"How do you teach web development for any type of device, and what do you include? What do you use for instructional materials? Where do you begin if you want to teach yourself? This book is where you start. It is suitable for instruction at the upper-division undergraduate level or the first-year of graduate school, as well as for self-study. The scope of topics is broad, including Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and HTML5, cascading style sheets (CSS), the document object model (DOM), JavaScript, PHP programming, MySQL database support, Apache web hosting, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Ajax, scalable vector graphics (SVG) and MathML, and mobile device computing. This is an ambitious list of topics to cover in a little over 600 pages. Fortunately, it looks like the author succeeded in his goal." —Computing Reviews, March 2014
The Web: An Overview. Webpage Markup with HTML5. Audio, Video, and More HTML5. Styling with CSS. Forms, PHP, and Form Processing. Dynamic User Interface with JavaScript. HTML5 DOM and APIs. Server-Side Programming with PHP. Database-Driven Websites. Web Hosting: Apache, PHP, and MySQL. XML, AJAX, and Web Services. SVG and MathML. HTML5 and Mobile Websites. Bibliography. Index.
Paul S. Wang is a professor emeritus of computer science at Kent State University. A leading expert in symbolic and algebraic computation (SAC) and web-based mathematics education (WME), Dr. Wang has conducted over 40 research projects funded by government and industry. In 2001, he received the Ohio Governor's Award for University Faculty Entrepreneurship. His main research interests include polynomial algorithms, parallel and distributed SAC, Internet-accessible mathematical computation, and enabling technologies for web-based mathematics education. He earned a Ph.D. from MIT.