Table of Contents

Weighty worlds of wonder: what's, why's and wherefore's of the Web; The open source movement; Six reasons to consider open source; The database driven web; Building block I: cascading style sheets; Building block II: PHP; Building block III: relational databases; Building block IV: database design and normalisation; Building block V: MySQL; Standards and accessibility; In pursuit of accessibility; Web development planning; The dynamic duo; The indispensable function; Database driven web applications; Case studies.

About the Author

Isaac Hunter Dunlap is an experienced web developer who has created numerous database driven applications with Open Source technology. He is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Information Systems at Western Illinois University Libraries.

Reviews

"…will provide just the kind of combined strategy, technological advice and practical coding examples to help get such projects under way and completed, even by non-specialists." --Program

"…a very useful book, covering many different Open Source issues. I would definitely recommend this book." --Ruth Rikowski, London Southbank Univerity, UK

"The book is approachable, and so can be useful to both novice and the more experienced." --Ruth Rikowski, London Southbank Univerity, UK