Official Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Site Builder Toolkit [Paperback]

Alan Simpson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997

You know how to author Web pages. You use HTML. Now you want to build great Web sites that tap the advanced features found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4. Good news - this book is written specifically for you. This authoritative guide, written by bestselling Internet author Alan Simpson, starts you off with a basic HTML review and an introduction to scripting, and then it builds on those skills to show you how to manipulate objects in your Web pages. Simpson gives you expert guidance by showing you multiple examples of how to add rich, interactive content. You'll find coverage of key topics such as dynamic HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, VBScript, special effects with filters and transitions, ActiveX, data binding, and channels. You'll also get Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 and the complete Microsoft Internet Client Software Development Kit (SDK) on CD-ROM, as well as numerous samples for creating Web pages. All of which make this book your essential guide and reference for building your best Web sites ever.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572315725
• ISBN-13: 978-1572315723
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,412,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alan Simpson is the author of over 115 computer books on all sorts of topics: Windows, databases, Web-site design and development, programming, and network administration. His books are published throughout the world, in over a dozen languages, and have sold millions of copies. Though definitely in the techno-geek category, we let him contribute anyway because sometimes people like that come in handy.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging, Informtive, Useful and fun, February 19, 2000

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Graham Dobson (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Site Builder Toolkit (Paperback)

All programming books should be as good as this one; and yes the Official IE4 SiteBuilder Toolkit is indeed a web programming book. Alan Simpson covers cascading style sheets, Dynamic HTML, ActiveX controls and VBScript as well as any other author in the technical book publishing industry. Well, there are deeper books on ActiveX but they don't include smart, small, easy to test examples, like this one does. Alan Simpson's examples make excellent starting points for ones own experiments.Larger discussions of object models and technical specifications can also be found here along with listings for electronic (and other) resources to aid in further research and study. The appendix on RGB and decimal color values is a wonderful extra. Yes it's a Microsoft centric book, but you can have a lot fun with this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very easy to read, excellent examples, comprehensive., March 18, 1998

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Graham Howe ([e-mail]) (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Site Builder Toolkit (Paperback)

I was actually able to sit and read the majority of this book on a flight without access to a computer at all. It really is very well written giving clear examples without over simplifying. You must remember that the techniques are for the most part specific to IE4 and therefore will not work with Netscape but I guess there are other books for that.

All aspects of DHTML are covered in a logical sequence and the only real prerequisite is some experience with web design and straight HTML. The CD is well stocked with examples and tools.

This is not a highly technical book to be digested by pure programmers, but it does provide a root to some powerful techniques for the slightly adventurous web author.

Without any doubt the most read of all of my computer books!

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tutorial book for IE programmers., October 19, 1998

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David Burgett (Overland Park, KS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Official Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Site Builder Toolkit (Paperback)

I have read many books on Dynamic HTML, CSS, etc., and this is one of the best! While the examples are at times a bit silly or self-indulgent, they always illustrate the point at hand in a clear and intelligent fashion. The author clearly has an excellent understanding of all parts of the DHTML world and leads the beginner through progressively more difficult steps very well.

The one inevitable caveat is that this book is based solely on DHTML/CSS for Internet Explorer and the examples will not work in Netscape. However, this book will provide you with a good understanding of the fundamentals necessary for programming for either browser.