Windows Web Scripting Developer's Guide

Most Web developers use one set of technologies for most of their production work and another set that offers more flexibility at the expense of compatibility. Many of these advanced technologies involve scripting standards that are often browser-dependent, and keeping current with them is often next to impossible. Windows Web Scripting Developer's Guide is a collection of the various advanced Microsoft scripting technologies--all in one place.

This book has a traditional tutorial style with a combination of technology overview and code examples, plus some discussion of the dos and don'ts, such as why you should or shouldn't use HTML applications. Useful examples--such as an HTML grid component, menu component, and mouse capturing with DHTML--illustrate many of the real-world benefits of these scripting technologies on the platforms that support them.

A full-blown example--an online time-tracking application--wraps things up, combining DHTML, XML, and development cycle issues into a single, coherent process. There is no companion CD-ROM, but the larger samples (such as the time-tracking application) are available from the publisher's Web site. Although many of the techniques in this tutorial are platform-dependent, this compilation will be quite useful when you want to unleash the full power of scripting. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered:

• HTML components
• CSS
• DHTML reuse and encapsulation
• XML Data Source Object (DSO)
• XML data binding
• XSL querying
• XML schemas
• Windows script components
• ASP scripting components
• Remote scripting