Dynamic Html: A Primer [Paperback]

Simon St. Laurent (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997

Dynamic HTML promises to deliver interactive Web pages with greater speed and reliability than current m ethods. Simon St Laurent looks as this new addition to HTML proposed by Microsoft and part of Internet Explorer 4. '

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Amazon.com Review

If the idea of generating HTML for either Netscape's or Microsoft's 4.0 Web browser fills you with apprehension--and perhaps it should--Dynamic HTML: A Primer can help. Rather than providing step-by-step information on a standard that doesn't exist yet, Simon St. Laurent explains the concepts behind Dynamic HTML or Document Object Model (a combination of scripting, style sheets, and HTML) and what you should know before you attempt to create pages and sites that use it. The title is potentially misleading in that Dynamic HTML is only one of many topics that the book covers. St. Laurent also details Java applets, ActiveX, and both companies' implementations of JavaScript and VBScript. Style sheets, layers, and absolute positioning are also described, but anyone who is serious about these subjects should consider more in-depth texts devoted to them. If you are already determined to leverage these features, you probably don't need to read Dynamic HTML: A Primer. However, you'll find plenty of valuable advice on how to avoid the myriad of problems involved in developing Web content for two browsers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 330 pages
• Publisher: Mis Pr; 1st edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558285695
• ISBN-13: 978-1558285699
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,742,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Simon St. Laurent is an Editor with O'Reilly and Associates. Prior to that, he'd been a web developer, network administrator, computer book author, and XML troublemaker. He lives in Dryden, NY.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just Messy, January 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dynamic Html: A Primer (Paperback)

I thought I could, at least, learn something from the book. After reading through the book, I found it messy. And my choice then is to buy another...

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Money, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dynamic Html: A Primer (Paperback)

As a web developer I bought this book hoping to learn new techniques. What I got was frustration. Although this book contains numerous coding examples (mainly for use with Internet Explorer), only about 5% of them work (with Internet Explorer). Don't waste your money.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book stinks, February 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dynamic Html: A Primer (Paperback)

I got this book because I wanted a good introductory course to DHTML. I knew little about style sheets and my scripting skills were not too great; and this book basically assumes that you know it all. It doesn't give any good examples and it's poorly laid out with useless sample code. This book should have been in color with a CD-ROM included, and it should have gone more into depth with style sheets and scripting. In a nutshell, don't buy this book. It stinks.