of the DOM......Page 321 Understanding the Document Object Model......Page 322 DOM Node Properties and Methods......Page 325 Traversing a Document’s Nodes......Page 326 Changing Nodes......Page 332 Summary......Page 340 Built-in JavaScript Objects......Page 341 Dynamic HTML......Page 346 Summary......Page 352 How and When to Use JavaScript......Page 353 JavaScript Resources......Page 354 JavaScript Examples......Page 355 Summary......Page 391 CGI History and Operation......Page 393 Serving CGI......Page 397 A Simple CGI Example......Page 398 Summary......Page 400 Additional Perl Resources......Page 401 Data Types and Variables......Page 402 Calculations and Operators......Page 407 Control Structures......Page 410 Regular Expressions......Page 413 Built-in Functions......Page 416 File Operations......Page 417 Objects......Page 421 Using Perl for CGI......Page 423 Perl Errors and Troubleshooting......Page 424 Summary......Page 426 The History of Python......Page 427 Python Interpreter......Page 428 Data Types and Variables......Page 430 Calculations and Operators......Page 438 Control Structures......Page 440 Regular Expressions......Page 443 Built-in Functions......Page 445 User-Defined Functions......Page 446 File Operations......Page 447 Objects......Page 450 Troubleshooting in Python......Page 451 Summary......Page 452 Requirements for CGI......Page 453 Sample CGI Using Bash Shell Scripting......Page 454 Summary......Page 460 How and When to Use CGI......Page 461 Sample Data......Page 462 Perl Examples......Page 469 Python Examples......Page 487 Summary......Page 499 The History of PHP......Page 501 Requirements for PHP......Page 502 PHP Fundamentals......Page 503 A Sample PHP Script......Page 505 Summary......Page 507 Calculations and Operators......Page 509 Control Structures......Page 512 Built-in PHP Functions......Page 516 User-Defined Functions......Page 520 Objects......Page 521 File Operations......Page 525 PHP Errors and Troubleshooting......Page 530 Summary......Page 536 How and When to Use PHP......Page 537 PHP Resources......Page 538 PHP Examples......Page 539 Summary......Page 556 Appendix A: XHTML Reference......Page 557 Element Listings......Page 558 Event Attributes......Page 600 Other Common Attributes......Page 601 Selector Examples......Page 607 Property Listings......Page 608 Selector Review......Page 630 Constants......Page 633 Operators......Page 634 Statements......Page 636 Standard Elements......Page 640 Top-Level Functions......Page 641 Objects......Page 642 Command Line Arguments......Page 679 Perl Symbolic Debugger Commands......Page 680 Operators......Page 682 Standard Variables......Page 685 Statements......Page 687 Functions......Page 690 Regular Expressions......Page 703 Built-in Functions......Page 705 Apache......Page 747 Arrays......Page 748 BCMath......Page 752 BZip2......Page 753 Calendar......Page 754 Class/Object......Page 755 Curl......Page 756 Date and Time......Page 757 Error Handling......Page 759 Filesystem......Page 760 FTP......Page 763 Function Handling......Page 766 Iconv Library......Page 767 Image......Page 768 IMAP......Page 775 Mail......Page 780 Math......Page 781 MIME......Page 783 Miscellaneous......Page 784 MS SQL......Page 785 MySQL......Page 787 Network Functions......Page 790 ODBC......Page 791 Output Buffering......Page 795 PHP Options and Info......Page 796 Regular Expressions......Page 799 Sessions......Page 800 Simple XML......Page 801 Sockets......Page 802 SQLite......Page 804 Streams......Page 806 Strings......Page 808 Variable Functions......Page 814 XML......Page 816 ZLib......Page 817 Index......Page 819 "Serving as both a "how-to" guide and a reference, this book is one-stop reading for all the essential Web standards - XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, CGI with Perl and Python, and PHP. In today's web environment, professional web coders and serious enthusiasts need to create documents and scripts that comply with published standards so your content can be viewed on as many web-capable platforms as possible. The book teaches the standards and technologies necessary to achieve that desired result." "Packed with examples for learning each of these standard technologies and followed by detailed references to each language, this book provides a total package for moving your web publishing to current standards-based coding."--Jacket

• This invaluable resource offers tutorials and real-world examples as well as thorough language references for Web markup languages (HTML/XHTML and CSS), and popular scripting languages (JavaScript, Perl, and PHP)
• Examines the role of JavaScript, CGI (with examples in Perl and Python), and PHP on the Web and shows how to best use them all
• Includes a valuable reference section on each technology that can be used for review and consultation