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Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference was written by Danny Goodman because he felt that he couldn't trust any of the documentation on Dynamic HTML (DHTML) that he read (too many contradictions). He decided to write this book as a reference for working with his own clients. After testing tags and techniques on multiple releases of the main browsers, Goodman came up with very practical information--some of which you may not find in any other resource. Goodman has a solid foundation in basic HTML, as well as an understanding of what DHTML is all about, and he presents a meaty, information-dense volume. |
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Intermediate, and Advanced computer users. The author states that the book has been written with the assumption that, in the least, you have dabbled in Dynamic HTML, and that you should already be HTML literate and know the basics of client-side scripting in JavaScript. He further states that you need not be a DHTML expert, but you should already be comfortable with hand-coding web pages (or at least modifying the HTML generated by WYSIWYG authoring tools). | |
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How The Book Is Organized | |
The book is divided into four parts. |
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Part I: Applying Dynamic HTML | |
Chapters 1 through 7 try to make sense of the alphabet soup of industry standards surrounding DHTML and demonstrate the use of cascading style sheets, element positioning, dynamic content, and scripting events. These chapters explain how Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer implement the various DHTML technologies, and they discuss how to develop cross-browser web applications.
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Part II: Dynamic HTML Reference | |
Chapters 8 through 11 provide at-a-glance references for the tags, attributes, objects, properties, methods, and event handlers of HTML, CSS, DOM, and core JavaScript. These are the chapters to use to look up the attributes of an HTML element or to see whether a particular object property is available in the desired browser brands and versions.
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Part III: Cross References | |
Chapters 12 through 15 slice through the information of Part Ii along different angles. Perhaps you recall the name of an attribute you found useful some time ago, but don't recall which elements provide that attribute. Here you can look up that attribute (or object property, method, or event handler) to find all the items that recognize it.
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Part IV: Appendixes | |
Appendixes provide a quick lookup for a variety of values useful in HTML authoring and scripting. A glossary also gives you quick explanations of some of the new and potentially confusing terminology of DHTML.
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Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference It is comprehensive and one of the simplest reference manuals to use, with excellent descriptions of each HTML tag and attribute, style sheet attributes, JavaScript, and the DOM methods and properties. It allows you to quickly see what is browser compatible and what is not. |
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