Packed with information on the latest web specifications and
browser features, this new edition is your ultimate one-stop
resource for HTML, XHTML, CSS, Document Object Model (DOM), and
JavaScript development. Here is the comprehensive reference for
designers of Rich Internet Applications who need to operate in all
modern browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari,
and Opera.
With this book, you can instantly see browser support for the
latest standards-based technologies, including CSS Level 3, DOM
Level 3, Web Forms 2.0, XMLHttpRequest for AJAX applications,
JavaScript 1.7, and many more. This new edition:
- Provides at-a-glance references for the tags, attributes,
objects, properties, methods, and events of HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM,
and core JavaScript. You can quickly look up a particular feature
or language term to see if it is available in desired browser
brands and versions.
- Includes handy cross referencing that lets you look up an
attribute (or object property, method, or event type) to find all
the items that recognize it, including interrelated HTML tags,
style properties, and document object model methods, properties,
and events.
- Offers appendices where you can quickly locate values useful in
HTML authoring and scripting. You'll find coverage of commands
used across three browsers for user-editable content.
- Includes a glossary that gives you quick explanations of some of
the new and potentially confusing terminology of DHTML.Dynamic
HTML: The Definitive Reference speeds the way to adding
sophisticated features to your web pages. Indispensable, complete,
and succinct, this bestselling guide is the must-have compendium
for all web developers involved in creating dynamic web content.
If you're a web developer today, you need to keep track of an
enormous amount of information. In particular, you need to know the
details about a variety of web specifications and their
implementation in the latest versions of the popular browsers.
Rather than try to remember all of these details or juggle dozens
of reference books covering everything from CSS to JavaScript, you
can have all the information at your fingertips with the newly
revised Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference.
A favorite of web content developers since its first release, this
book is an indispensable compendium for web development. Dynamic
HTML: The Definitive Reference, 2nd Edition, contains everything
you'll need in order to create functional cross-platform web
applications. The new edition has been updated to cover the latest
specifications, including HTML 4.01, CSS Level 2, DOM Level 2, and
JavaScript 1.5, as well as the latest browsers, Internet Explorer 6
(Windows), Internet Explorer 5.1 (Mac), Netscape Navigator 6 and 7,
and Mozilla 1.0. You'll learn how these standards and
technologies relate to one another and how the creation of Dynamic
HTML content relies on these four technologies. The book
includes:
- A complete reference for all of the HTML tags, CSS style
attributes, document object model attributes, methods, and event
handlers, and core JavaScript objects supported by the various
standards and the latest versions of Netscape and Internet
Explorer.
- Handy cross-referenced indexes that make it easy to find
interrelated HTML tags, style attributes, and document object model
methods, attributes, and event handlers.
- An advanced introduction to creating dynamic web content that
addresses the cross-platform compromises inherent in web page
design today and encourages developers to adopt the W3C
standards.
If you have experience with basic web page creation, but are new to
the world of dynamic content, Dynamic HTML: The Definitive
Reference will jump-start your development efforts. If you're
an experienced Web programmer, you'll find the
browser-compatibility information invaluable. This book is the only
DHTML reference a web developer needs.
Danny Goodman is the author of numerous critically acclaimed and best-selling books, including The Complete HyperCard Handbook, Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook, and Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference. He is a renowned authority and expert teacher of computer scripting languages and is widely known for his "javaScript Apostle" articles at Netscape's ViewSource online developers newsletter. His writing style and pedagogy continue to earn praise from readers and teachers around the world. To help keep his finger on the pulse of real-world programming challenges, Goodman frequently lends his touch as consulting programmer and designer to leading-edge World Wide Web and intranet sites from his home base in San Francisco area.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface
Part I. Dynamic HTML Reference
1. HTML and XHTML Reference - Attribute Value Types - Shared HTML Element Attributes - Shared Event Handler Attributes - Alphabetical Tag Reference
2. Document Object Model Reference - Property Value Types - About client- and offset- Properties - Default Property Values - Events - Static W3C HTML DOM Objects - Shared Object Properties, Methods, and Events - Alphabetical Object Reference
5. JavaScript Core Language Reference - About Static Objects - Mozilla Get and Set Methods - ECMAScript for XML (E4X) - ECMAScript Reserved Keywords - Core Objects - Operators - Control Statements - Miscellaneous Statements - Special (Escaped) String Characters
Part II. Cross References
6. HTML/XHTML Attribute Index
7. DOM Property Index
8. DOM Method Index
9. DOM Events Index
Part III. Appendixes A. Color Names and RGB Values B. HTML Character Entities C. Keyboard Event Character Values D. Editable Content Commands E. HTML/XHTML DTD Support F. The Mozilla Browser Version Trail
