Internet & World Wide Web How to Program (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Harvey M. Deitel (Author), Paul J. Deitel (Author), T. R. Nieto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2001 | Series: How to Program

For a wide variety of Web Programming, HTML, and JavaScript courses found in Computer Science, CIS, MIS, IT, Business, Engineering, and Continuing Education departments. Also appropriate for an introductory programming course (replacing traditional programming languages like C, C++ and Java) for schools wanting to integrate the Internet and World Wide Web into their curricula. The revision of this groundbreaking book in the Deitels'How to Program series offers a thorough treatment of programming concepts, with programs that yield visible or audible results in Web pages and Web-based applications. The book discusses effective Web-page design, server- and client-side scripting, ActiveXA (R) controls and the essentials of electronic commerce. Internet & World Wide Web How to Program also offers an alternative to traditional introductory programming courses. The fundamentals of programming no longer have to be taught in languages like C, C++ and Java. With Internet/Web markup languages (such as HTML, Dynamic HTML and XML) and scripting languages (such as JavaScriptA (R), VBScriptA (R) and Perl/CGI), you can teach the fundamentals of programming "wrapped in the Web-page metaphor."

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From the Back Cover

The authoritative DEITEL™ LIVE-CODE™ introduction to Internet & World Wide Web programming

The Internet and World Wide Web have revolutionized software development with multimediaintensive, platform-independent code for conventional Internet-, Intranet- and Extranet-based applications. This college-level textbook carefully explains how to program multitiered, client/server, database-intensive, Web-based applications.

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally recognized corporate training and content-creation organization specializing in Java™, C++, C, Visual C#™, Visual Basic®, Visual C++®, .NET, XML, Python, Perl, Internet, Web and object technologies. The Deitels are also the authors of the world's #1 Java and C++ textbooks—Java How to Program, 4/e and C++ How to Program, 3/e—and many other best sellers. In Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 2/e, the Deitels and their colleague, Tem R. Nieto, discuss key topics, including:

• XHTML™/CSS™/Dynamic HTML
• Multitier Client/Server Applications
• Internet Explorer® 5.

About the Author

Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, CEO of Deitel & Associates, Inc., has 40 years in the computing field including extensive industry and academic experience. He is one of the world's leading computer science instructors and seminar presenters. Dr. Deitel earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Boston University. He has 20 years of college teaching experience including earning tenure and serving as the Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Boston College before founding Deitel & Associates, Inc. with his son Paul J. Deitel. He is author or co-author of several dozen books and multimedia packages and is currently writing many more. With translations published in Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, Polish, Italian and Portuguese, Dr. Deitel's texts have earned international recognition. Dr. Deitel has delivered professional seminars internationally to major corporations, government organizations and various branches of the military. Paul J. Deitel, Executive Vice President of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management where he studied Information Technology. Through Deitel & Associates, Inc. he has delivered Internet and World Wide Web courses and programming language classes for industry clients including Compaq, Sun Microsystems, White Sands Missile Range, Rogue Wave Software, Stratus, Fidelity, Cambridge Technology Partners, Lucent Technologies, Adra Systems, Entergy, CableData Systems, NASA at the Kennedy Space Center, the National Severe Storm Laboratory, IBM and many other organizations. He has lectured on for the Boston Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, and has taught satellite-based courses through a cooperative venture of Deitel & Associates, Inc., Prentice Hall and the Technology Education Network. He and his father, Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, are the world's best-selling Computer Science textbook authors. Tem R. Nieto is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied engineering and computing. Through Deitel & Associates, Inc. he has delivered courses for industry clients including Sun Microsystems, Compaq, EMC, Stratus, Fidelity, Art Technology, Progress Software, Toys "R" Us, Operational Support Facility of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nynex, Motorola, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Banyan, Schlumberger, University of Notre Dame, NASA, various military installations and many others. He has co-authored several books and multimedia packages with the Deitels and has contributed to virtually every Deitel & Associates, Inc. publication.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1376 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (August 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130308978
• ISBN-13: 978-0130308979
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,762,819 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to Programming 101, January 4, 2002

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"jeffladolcetta" (Staten Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Internet & World Wide Web How to Program (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I would like to preface this review by explaining that I have never been a great fan of the classic classroom approach to learning programming. I truly believe that educators need to take a real-world approach to teaching this subject, instead of the classic "theoretical" approach. Programming is a craft, and needs to be taught as such, not an abstract concept needing mathematical constructs and proofs to be totally understood. Yes, this stuff is ultimately necessary to know. But it falls on deaf ears to beginning programmers for at least two possible reasons: It fails to provide instant gratification to those students that want to see results, and/or it discourages students who cannot as yet see the "30,000 foot view", and therefore see the definitions out of context.

Which brings me to this book. The authors have apparently "seen the light" and have tried to adapt to the current programming standards by making their introduction to programming revolve around the web and internet environment. This is definitely a step in the right direction. The authors are to be applauded for that and also for their attempt to cover all the standard languages required to develop web applications today, a list which seems to go on forever. Unfortunately, they do it by limiting the scope to the usual pedantic exercises you get in Programming 101 at WhatsaMatta U. Examples: recursion is explained by creating a "factorial" calculator, a Java Script program that calculates a class's grade point average, references to the Fibonacci series. I would figure by now that professors would have gotten away from the penchant of using math examples for programming class, but I guess not. Bottom line: very little useful code. The authors spend much time teaching the classics: Arrays, Lists, sorting algorithms, control structures, and very little time actually using them. I would like it the other way around. I wouldn't spend more time defining a hammer than showing how to use it. Why do programming instructors think that their students need definitions more than they need real world examples?

Deitel and company try to cover alot of material in a rather slim volume. Accolades for that. Anyone looking for their first programming book, look no further....this is as good a place to start as any. You will as a result of buying this book, save lots of money and time. Where can you find an introduction to HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, VBScript, ActiveX, CGI, Perl, Java Servlets and XML all under one cover, not to mention basic programming? However, don't assume you will be creating your first website with this book, either, practically speaking, although it is certainly feasible to create something rudimentary. Buy this book if you always wanted to take Programming 101. Or......buy this book if you realize that the plethora of tools necessary to do web programming is intimidating, or at least, confusing, and you are looking for a guide that will explain how it all fits together, and "where to go from here".

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Samples work on Internet Explorer Only, May 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet & World Wide Web How to Program (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I would agree with Robert Schmaus' comment that the book is geared toward Microsoft products. I taught a web programming course and was upset to find that many of the javascript code samples in book do not work with the Netscape browser. Robert Schmaus is also correct by stating that good web developers should develop for all platforms and browsers.....

It is not a bad book. It is very good for covering a wide number of topics. The book could be improved by putting a chapter on Coldfusion since it covers so much breadth. It could also be improved by being less Microsoft oriented. It does have its flaws, however I will still be using it as the textbook in my course.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A confusing melange of things (none very helpful...), February 27, 2004

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William Grother (Robbinsville, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Internet & World Wide Web How to Program (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Perhaps I'm jaundiced by being somewhat intelligent and having a better than adequate knowledge of programming. I bought this book hoping it would lead to new insights into programming in some popular languages (VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, ASP, etc.) and perhaps show me some tricks I could use in my everyday work.

What I got was a heavy (it's like a very expensive brick), thick, badly organized, poorly laid out doorstop. There is a lot of information in it and that's perhaps its biggest problem. It can't seem to teach simple, straightforward programming, but hops and skips around the various styles of each language, without adequately exploring good, basic programming skills.

Occasionally you glean a useful bit of information, but the examples are confusing often, not explained fully, and fairly dense. You really never have enough time to take in what you've learned before you're off to the next example.

Do yourself a big favor and spend the money you'd have sunk into this atrocious tome and buy a couple of smaller books on your main areas of interest. You'll learn the topics better and you won't get strained muscles from lifting the books.