Deitel® Developer Series AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, and Web Development for Programmers

1028 Pages·2008·23.497 MB·English

by  Deitel, Paul;Deitel, Harvey

AJAX, Rich Internet
Applications, and
Web Development
For Programmers
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AJAX, Rich Internet
Applications, and
Web Development
For Programmers
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PaulJ.Deitel
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HarveyM.Deitel
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Contents
Preface xix
Before You Begin xxxi
Part 1: Introduction 1
1 Dive Into® Web 2.0 2
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 WhatIsWeb2.0? 4
1.3 Search 7
1.4 ContentNetworks 12
1.5 User-GeneratedContent 13
1.6 Blogging 16
1.7 SocialNetworking 19
1.8 SocialMedia 23
1.9 Tagging 26
1.10 SocialBookmarking 28
1.11 SoftwareDevelopment 29
1.12 RichInternetApplications(RIAs) 32
1.13 WebServices,Mashups,WidgetsandGadgets 34
1.14 Location-BasedServices 37
1.15 XML,RSS,Atom,JSONandVoIP 38
1.16 Web2.0MonetizationModels 39
1.17 Web2.0BusinessModels 41
1.18 FutureoftheWeb 44
1.19 WheretoGoforMoreWeb2.0Information 48
1.20 Web2.0Bibliography 49
1.21 Web2.0Glossary 56
Part 2: The Ajax Client 66
2
Introduction to XHTML 67
2.1 Introduction 68
2.2 EditingXHTML 69
2.3 FirstXHTMLExample 69
2.4 W3CXHTMLValidationService 72
2.5 Headings 72