XHTML Example By Example - Softcover

Walsh, Aaron E.; Raggett, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013040005X ISBN 13: 9780130400055

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

For Web Design and Development courses.

Combining the simplicity and accessibility of HTML, and the power and extensibility of XML, this developers' guide to XHTML helps students leverage their existing HTML skills to create richer sites and deliver content on an unprecedented range of platforms from desktop PCs to wireless telephones and digital TVs. This is an example-based quick introduction to this new mark-up language that covers every aspect of the language and is filled with practical techniques and tips for the developer to get started with XHTML.

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About the Author

AARON E. WALSH is Chairman of Mantis Development Corporation, a Boston-based development firm specializing in advanced media and network technologies. He is XHTML Liaison to W3C for Web3D, chairman of the Web3D and Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) convergence group, and he teaches Internet and Web Application Development at Boston College. An internationally best-selling technology author, his books include Java 3D Jump-Start, MPEG-4 Jump-Start, and Core Web3D (Prentice Hall PTR).

DAVE RAGGETT is a primary architect of HTML and has been closely involved with the development of HTML from the early days of the World Wide Web. He is author of the W3C's HTML Tidy, the #1 open source utility for converting HTML pages into XHTML format. While working on this book, Raggett served as the W3C Activity Lead for XHTML and XForms. Today he is W3C Activity Lead for Voice Browsing, working for W3C on assignment from Openwave.

From the Back Cover

Combine HTML's simplicity with XML's power―right now!

• Learn XHTML hands on, through ready-to-use examples
• Don't wait! Master XHTML techniques that work with today's browsers
• Create rich media Web pages for the desktop―and "lean and mean" pages for next-generation wireless devices
• Covers essential XHTML syntax, style sheets, tables, frames, forms, scripts, and much more
• Written by International Standards experts who lead World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web3D Consortium (Web3D), and Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) activities

XHTML combines HTML's simplicity and accessibility with XML's unprecedented power and flexibility. With XHTML Example by Example, any Web developer can learn XHTML by example, simply and quickly, using hands-on examples and ready-made scripts and style sheets. Leverage your existing HTML skills to create rich, highly interactive XHTML sites―and learn how to deliver content on any platform, from desktop PCs to wireless phones. Best of all, discover how to gain XHTML's key benefits right now, with today's browsers and tools!

Authored by Aaron E. Walsh―XHTML Liaison to W3C for Web3D―and Dave Raggett―HTML lead architect and former W3C Activity Lead for XHTML―XHTML Example by Example covers XHTML development, from syntax to tables, style sheets to scripts.

Coverage includes:

• Why you need XHTML, not just XML or HTML
• Deploying XHTML on today's 4.x (and higher) browsers
• Converting existing HTML pages to XHTML―painlessly
• Creating static and interactive XHTML pages from scratch
• Integrating forms and scripts to create pages with intelligent input capabilities
• Enriching XHTML with XML-based languages such as SMIL, SVG, and MathML
• Saving time and frustration with XHTML authoring, validation, and optimization tools

Filled with insider's insights and real-world solutions, XHTML Example by Example will help you deliver the next-generation Web sooner than you ever imagined.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013040005X
• ISBN 13: 9780130400055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768