DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide

✍ Scribed by Jason Cranford Teague

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 440
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

I was greatly disappointed with this book. I have bought many other visual quickpro books which have been great.

This book is not advanced. The examples in this book do not separate content, presentation and function.

Javascript should be separated from the content of the page, not mashed into the (X)HTML as was typically done in early web sites. The javascript hooks in the code examples are invariably hard-coded into onclick=".." attributes. While that may work fine at first, just try updating pages full of onclick attributes and you'll be looking for a better way.

CSS should be used to separate the presentation from the content of the page as much as possible. It seems that the author has 'divitis': there are so many nested divs in some of the examples it's hard to follow the markup.

The book gives lip service to accessibility, but does not follow the concept through: many of the examples will not degrade gracefully in non-javascript enabled browsers. Dynamic html pages can play well with all browsers: this is advanced javascript. If you follow the examples in this book, however, you'll be discriminating against a large part of your audience.

You will get better information in:
For css:
CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series)
For javascript:
ppk on JavaScript, 1/e (VOICES)

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Table Of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Cpt.1 Creating A Dynamic Web Site......Page 16
Cpt.2 Mastering CSS......Page 42
Cpt.3 Advanced DHTML Techniques......Page 70
Cpt.4 Content......Page 112
Cpt.5 Layout......Page 144
Cpt.6 Navigation......Page 188
Cpt.7 Controls......Page 238
Cpt.8 Forms......Page 284
Cpt.9 Special Effects......Page 324
Cpt.10 Databases......Page 354
A: CSS Quick Reference......Page 390
B: DHTML Quick Reference......Page 404
C: WAI Accessibility Checklist......Page 412
D: Browser-Safe Fonts......Page 420
INDEX......Page 426
Back Cover......Page 440