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Web Developer’s Cookbook

Description

Why this book will save you development time

The Web Developers Cookbook offers a comprehensive suite of over 300 ready-to-use solutions for PHP, JavaScript, and CSS – the most commonly used and most versatile open-source languages currently used for Web development.

This easy-to-use hands-on guide assumes only a basic acquaintance with each of the technologies covered, with all examples in the book being extensively documented and explained, so that even novice developers will be able to understand, use, and learn from them.

This practical resource contains more than 300 recipe-like examples, each with accompanying screenshots, tables of the variables, functions, arrays and classes used, and extensive explanations of how they work, and implementing them in your own web pages is simplicity itself.

What you get

  • More than 300 ready-to-use, cross-referenced recipes that provide instant, dynamic solutions for Web developers–styles, text effects, forms and validation, security, animation, audio and visual effects, and much more
  • Examples that are fully tested and up to date with the latest features
  • Explanations for every part of each recipe in detail, accompanied by graphics, figures, tables and program listings
  • Downloadable files to quickly add the ready-made code snippets to your projects, saving hours of development and debugging time
  • Free time to spend developing the creative code that interests you, and not reinventing the wheel – making this book the ultimate time-saver for all Web developers

The PHP recipes include functions for:

  • Managing text processing
  • Image handling
  • Content management
  • Processing forms and user input
  • Interacting with the Internet
  • Providing chat, messaging and bulletin boards
  • Using MySQL, authentication and cookies
  • Integrating with third party services
  • Incorporating JavaScript
  • Supporting diverse dolutions

The JavaScript recipes include functions for:

  • Handling basic functionality
  • Changing location and dimensions of objects
  • Controlling object visibility
  • Creating movement and animation
  • Implementing chaining and interaction
  • Building menus and managing navigation
  • Displaying text effects
  • Embedding audio and visual effects
  • Manipulating cookies, using Ajax, and managing security
  • Processing forms and input validation
  • Providing solutions to Common Problems

The CSS recipes include classes for:

  • Manipulating objects
  • Controlling text and typography
  • Menus and navigation
  • Handling page layout
  • Creating visual effects
  • Displayng text and typography
  • Interacting with users
  • Incorporating JavaScript
  • Building superclasses

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 Using the Recipes

Part II PHP Recipes
Chapter 3 Text Processing
Chapter 4 Image Handling
Chapter 5 Content Management
Chapter 6 Forms and User Input
Chapter 7 The Internet
Chapter 8 Chat and Messaging
Chapter 9 MySQL, Sessions, and Cookies
Chapter 10 APIs, RSS, and XML
Chapter 11 Incorporating JavaScript
Chapter 12 Diverse Solutions

Part III JavaScript Recipes
Chapter 13 The Core Recipes
Chapter 14 Location and Dimensions
Chapter 15 Visibility
Chapter 16 Movement and Animation
Chapter 17 Chaining and Interaction
Chapter 18 Menus and Navigation
Chapter 19 Text Effects
Chapter 20 Audio and Visual Effects
Chapter 21 Cookies, Ajax, and Security
Chapter 22 Forms and Validation
Chapter 23 Solutions to Common Problems

Part IV CSS Classes
Chapter 24 Manipulating Objects
Chapter 25 Text and Typography
Chapter 26 Menus and Navigation
Chapter 27 Page Layout
Chapter 28 Visual Effects
Chapter 29 Dynamic Objects
Chapter 30 Dynamic Text and Typography
Chapter 31 Dynamic Interaction
Chapter 32 Incorporating JavaScript
Chapter 33 Superclasses

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