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Practical Web Development

By : Paul Wellens
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Practical Web Development

By: Paul Wellens

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Practical Web Development
Paul Wellens
Jul, 2015 | 276 pages
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Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Practical Web Development
Practical Web Development
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The Internet
HTTP and HTML
Mosaic
The explosion of the Web
Web development
Summary
2
HTML
HTML
HTML versions
Semantic and presentational HTML
The structure and syntax of an HTML document
Links
Classic document elements
Lists
Images
Input forms
Textarea
Drop-down lists
Tables
<div>, the "uebertag"
HTML entities
HTML5-specific tags
Summary
3
CSS
CSS
Adding styles to our documents
The Document Object Model (DOM)
Selectors
Specificity
Block elements and inline elements
Colors
Fonts
The box model
Positioning
Styling lists
Styling anchors – pseudo-classes
Summary
4
JavaScript
JavaScript
Programming 101
Our first JavaScript program
DOM objects, properties, methods, and events
Summary
5
PHP
PHP
Introduction to PHP
PHP and web hosting
PHP as a web development language
Summary
6
PHP and MySQL
PHP and MySQL
Databases
SQL
MySQL
phpMyAdmin
MySQLi in PHP
Adding data
Summary
7
jQuery
jQuery
Obtaining the jQuery library
Where to place the jQuery library on your page?
jQuery UI and jQuery Mobile
Using jQuery selectors and methods
jQuery documentation
Event handlers and jQuery
Summary
8
Ajax
Ajax
XMLHttpRequest
Ajax and jQuery
Summary
9
The History API – Not Forgetting Where We Are
The History API – Not Forgetting Where We Are
The problem we are trying to solve
The self-service restaurant
HTML5 History API and the history object
The History plugin
Bookmarking
Summary
10
XML and JSON
XML and JSON
XML
JSON
Summary
11
MongoDB
MongoDB
Relational database management systems
NoSQL databases
MongoDB
Summary
12
Mobile First, Responsive Design with Progressive Enhancement
Mobile First, Responsive Design with Progressive Enhancement
Responsive design
Progressive enhancement
Summary
13
Foundation – A Responsive CSS/JavaScript Framework
Foundation – A Responsive CSS/JavaScript Framework
Our responsive toolkit – Foundation
Foundation components
The grid system
Navigation
Summary
14
Node.js
Node.js
Node.js
Installing node.js
Express
Templating and handlebars.js
Our last Hello, World example
Summary
Bootstrap – An Alternative to Foundation
Bootstrap – An Alternative to Foundation
Bootstrap components
The Bootstrap grid system
Navigation
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Paul Wellens

Reviewers

Jorge Albaladejo

Elvis Boansi

Adam Maus

Jesús Pérez Paz

Commissioning Editor

Edward Gordon

Acquisition Editors

James Jones

Sonali Vernekar

Content Development Editor

Ritika Singh

Technical Editor

Ryan Kochery

Copy Editors

Alpha Singh

Ameesha Green

Jasmine Nadar

Project Coordinator

Milton Dsouza

Proofreader

Safis Editing

Indexer

Rekha Nair

Production Coordinator

Manu Joseph

Cover Work

Manu Joseph

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