Platinum Edition Using XHTML, XML, and Java 2 shows how to combine these three powerful standards - and many others - to provide flexible Web content on multiple platforms, including Java. This book covers nearly all the admirable comprehensive web developers today need in order to provide a flexible content for different browsers. This book gives you an in-depth tour of XHTML (the XML version of HTML-based) from top to bottom so you'll know what Web content to build a server. (In general, HTML XHTML resembles quite closely, but here are some new conventions.) Using a lot of screen shots, all the basics of Web content that is designed with XHTML effectively closed, including how to use image maps, frames, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript . Written in a clear and patient style and supported by many drawings for beginners, it will prove to be a useful resource for almost anyone who commits a server-side web development and want to get a handle on the fast moving standards surrounding XML, XHTML, and more Dragan new browser today. - Richard Topics covered: This tutorial and reference to XHTML guidelines for designing Web pages basic rules of XHTML Conversion HTML XHMTL 1.0 Image map elements (client and server-side) Using images and graphics (including GIF, JPEG, and PNG format, GIF animations, and pictures anchor ) Tables and frames (including dependencies browser) HTTP form tutorials (type of input fields and form data via HTTP through URLs) Cascading style sheets (CSS), XML Tutorial XML Survey XML tools, parsers, and editors SAX API and the Document Object Model ( DOM) XML Related standard: using XPath, XPointer, and XLink XSLT to transform XML Document Type Definition (DTD) Using XSL to display XML data (including the introduction of WML / WAP and sound "show") Emerging XML standards this JavaScript tutorial JavaScript DOM Client-side form validation with JavaScript Cookies Dynamic HTML (DHTML) in Microsoft and Netscape browsers (including cross-browser techniques) CGI scripts (including environment variables and server side) web databases (including flat files and relational database survey today product) tutorial for Active Server Pages (ASP) development tutorials for ColdFusion development (including CFML tags and functions) Introduction to Java Applets PHP development tutorial 2 users interface with the Abstract Window Building Toolkit (AWT) and Swing components Basic network programming graphical Java Java Java security (including file JAR signing) Server-side Java primer (servlets and JSPS) for case studies "syllabus editor" using Java and XML JavaScript reference