• Author:
  • Knuckles, Craig D.
  • Yuen, David S.
• Subject:
  Internet Guides & Online Services
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  20/02/2004
• Price:
  $114.99
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Knuckles and Yuen have written a platform independent text that isolates the core theoretical concepts central to web applications. The theory-based approach fosters understanding of how HTML, JavaScript, a server-side programming language (Perl), database, and XML work together to enable three-tier web applications and, in the process, demonstrates that the core concepts do not depend upon a particular platform or programming language. Existing web programming texts merely provide surveys of different web programming languages and environments.

A solid foundation in the core fundamentals leaves the student ready to apply this knowledge in diverse environments. The text emphasizes that central concepts are more important than the implementation of a particular language; however, Perl is used as the server-side language because of its portability, its highly developed code libraries, and its widespread use in the development of web applications worldwide. Moreover, the use of Perl enabled the authors to expose the central concepts, sometimes obscured by environments, proprietary or otherwise, which were created solely as tools for web programming. Alternate languages, PHP and ASP are covered in supplementary online Web Extension chapters.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Web Applications.

Chapter 2. Markup on the Front End.

Chapter 3. Processing on the Front End.

Chapter 4. Introduction to Perl and CGI Programming.

Chapter 5. Generating HTML Dynamically.

Chapter 6. Processing Forms.

Chapter 7. Maintaining State in Web Applications.

Chapter 8. Cookies.

Chapter 9. Perl Modules and E-mail Utilities.

Chapter 10. The Data Tier.

Chapter 11. Regular Expressions and Matching.

Chapter 12. Searching In Web Applications.

Chapter 13. A Complete Example and Security Summary.

Chapter 14. Alternative Web Programming: PHP (Web Extension).

Chapter 15. Alternative Web Programming: ASP (Web Extension).

Chapter 16. Introduction to XML (Web Extension).

Chapter 17. XML in Web Applications (Web Extension).

Chapter 18. Javascript in Web Applications (Web Extension).

Chapter 19. DHTML Overview (Web Extension).

Appendix A: HTML Basics.

Appendix B: Java References.

Appendix C: File Permissions.

Appendix D: Installing Perl and Perl  Modules.

Appendix E: Installing PHP.

Appendix F: Installing ASP.

Appendix G: Installing MYSQL.