This special-sized book teaches all essential web technologies from A to Z. Skillfully written, extremely succinct, with a lot of tables, diagrams, examples and screen output, it touches the latest experimental technology in action. Covering some hardly documented 'tricks' beyond the basics, this book guarantees to transform an Internet newcomer to an accomplished web developer. For every web developer, it is a handy must-have.

As we know, various web technologies are interconnected and it is impossible to fully master one technology without knowing another. Traditionally, a serious...