Web Programming and Development

This book starts with an introduction to the internet, including a brief history of the TCT/IP protocol and worldwide web. It defines the basic concepts for web servers and studies the case of Apache, the most used webserver, while other free software webservers are not forgotten. The course continues with webpage design focussing on HTML and JavaScript. XML Schemas, their validation and transformation are covered as well as dynamic webpages built with CGI, PHP or JSP and database access.

A recent survey from the Pew Research Center found that few Americans are confident about the security or privacy of their data—particularly when it comes to the use of online tools. As a web developer, you represent the first line of defense in protecting your user’s data and privacy.

Many users own outdated computers with older browsers, have slow connections, or struggle with physical disabilities that prevent them from accessing today’s sites and apps. How do you strike a balance in your design to include everyone?

Consumers prefer fast, no-nonsense web experiences, yet reports show that the top 2,000 retail websites have grown increasingly bigger and slower over the past three years. This book examines why web pages have become so fat, and offers guidelines to help your company reverse the trend.

Want to build your own website—one that represents you, your cause, or your organization—without outside help? With this free guide, the author quickly teaches you the basics: you'll learn how to use HTML, CSS, and other web tools to create a simple site that works on both traditional computers and mobile devices.

This practical short book shows you hands-on how to build these simple sites for blogs and other use cases, and how to make them more powerful. In the process, you’ll work with some of today’s more mature and popular static-site generators.

Building and managing a web project is a big, complex process - one that branches far beyond the phases directly in front of us. On one hand, there's the multi-disciplinary nuts and bolts work of creating the site itself. But beyond that, there’s the connective points - the ideas, the strategy, the decision making, and the upkeep. Even if you're an expert in your field, it can still be a struggle to find context across the entire project landscape. With The Web Project Guide, we want to bridge those gaps to help understand how each stage of the website process fits in with the next.

This is a guide that anyone could use to learn about the practice of front-end development. It broadly outlines and discusses the practice of front-end engineering: how to learn it and what tools are used.

Discover how easy RIA development can be with this one-of-a-kind handbook from the Adobe Developer Library. Several clear, step-by-step mini-tutorials teach you about web services, event handling, designing user interfaces with reusable components, and more. After finishing this guide, you'll be able to build Flash applications ranging from widgets to full-featured RIAs using the Flex SDK and Flex Builder 3.0. With Getting Started with Flex, you will:

Getting Real details the business, design, programming, and marketing principles of 37signals. The book is packed with keep-it-simple insights, contrarian points of view, and unconventional approaches to software design.

How to create web sites and applications with HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and MySQL.