Practical Web Technologies - Softcover

Yuen, P.K.; Lau, Vincent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201750767 ISBN 13: 9780201750768

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2003

Synopsis

This book covers ALL aspects of web technologies. From HTML to security, in a practical hands-on guide. It is about Web technology as a whole from a practical point of view, providing an instant course and a reference for Web beginners, enthusiasts as well as industry professionals. More than 400 full working examples, arranging into five different categories, covering all aspects of modern Web technologies. It ranges from HTML, JavaScripts, VBScripts, JAVA, ActiveX, CGI for Web businesses, Perl, ASP and DHTML to more dedicated topics like database ADO, ODBC, XML and WAP. We provide a practical picture on why you should and how to use them. This book provides practical approaches to successful Web development and a full picture on modern Web technologies. It begins by focussing on how to build a functional instant Web on Internet with ISP (Internet Service Provider) and take nothing for granted. Further topics are mainly applications driven. Technologies and techniques are introduced only when needed.

About this title

About the Author

P.K. Yuen, Ph.D, is a well-known expert on Internet and World Wide Web. He has more than 12 years working experience in the field and held several international patents on related technologies. He is now a technical director and consultant of a number of companies.

From the Back Cover

Front Cover

Practical Web Technologies

P.K. Yuen

V. Lau

 

 

SUBJECT COVERED > HTML > XHTML > CSS > JAVA > J2SDK > 2D SHAPES > BUSINESS GRAPHICS > MULTIMEDIA & MOVIES > WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER (WMP) > PLUGINS > JMF > BROADCASTING LIVE VIDEO > XML > XSL > XSLT > XML PARSER > ECMAScript (JAVASCRIPT) > DHTML > MOVING OBJECTS > DOM > EMAILS & ATTACHMENTS > CGI > APACHE > IIS > PERl > ASP > ASP.NET > PHP > SQL > MySQL > E-COMMERCE > WEB SECURITY > MESSAGE DIGEST (MD) > SSL & TLS > OPENSSL > GNUPG > Mod_SSL > CERTIFICATES > AUTHENTICATION > CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY (CA) > APACHE WITH SSL > HTTPS > MOBILE INTERNET > WML > WAP > WMLScript > M-BUSINESS

 

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Back Cover

Practical Web Technologies

P.K. Yuen

V. Lau

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),

XML, and XSLT

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 the School 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.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201750767
• ISBN 13: 9780201750768
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 944