HTML: The Definitive Guide written by Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy, Mike Loukides

In the most recent edition of this acclaimed HTML guide, Musciano and Kennedy look closely at every aspect of HTML and show how to use it wisely to create top-quality Web pages. The book is up to date, covering HTML 4, Netscape Navigator 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, and the various extensions of each. "HTML: The Definitive Guide" is aimed at beginners as well as those who have more practice in Web page creation. The authors assume at least a basic knowledge of computers, including how to use a word processor or text editor and how to deal with files.

Beginning Web Development With Visual Interdev 6.0 written by Andrew Mumford, Mike Cai

Written for those with minimal programming experience, Beginning Web Development with Visual InterDev 6 puts serious Web programming within the reach of any newcomer using an effective tutorial demonstrating the tools and technologies needed to use Microsoft Visual InterDev effectively on the Windows platform.

The best thing about this book has to be its common-sense approach to essential APIs and tools needed for Web development today, centering on Visual InterDev. It contains what you need to know about HTML (and DHTML), ASPs, VBScript and JavaScript, as well as database programming with ADO.

The title excels at showing off the features of Visual InterDev (and other tools) with hands-on exercises. There are dozens of screen shots here for installing and configuring not only VI but also SQL Server, Personal Web Server (PWS), and MTS. This book also has a good sense of the choices Web designers must make between universal access (and pure HTML) versus other features (like cascading style sheets, DHTML, and client-side script) that will add functionality while restricting browser access.

Professional Visual Interdev6 Programming written by Ian Blackburn

If you'd said a couple of years ago that someone would develop a WYSIWIG-based Web programming environment for the Internet, people would have thought you were crazy. But lo and behold, Microsoft's Visual InterDev arrives on the scene with its Windows-style interface and advanced scripting features--and stuns HTML coders the world over. Success, of course, comes at a price. This is by no means an easy language to master, and that's where "Professional Visual InterDev 6 Programming" comes in. It starts with the easy stuff, opening with a comprehensive tour of the interface before exploring areas such as debugging and integrating databases with Web sites.

Dynamic Html : The Definitive Reference written by Danny Goodman

Danny Goodman felt that he couldn't trust any of the documentation on Dynamic HTML (DHTML) that he read (too many contradictions), so he wrote "Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference" for working with his own clients. After testing tags and techniques on multiple releases of the main browsers, Goodman came up with very practical information-- some of which you may not find in any other resource. Goodman assumes a solid foundation, if not expertise, in basic HTML and an understanding of what DHTML is all about.

ADO 2.6 Programmer's Reference written by Bill Kropog, Steven Hahn, Mark Baartse, et al

Newly updated with the latest Microsoft standards, "ADO 2.6 Programmer's Reference" is a thorough treatise on how ADO 2.6 can be used in Web applications that have been created in ASP, and in compiled applications that have been created by using Visual Basic and other languages. Besides a tutorial to basic and advanced database programming, it offers an A-to-Z reference to ADO and all of the related APIs, including new support for XML and multidimensional database programming. This is a handy reference that you'll turn to again and again.

Professional ASP XML written by Bill Kropog, Steven Hahn, Mark Baartse, et al/p>

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP pages) and the Extensible Markup Language (XML) are two of the hottest Web technologies; but each, because it is a complex topic in its own right, usually is documented individually. "Professional ASP XML" ties the two together in an important way, and illustrates how to utilize them both to produce next-generation Web applications.

ActivePerl with ASP and ADO written by Tobias Martinsson

A programmer's guide to creating faster, more robust, interactive Web pages using PerlScript.

PerlScript is an emerging scripting language that lets UNIX programmers write easy code for powerful and hot new Microsoft technologies such as Active Server Pages (ASP). Like JavaScript or VBScript, PerlScript is a "lite" version of a full-fledged programming language. Both Perl and VBScript programmers will benefit from the move to PerlScript because it provides cost benefits, superior power, and speed. This book provides a no-filler tutorial on PerlScript with plenty of concise examples that focus on using Active Server Pages (ASP) objects, and ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). It gives programmers the exact syntax for methods, properties, setting properties, database programming, collections, and data retrieval.

ASP in a Nutshell written by A. Keyton Weissinger

While ASP in a Nutshell is not meant to be a full-fledged tutorial of Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) technology, it offers a great way for experienced Web coders to ramp up on ASP. After an introduction to ASP, author A. Keyton Weissinger rapidly reviews the progression of content from static form to the Internet, covering CGI, ISAPI, and ASP 2.0. The author clearly explains how ASP works and how server-side components can work with ASP code to further extend server-side functionality.

The core of the book is the object reference for ASP coding. Six chapters document all the key programmable ASP objects and each includes an area on Comments/Troubleshooting, Properties Reference, Methods Reference, and Events Reference and offers further explanatory text where necessary. Weissinger uses frequent, brief coding examples to illustrate each important topic. He closes the middle section of this book with details on pre-processing directives and the Global.ASA file.

The last part of the book discusses ActiveX Data Objects, NT Server Collaboration Data Objects, and a number of server components (such as the Ad Rotator, Content Rotator, My Info, Page Counter, and Permission Checker) in depth. ASP in a Nutshell provides a concise but detailed breakdown of all key ASP coding topics.

Beginning Components for ASP written by Richard Anderson, Simon Robinson

This volume is intended for developers comfortable with ASP who are interested in leveraging the power of component-based applications. The two key development languages for components--Visual Basic and C++--are addressed in this work.

Visual Basic component development is handled first with an excellent introduction to components and class development in VB. The authors then explain the interconnection of ADO, UDA, and COM in a chapter that lays the foundation for a solid understanding of how components work. From there the authors discuss big picture application design issues such as n-tier architecture. The text utilizes concise code examples and frequent headings that make the book very useful for quick reference as you hone your component skills.

Beginning Active Server Pages 2.0 written by Brian Francis, John Kauffman, Juan T. Llibre, Chris Ullman

ASP is the future of the web. With ASP you can customize your web pages to be more dynamic, more efficient and more responsive to your users. It is not just a technology though, to get the best out of ASP you will be using it in tandem with HTML and with one or more of the web's simple scripting languages. This book will teach you everything you need to create useful real-world applications on the web.

Professional Active Server Pages 2.0 written by Alex Fedorov, Richard Harrison, Dave Sussman, Brian Francis, Stephen Wood

This thorough and intelligently organized text covers all the bases for developing state-of-the-art Web sites powered by Microsoft Web technologies. The book discusses the Internet in terms of the history of client/server systems and describes why it is a better way to deliver scalable, maintainable systems using thin clients. It describes basic Microsoft tools, such as Windows NT 4, Internet Information Server (IIS), and Personal Web Server. Then it discusses the basics of using Active Server Pages (ASPs), starting with basic objects (such as the Request, Cookies, and Response objects).

Simply Scheme : Introducing Computer Science written by Brian Harvey, Matthew Wright

For anyone learning the Scheme programming language, the second edition of "Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science" provides a very digestible textbook-style introductory tutorial to this powerful and elegant language. In the words of the authors, "Simply Scheme" is designed to be a prequel to another book, "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs." This latter title has been a staple of introductory computer science courses for years, but it assumes a certain background.

Professional Visual Basic 6 Web Programming written by Jerry Ablan, Tom Barnaby, Pierre Boutquin, Matt Brown, Charles Caison, Mark Harrison, Jeffrey Hasan, Matthew Reynolds, Dmitriy Sloshberg, Michael Lane Thomas, Thearon Willis, Micheal Lane Thomas, Tim Waters, Paul Wilton

"Professional VB6 Web Programming" is an advanced programming title targeted at Visual Basic 6 programmers looking to fully leverage their expertise in Web development. A stellar team of authors has pooled their knowledge to compile a single title that covers the many roles VB6 can play in Internet development. You'll learn how to develop client-and server-side code, exploit the exposed functionality of Internet Explorer in your own applications, and code for the Windows DNA framework. A quartet of case studies does a great job of illustrating learned concepts. If you're a VB person, get up to Web speed now with this fine title.

Javascript Bible, 3rd Edition written by Danny Goodman, Brendan Eich

Danny Goodman has repeatedly proven himself an excellent teacher of programming languages, and this latest edition of "JavaScript Bible" reinforces his reputation. If you're familiar with HTML and want to endow your pages with the kind of animation and interactivity that JavaScript can provide, this book is the best you can buy. Goodman covers the JavaScript 1.2 language comprehensively and focuses on developing documents that fully exploit the capabilities of Netscape Navigator 4.x.

HTML: The Definitive Guide written by Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy, Mike Loukides

In the most recent edition of this acclaimed HTML guide, Musciano and Kennedy look closely at every aspect of HTML and show how to use it wisely to create top-quality Web pages. The book is up to date, covering HTML 4, Netscape Navigator 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, and the various extensions of each. "HTML: The Definitive Guide" is aimed at beginners as well as those who have more practice in Web page creation. The authors assume at least a basic knowledge of computers, including how to use a word processor or text editor and how to deal with files.

JavaScript Application Cookbook written by Jerry Bradenbaugh, Richard Koman

Seasoned Java coders will find that the JavaScript Application Cookbook was compiled just for them. Written in the same vein as the old-style programmer "toolbox" titles, "JavaScript Application Cookbook" sheds the usual tutorial presentation and simply introduces a series of JavaScript applications you can use on your own sites. The cookbook begins with recipes such as a client-side search engine application that facilitates complex database searching to maximize local processing.

Professional Visual Interdev6 Programming written by Ian Blackburn

If you'd said a couple of years ago that someone would develop a WYSIWIG-based Web programming environment for the Internet, people would have thought you were crazy. But lo and behold, Microsoft's Visual InterDev arrives on the scene with its Windows-style interface and advanced scripting features--and stuns HTML coders the world over. Success, of course, comes at a price. This is by no means an easy language to master, and that's where "Professional Visual InterDev 6 Programming" comes in. It starts with the easy stuff, opening with a comprehensive tour of the interface before exploring areas such as debugging and integrating databases with Web sites.

Dynamic Html : The Definitive Reference written by Danny Goodman

Danny Goodman felt that he couldn't trust any of the documentation on Dynamic HTML (DHTML) that he read (too many contradictions), so he wrote "Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference" for working with his own clients. After testing tags and techniques on multiple releases of the main browsers, Goodman came up with very practical information-- some of which you may not find in any other resource. Goodman assumes a solid foundation, if not expertise, in basic HTML and an understanding of what DHTML is all about.

Javascript : The Definitive Guide written by David Flanagan

In typical O'Reilly & Associates fashion, "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" documents every nuance of the JavaScript 1.1 language specification. It may appear dry on the surface (many pages have the spare style of Unix online documentation), but this is the book you'll pull off your shelf when you want to know which method returns the primitive value of an object.