Programming the World Wide Web

For undergraduate students who have completed a course in object-oriented programming

1 Fundamentals

2 Introduction to HTML/XHTML

3 Cascading Style Sheets

4 The Basics of JavaScript

5 JavaScript and HTML Documents

6 Dynamic Documents with JavaScript

7 Introduction to XML

8 Introduction to Flash

9 Introduction to PHP

10 Introduction to Ajax

11 Java Web Software

12 Introduction to ASP.NET

13 Database Access through the Web

14 Introduction to Ruby

15 Introduction to Rails

Appendix A Introduction to Java

Appendix B Named Colors

• Client-side and server-side technologies are covered in two distinct sections, client-side in Chapters 2–7 and server-side in Chapters 8–16.
  • Client-side technology is covered using HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java applets, and XML.
  • Server-side technology is covered using Flash, Faces, Java servlets, and JSP, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Rails 2.0, and Ajax.
• JavaScript is introduced in Chapter 4 using students’ knowledge of other programming languages to leverage the discussion.
• Building XHTML documents is presented in Chapter 5.
• Chapter 8 on Flash Programming includes examples of drawing graphics figures, animation using both motion and shape tweening, and adding a sound track on a movie.
• Chapter 10 on Ajax contains sections on return document forms, Ajax toolkits, and Ajax security.
• Chapter 11 on Java Web Programming includes sections on NetBeans, JavaBeans, and JavaServer Faces.
• Chapter 12 is a complete introduction to ASP.NET, beginning with a brief introduction to C# and continuing with discussions of ASP.NET controls and Web service construction with ASP.NET. It includes a section on ASP.NET Ajax and a brief introduction to Visual Studio 8.
• Chapter 13 covers Web access to relational databases, including SQL and MySQL, and Web access to databases using Perl, PHP, and Java JDBC.
• A brief, accessible Introduction to Java Appendix is included for C++ programmers, including coverage of Java applets, servlets, JSP, and JDBC.
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Validation Program: All of the markup documents in the book are valid on the W3C validation program.

Dr. Robert W. Sebesta is an Associate Professor Emeritus of computer science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He received his PhD in computer science from Pennsylvania State University. His professional interests are the design and evaluation of programming languages, compiler design, and software-testing methods and tools. He is the author of Concepts of Programming Languages 10e.