Product Description
A great Web site has to look great. But it also has to be user friendly. And load fast. And translate seamlessly across platforms and browsers. This unique guide shows you how to do it all with dynamic HTML –– and cut your development time to boot.
Drawing on their own experiences as Web developers, Steven Champeon and David S. Fox give you everything you need to create great graphical user interfaces with DHTML –– cutting–edge design theory, powerful development strategies, nuts–and–bolts programming tips, and even a library of ready–to–use JavaScript modules.
From the Author
be sure to check out the Web site for the book!
As an adjunct to the paper book, I've set up a Web site containing links to the code to the sample application, cross-browser object wrappers, and modules. The code is being made available under the GNU Public License, to encourage you, its users, to participate in its development, extend the wrappers and modules with your own modifications, and give back to the community. To facilitate the process of open source development, I also host a mailing list where developers can post questions, share code, get cross-browser testing from a large group of peers, and more.
As an adjunct to the paper book, I've set up a Web site containing links to the code to the sample application, cross-browser object wrappers, and modules. The code is being made available under the GNU Public License, to encourage you, its users, to participate in its development, extend the wrappers and modules with your own modifications, and give back to the community. To facilitate the process of open source development, I also host a mailing list where developers can post questions, share code, get cross-browser testing from a large group of peers, and more.
In addition, the site contains links to the books in the bibliography, an updated list of online resources, and articles and essays I've written about DHTML (for sites like High Five, A List Apart, and others). Thanks! I hope you find the book and the support site useful in your quest to build truly dynamic Web applications.
From the Back Cover
Building Dynamic HTML GUIs A great Web site has to look great. But it also has to be user friendly. And load fast. And translate seamlessly across platforms and browsers. This unique guide shows you how to do it all with dynamic HTML — and cut your development time to boot. Drawing on their own experiences as Web developers, Steven Champeon and David S. Fox give you everything you need to create great graphical user interfaces with DHTML — cutting–edge design theory, powerful development strategies, nuts–and–bolts programming tips, and even a library of ready–to–use JavaScript modules. Working Solutions for Programming Challenges:
- Build the latest interface design theories into your Web applications
- Master the building blocks of the Document Object Model
- Use JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets to bring functionality, interactivity, and style to your applications
- Discover how to separate structure from presentation
- Integrate client– and server–side solutions
- Create reusable components and libraries to speed up the development process
- Implement successful strategies for ensuring platform and browser compatibility
- Build user–configurable interfaces
- Integrate feedback options, menus, help systems, and other traditional interface features into full–blown Web applications
About the Author
About the Authors Steven Champeon is a senior technical consultant with hesketh.com/inc, a company specializing in customized corporate Web solutions. He is a founding member of the Web Standards Projects and often speaks at trade conferences. He also contributes to theobvious.com, developer.com, and other online venues. The offbeat observations nobody else will publish can be found at a.jaundicedeye.com. David S. Fox is a New York–based novelist, screenwriter, and tech writer. When not scribbling, he spends most of his waking hours developing Web–based multiplayer games.
