Foundation Website Creation with CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript

版本说明：1st ed.

作     者：Steve Smith Jonathan Lane 

I S B N：(纸本) 9781430209911 

出 版 社：Apress 

出 版 年：2008年

主 题 词：Network Programming General Web Site Design/Development Web Site Design Scripting Languages Web Programming HTML XHTML 

摘      要：This book covers the entire process of building a website. This process involves much more than just technical knowledge, and this book provides you with all the information you ll need to understand the concepts behind designing and developing for the Web, as well as the best means to deliver professional, best-practice-based results. There is far more to building a successful website than knowing a little Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). The process starts long before any coding takes place, and this book introduces you to the agile development process, explaining why this method makes so much sense for web projects and how best to implement it. Planning is vital, so you ll also learn how to use techniques such as brainstorming, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to get your project off to the best possible start and help ensure smooth progress as it develops. An understanding of correct, semantic markup is essential to any web professional, so this book explains how XHTML should be used to structure content so that the markup adheres to current web standards. You ll learn about the wide range of HTML elements available to you, and you ll learn how and when to use them through building example web pages. Without creative use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), websites would all look largely the same. CSS gives you the ability to set your website apart from the rest while maintaining the integrity of your markup. You ll learn how CSS works and how to apply styles to your pages, enabling you to realize your design ideas in the browser. JavaScript can be used to make your website easier and more interesting to use. This book provides information on appropriate uses of this technology and introduces the concepts of programming using it. You ll also see how JavaScript works as part of the much-hyped technique Ajax and in turn where Ajax fits into the wider Web 2.0 picture. While a website is being built, it needs to be tested across multiple browsers and platforms to e