Codenotes for Web Based Ui [Paperback]

Gregory Brill (Editor)

Book Description

Series: CodeNotes | Publication Date: January 2, 2002

CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals and pocket references.

CodeNotes for Web-Based UI shows how to build sophisticated, high-performance UIs for web-based applications using technologies such as JavaScript, DHTML, and CSS as well as XML and XSLT. It also details how to leverage technology and solve common web-based presentation and manipulation problems. Web designers and programmers will both develop a better understanding of common web-based design challenges, and discover some common approaches to solving these problems.

This edition of CodeNotes includes:
-A global overview of a technology and explanation of what problems it can be used to solve
-Real-world examples
-"How and Why" and "Design Notes" sections that provide hints, tricks, workarounds, and tips on what should be taken advantage of or avoided
-Instructions and classroom-style tutorials throughout from expert trainers and software developers

Visit www.codenotes.com for updates, source code templates, access to message boards, and discussion of specific problems with CodeNotes authors and other developers.

Every CodeNotes title is written and reviewed by a team of commercial software developers and technology experts. See "About the Authors" at the beginning of the book for more information.

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CodeNotes provides the most succinct, accurate, and speedy way for a developer to ramp up on a new technology or language. Unlike other programming books, CodeNotes drills down to the core aspects of a technology, focusing on the key elements needed in order to understand it quickly and implement it immediately. It is a unique resource for developers, filling the gap between comprehensive manuals and pocket references.

CodeNotes for Web-Based UI shows how to build sophisticated, high-performance UIs for web-based applications using technologies such as JavaScript, DHTML, and CSS as well as XML and XSLT. It also details how to leverage technology and solve common web-based presentation and manipulation problems. Web designers and programmers will both develop a better understanding of common web-based design challenges, and discover some common approaches to solving these problems.See "About the Authors" at the beginning of the book for more information.

About the Author

Gregory Brill is the series editor of CodeNotes and the founder and president of Infusion Development Corporation, a technology training and consulting firm that specializes in architecting securities trading and analytic systems for several of the world’s largest investment banks. He has written for C++ Users Journal, and is the author of Applying COM+. He lives in New York.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks; 1st edition (January 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812992164
• ISBN-13: 978-0812992168
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,439,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't have much value for me, September 3, 2004

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Hal Taylor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Codenotes for Web Based Ui (Paperback)

If you have some basic web skills, no formal training in design or development, and are looking for one small book to take you a little further in all aspects of web development, this book might be worth reading. However, I found it to be too basic to be of any use for me, but I have training both in design and development. It is also already feels a little dated. I would recommend a good book on CSS/DOM for DHTML, a good book on web usability, and as for design, well, that's a little harder...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Know what you wnat to do but need a little kick start..., March 21, 2002

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Tudor Goode - See all my reviews

This review is from: Codenotes for Web Based Ui (Paperback)

This is a great little book. If you are like me who is not a programmer, but ends up doing lots the Web front end development tasks because the real developers " don't do scripting" as its beneath them. Then this book is for you. It gives real life examples that can be used to get you started on that dynamically cascading menu or that regular expression to validate your date entry field. Small and compact gives you well targeted golden nuggets of information about HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, XML and XLST not 100's of pages of theory and "hello world" examples.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent succinct overview of the topics, January 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Codenotes for Web Based Ui (Paperback)

Based on this book, I'll definitely check out other CodeNotes volumes. This is the "anti-doorstop", it gets right to the point, inserts code and screen scrapes for maximum effect, &is backed up w/a lot of good detail on the CODENOTES website. The 30-50 pages on each of web UI, Javascript, DHTML/DOM, and XML are best surveys of the topics I've seen anywhere.

A Few caveats: No Bibliography, and the index's pretty thin. Javascript chapter very Java/C++-centric, and perl/python-like features are labeled "strange" , "for (x in a)". The fonts are a little funky, more section headings shd be bolded/italicized/whatever. But on the whole, the best $... a web developer, tech analyst or CIO who needs to catch up in a hurry can spend.