Dynamic Html The Definitive Reference Third Edition Free
Preface I am going to admit a selfish motive for writing this book and, more recently, updating it to the third edition: I needed the finished product for my own consulting and development work. After struggling in the early Version 4 browser days with tangled online references and monstrous printed versions of Netscape, Microsoft, and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) documentation for Dynamic HTML (DHTML) features, I had had enough. My human brain could no longer store the parallels and discrepancies of the hundreds of terms for HTML attributes, style sheets, and scriptable object models. And no browser maker was about to tell me how compatible a particular feature might be in another browser.
It was clearly time to roll my own reference. At first, I thought the project would be a relatively straightforward blending of content from available sources, with a pinch of my development experience thrown in for flavoring. But the more I examined the existing documents, the worse the situation became. Developer documentation from the browser makers, and even the W3C, contained inconsistencies and incomplete (if at times erroneous) information. From the very beginning, it was clear that I could not trust everything I read, but instead had to try as much as I could on as many browsers and browser versions as I could.
Multiply all that code testing by the hundreds of HTML attributes, CSS properties, object properties, object methods, and events for the first edition... Before I knew it, many extra months of day-and-night coding and writing were history. Creating the second edition was no less harrowing. The W3C DOM had come on the scene, bringing entirely new concepts about object models. Reconciling the ideals of the W3C specifications against the development work on the Mozilla browser meant many hours combing through the browser’s source code and bug reports for clues about what was broken, about-to-be-fixed, or put on hold for the future.
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Combining those developments with an ever-growing vocabulary in the proprietary Internet Explorer world, the amount of information had grown to unimaginable proportions: more than 15,000 unique instances of properties, methods, and event handlers supported by numerous document objects. The need for this third edition grew from several stimuli. Although the Internet Explorer browser had been static for a number of years, the browser world was not standing still. Mozilla blossomed as an attractive alternative for many everyday users.
On the Macintosh side of the aisle, the bundled Safari browser had established itself as the primary web access tool for a growing cadre of Mac OS X users. Undaunted by such competition, the Opera folks also kept up the development pace, adding in Opera 9 many bleeding-edge features, such as Web Forms 2.0. In the meantime, several W3C working groups finalized (or neared completion of) key Level 3 DOM and CSS modules, some of whose features were finding their way into non-IE browsers. Keeping track of which browser does what is no less difficult today than it has ever been.
That’s all the more reason that I’m thrilled to produce this third edition, so that I have a DHTML reference that is always within arm’s reach at my workstation. I even have the duct tape ready for the day when the cover surrenders to too many twists and turns.
I would be the last person on the planet to promise that this book is perfect in every way. While the predictability and reliability of DHTML scripting have increased significantly since the days of the first edition, I still find discrepancies between vendor or standards documentation and observable reality in mainstream browsers. In such cases, I document the reality. In doing so, I recall my high school physics teacher who would shout to the class, “Seeing is believing!” and then promptly demonstrate an optical illusion. I hope that my long experience in this field has helped me see through the illusions, so that I may relate the true reality.
What You Should Already Know Because this is a reference book, it has been written with the assumption that you have at least dabbled in Dynamic HTML. You should already be HTML-literate and know the basics of client-side scripting in JavaScript. You need not be a DHTML expert, but even the supplementary online instructional sections are very much crash courses, intended for readers who are already comfortable with hand-coding web pages (or at least modifying the HTML generated by WYSIWYG authoring tools). Dynamic HTML Reference The chapters of provide at-a-glance references for the tags, attributes, objects, properties, methods, and events of HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, and core JavaScript. These are the chapters I use all the time 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.
Every effort has been expended to present this information in a condensed yet meaningful format. Driver Improvement Training Fort Bragg there. At the same time, I have expanded compatibility coverage to include Safari and Opera browsers., Cross References The chapters in slice through the information of 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 type) to find all the items that recognize it., Appendixes Several appendixes provide quick lookup for a variety of values useful in HTML authoring and scripting. Has been expanded to include coverage of commands used across three browsers for user-editable content. A glossary also gives you quick explanations of some of the new and potentially confusing terminology of DHTML. Using Code Examples This book is here to help you get your job done.
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Acknowledgments Despite the ever-increasing heft of the books I have written in the past several years, you’ll have to take my word for it: I do not delight in making forests tremble with each added word. It’s just that the subject matter has grown to outsized proportions.
No matter how succinct one tries to be, the pages add up quickly. A book of this scale and design complexity places enormous burdens on a great many people who turn my mere bytes into gorgeous pages and chapters. Thanks to Tim O’Reilly for continuing to be true to his author-friendly roots, while building a technology powerhouse whose reputation for quality is awe-inspiring. His editorial and production staffs consistently work miracles under extreme deadline pressures. My true reward comes from having helped you unlock your own talent to create great solutions. Your encouragement has inspired me to do what I hope is an even better job this third time around to guide you through the newest advances in client-side scripting and web development.
To new readers, I bid you welcome. Let’s all have some fun exploring the power and promise of Dynamic HTML.
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Book Description Packed with information on the latest web specifications and browser features, this new edition is your ultimate one-stop resource for HTML, XHTML, CSS, Document Object Model (DOM), and JavaScript development. Here is the comprehensive reference for designers of Rich Internet Applications who need to operate in all modern browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari, and Opera. With this book, you can instantly see browser support for the latest standards-based technologies, including CSS Level 3, DOM Level 3, Web Forms 2.0, XMLHttpRequest for AJAX applications, JavaScript 1.7, and many more.
This new edition: • Provides at-a-glance references for the tags, attributes, objects, properties, methods, and events of HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, and core JavaScript. You can quickly look up a particular feature or language term to see if it is available in desired browser brands and versions.
• Includes handy cross referencing that lets you look up an attribute (or object property, method, or event type) to find all the items that recognize it, including interrelated HTML tags, style properties, and document object model methods, properties, and events. • Offers appendices where you can quickly locate values useful in HTML authoring and scripting. You'll find coverage of commands used across three browsers for user-editable content. • Includes a glossary that gives you quick explanations of some of the new and potentially confusing terminology of DHTML. Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference speeds the way to adding sophisticated features to your web pages. Indispensable, complete, and succinct, this bestselling guide is the must-have compendium for all web developers involved in creating dynamic web content.