Here in one complete volume is absolutely everything you need to build and maintain a high-quality web site. Expanded and updated from the original edition, this book incorporates all of the latest tools--CGI, HTML 3.2, JavaaA A , JavaScript, VRML, and Perl 5--as well as offering coverage of web servers for the UNIX, Macintosh, and Windows NT environments. Featuring step-by-step explanations and experience-based guidance, the book follows every stage of the process of creating a web page, including: *A lucid description of the Web and how it all works *Finding, compiling, installing, and configuring the appropriate web server software, with detailed looks at Apache, WebSite, and WebSTARaA A *Understanding the ins and outs of HTTP, including such new features as cookies, proxies, and virtual hosts *Creating hypertext documents with HTML 3.2 *Working with multimedia and VRML *Using CGI and Perl 5 to create server scripts that run such features as searchable indexes, fill-out forms, clickable maps, and gateways to other services *Getting started with JavaScript, including the complete code for a working shopping cart *Adding Java applets to your pages You will also find an in-depth look at web security, including the first printed version of the World Wide Web Security FAQ. Finally, the book's illustrated "Style Guide" shows you how to put it all together to create a fully functioning web site that balances eye-catching graphics with the practical need for speedy performance. 0201634627B04062001
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Here in one complete volume is absolutely everything you need to build and maintain a high-quality web site. Expanded and updated from the original edition, this book incorporates all of the latest tools--CGI, HTML 3.2, Java™, JavaScript, VRML, and Perl 5--as well as offering coverage of web servers for the UNIX, Macintosh, and Windows NT environments.
Featuring step-by-step explanations and experience-based guidance, the book follows every stage of the process of creating a web page, including:
- A lucid description of the Web and how it all works
- Finding, compiling, installing, and configuring the appropriate web server software, with detailed looks at Apache, WebSite, and WebSTAR™
- Understanding the ins and outs of HTTP, including such new features as cookies, proxies, and virtual hosts
- Creating hypertext documents with HTML 3.2
- Working with multimedia and VRML
- Using CGI and Perl 5 to create server scripts that run such features as searchable indexes, fill-out forms, clickable maps, and gateways to other services
- Getting started with JavaScript, including the complete code for a working shopping cart
- Adding Java applets to your pages
You will also find an in-depth look at web security, including the first printed version of the World Wide Web Security FAQ. Finally, the book's illustrated "Style Guide" shows you how to put it all together to create a fully functioning web site that balances eye-catching graphics with the practical need for speedy performance.
0201634627B04062001
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Lincoln Stein has an M.D. and is a scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. When the Web first emerged, he created and maintained one of the earliest Internet sites for distribution of Human Genome Project data and has since become an acknowledged expert in Web, network, and Perl programming. Known for his exceptional ability to synthesize and present complex information, he writes for The Perl Journal and Web Techniques magazines and is the author of four other books.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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During the past few months I've reviewed dozens of books about the Web in preparation for a course I'm teaching this summer on Web marketing and commerce. Most of the books are poorly written and overly simplistic, and/or they are full of opinions and generalities of little use to actually planning a web site. Stein's book is the lone exception. It is a superb example of top-quality technical writing. The introductory chapters on the nature and uses of the Web are the best I've read, and the later chapters on web design, programming, publishing and management are full of intelligent, practical insights. This book deserves an award for its quality of writing and the value of the insights and information it provides.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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...I concluded that this is the ONLY book to cover the whole subject to enable one to understand what one is building. So many books focus only on designing web-pages, which is only part of what is required. Unfortunately, this edition is now 5 years old, so usefulness is becoming limited. PLEASE can Dr Stein write a new edition!
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I think this is a great primer on how to set up a web site. Not so much on maintaining a site, but there is pretty much everything you need to know -- except new stuff that has emerged over the last 18 months -- to set up a real web site. The book covers server hardware and software as well as web security, scripting, etc. Very easy to read, although the sections on scripting and Java require some programming knowledge.
I hope Mssr. Stein updates this book. I took out a copy of the 2nd edition from the school library. If he comes out with a new edition soon, I'm gonna buy it.
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