Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP

Many of today's web development books and articles cover single aspects of the development life cycle, delving only into specific features rather than looking at the whole picture. In this book, we will develop a complete web application. Although we will be using various third-party libraries and tools to aid in development, we will be developing the application from start to finish. The focus of this book is on Web 2. 0, a catchphrase that has been in use for a few years now and is typically used to refer to web sites or web applications that have particular char- teristics. Some of these characteristics include the following: - Correctly using HTML/XHTML, CSS, and other standards - Using Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to provide a responsive application without requiring a full refresh of pages - Allowing syndication of web site content using RSS - Adding wikis, blogs, or tags Although not everybody is an advocate of the "Web 2. 0" phrase, the term does signify forward progress in web development. And although not everybody has the need to provide a wiki or a blog on their web site, the other characteristics listed (such as correct standards usage) provide a good basis for a web site and should be used by all developers, regardless of how they want their web site or application categorized. I wrote this book because I want to share with other users how I build web sites.

Author: Quentin Zervaas
Publisher: Apress
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 569
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 9.24h x 7.10w x 1.19d
ISBN13: 9781590599068
ISBN10: 1590599063
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Software Development & Engineering | General
- Computers | Internet | Web Programming

About the Author
Quentin Zervaas is a web developer based in Adelaide, South Australia, where he has been self-employed since 2003. After receiving his bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Adelaide in 2001, Quentin worked for several web development firms before branching out on his own, developing a wide range of custom web applications for customers all around the world. Quentin has recently started a new company called Recite Media (http: //www.recite.com.au) with two partners. Recite Media develops web applications primarily for other development or design companies to resell. Its flagship product, Recite CMS, is being used by some of Australia's largest companies. Quentin also runs and writes for his PHP development resource site, phpRiot (phpRiot.com), which provides a number of useful articles on a wide variety of PHP-related topics. After completing his role as the technical reviewer for Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional (Apress, 2006), he decided to undertake writing Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP

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