Amazon.co.uk Review
Wiley have an enviable reputation for producing solid, reliable computer books and Ian S. Graham's
XHTML 1.0 Web Development Sourcebook is no exception.
Building Web sites, Graham rightly says, used to be a matter of linking a few HTML pages together and hey presto--your site. Nowadays things aren't so simple--Web sites are technically far more complex and businesses depend on sites to offer an increasing range of services.
Aimed primarily at Web developers, the Web Development Sourcebook takes the reader through the "technical details of the main Web technologies ... explain[ing] how they are related to each other and how they are best used". The book starts with an overview of HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, Javascript and the DOM and does a fine job of demystifying and contextualising a range of Web acronyms and technologies. It then moves on to discuss the technical requirements for page design and then whole sites.
It must be noted, however, that it is not the full, hard-core low-down on XHTML (and CSS). The companion volume XHTML 1.0 Language and Design Sourcebook does the job of explaining how to use XHTML for page design while this volume focuses much more on how to develop a project that moulds those pages into a large-scale application.
This is a very readable sourcebook that, alongside its companion volume, will enable the developer to fully incorporate XHTML into their world. --Mark Thwaite
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"We found it comphrehensive and well organised" (Computer Books Review)
"An ′all you need to know′ book about building websites. We found it comphrehensive and well organised" (Software World, May 2002)
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