Table of Contents for Second Edition

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CHAPTER 1 THE INTERNET AND WORLD WIDE WEB

• 1.1 WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
  • History
  • People and Organizations
  • Technologies
• 1.2 THE WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)
  • Clients and Servers
  • URLs and DNS
  • Hypertext Transmit Protocol (HTTP)
  • Languages of the Web

CHAPTER 2 HTML BASICS

• 2.1 BASIC HTML
  • History
  • Page Structure
  • Block Elements
  • Inline Elements
• 2.2 MORE HTML ELEMENTS
  • Lists
  • Tables
  • Quotations
  • Pre-Formatted Text
  • A Few Miscellaneous Elements
  • Audio and Video
• 2.3 WEB STANDARDS
  • Why Follow Web Standards?
  • The W3C HTML Validator
  • Web Page Metadata

CHAPTER 3 CSS FOR STYLING

• 3.1 BASIC CSS
  • CSS Syntax
  • Applying CSS to a Web Page
  • Color Properties
  • CSS Comments
• 3.2 CSS PROPERTIES
  • Font Properties
  • Text Properties
  • Background Properties
  • List Properties
  • Table Properties
• 3.3 MORE CSS SYNTAX
  • Style Inheritance and Conflicts
  • IDs and ID Selectors
  • Classes and Class Selectors
  • Pseudo-class Selectors
  • W3C CSS Validator
• 3.3 CASE STUDY: TRAVELER TIMES REVISITED
  • HTML Content
  • Fonts and Colors
  • Text and List Properties
  • Targeting Elements with IDs and Classes
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 4 PAGE LAYOUT

• 4.1 STYLING PAGE SECTIONS
  • Page Sections (div et al)
  • Spans of Text (span)
  • CSS Context Selectors
• 4.2 INTRODUCTION TO LAYOUT
  • The CSS Box Model
  • Default Styles
  • Finding Box Model Problems with Firebug
• 4.3 FLOATING ELEMENTS
  • The float Property
  • The clear Property
  • Making Floating Elements Fit
  • Multi-Column Layouts
• 4.4 SIZING AND POSITIONING
  • Width and Height
  • Positioning
  • Z-indexing
  • Element Visibility
• 4.5 CASE STUDY: ULTIMATE FRISBEE
  • Page Sections and General Styles
  • Images, Headings, and Lists
  • Page Layout
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 5 PHP

• 5.1 SERVER-SIDE BASICS
  • Lifecycle of a Web Request
  • Introduction to PHP
• 5.2 PHP BASIC SYNTAX
  • Syntax Errors
  • The print Statement
  • Types
  • Arithmetic
  • Variables
  • Strings
  • Comments
  • Boolean Logic
  • Control Statements
  • Errors and Debugging
• 5.3 EMBEDDED PHP
  • Embedding PHP in HTML
  • Expression Blocks
• 5.4 ADVANCED PHP SYNTAX
  • Functions
  • Including Files
  • Arrays
  • The foreach Loop
  • File I/O
  • Classes and Objects
• 5.5 CASE STUDY: WORD OF THE DAY
  • Index Page
  • Word Definition Page
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 6 FORMS

• 6.1 FORM BASICS
  • Parameterized Pages and Query Strings
  • A Simple Form
• 6.2 FORM CONTROLS
  • Text Boxes
  • Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
  • Labels
  • Drop-down Menus and Lists
  • Reset Buttons
  • New Form Controls in HTML5
  • Grouping Controls (Field Sets)
  • Styling Forms
• 6.3 SUBMITTING DATA
  • URL-encoding
  • Hidden Input Parameters
  • HTTP Requests: GET vs. POST
  • Uploading Files
• 6.4 PROCESSING FORM DATA IN PHP
  • Superglobal Associative Arrays
  • Working with $_GET and $_POST
  • Processing Uploaded Files
• 6.5 CASE STUDY: VOCAB QUIZ
  • Selecting Random Words
  • Submitting Guesses
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 8 JAVASCRIPT

• 8.1 KEY JAVASCRIPT CONCEPTS
  • Client-Side Scripting
  • Event-Driven Programming
  • A JavaScript Program
  • The Document Object Model (DOM)
• 8.2 JAVASCRIPT SYNTAX
  • Types
  • Numbers and Arithmetic
  • Variables
  • Comments
  • Using DOM Objects
  • Debugging Common Errors
  • Strings
  • for Loops
  • The Math Object
  • Null and Undefined Values
• 8.3 PROGRAM LOGIC
  • Comparison Operators
  • Conditional Statements: if/else
  • Boolean Values
  • Logical Operators
  • While Loops
• 8.4 ADVANCED JAVASCRIPT SYNTAX
  • Scope and Global Variables
  • Arrays
  • Function Parameters and Returns
  • Input Dialog Boxes
• 8.5 CASE STUDY: HANGMAN
  • Initial HTML/CSS Code
  • Choosing a Word with JavaScript
  • Making Guesses
  • Right and Wrong Guesses
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 9 THE DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL (DOM)

• 9.1 GLOBAL DOM OBJECTS
  • window.onload and Unobtrusive JavaScript
  • Anonymous Functions
  • The Keyword this
• 9.2 DOM ELEMENT OBJECTS
  • Interacting with Text
  • Adjusting Styles
  • Unobtrusive Styling
• 9.3 THE DOM TREE
  • DOM Nodes
  • Traversal Properties and Methods
  • Traversing Elements
  • Selecting Groups of Elements
  • Creating and Removing Nodes
• 9.4 CASE STUDY: COLORED SQUARES
  • Initial HTML/CSS Code
  • Creating Squares
  • Add Squares, Change Colors
  • Clickable Squares
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 11 EVENTS

• 11.1 EVENT-HANDLING
  • The Event Object
  • Mouse Events
  • Keyboard and Text Events
  • Form Events
  • Page Events
  • Timer Events
• 11.2 CASE STUDY: MULTIPLICATION QUIZ
  • Initial HTML/CSS Content
  • Problems and Guesses
  • Time Limits
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 12 AJAX, XML, and JSON

• 12.1 AJAX CONCEPTS
  • History and Compatibility
• 12.2 USING XMLHTTPREQUEST TO FETCH DATA
  • Synchronous Requests
  • Checking for Ajax Errors
  • Asynchronous Requests
  • Prototype's Ajax Features
  • Ajax Security and Debugging
• 12.3 XML
  • What is XML?
  • XML Document Structure, Schemas, and DTDs
  • Processing XML Data
• 12.4 JSON
  • JavaScript Object Literals
  • JSON Data Format
  • Processing JSON Data
• 12.5 CASE STUDY: ANIMAL GAME
  • Initial HTML/CSS Content
  • Fetching Question Data Using Ajax
  • End-of-Game and Adding Polish
  • Final File Contents

CHAPTER 13 RELATIONAL DATABASES AND SQL

• 13.1 DATABASE BASICS
  • Motivation
  • Example Database: imdb
• 13.2 SQL
  • Connecting to MySQL
  • Database/Table Information
  • The SELECT Statement
  • Filtering Results with the WHERE Clause
  • Ordering Results: ORDER BY
  • Aggregating Data: GROUP BY, HAVING
  • Modifying Data: INSERT, EDIT, and DELETE
• 13.3 MULTI-TABLE QUERIES
  • Cartesian Product
  • Joins
  • Keys
  • Designing a Query
• 13.4 QUERYING A DATABASE IN PHP
  • Connecting to a Database
  • Performing Queries
  • Error Checking
  • MySQL-specific Database Functions
• 13.5 CASE STUDY: ADVENTURE RECOMMENDER
  • Index Page
  • Adventure Recommendations Page
  • Final File Contents