Overview
- Enables the reader to quickly develop a working knowledge of HTML and PHP
- Emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning, supported by numerous examples
- Includes an extensive set of programming exercises, together with appendices on displaying special characters, ASCII character codes, and strategies for solving computational problems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)
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About this book
This concise and accessible textbook will enable readers to quickly develop the working skills necessary to solve computational problems in a server-based environment, using HTML and PHP. The importance of learning by example (as opposed to simply learning by copying) is emphasized through extensive use of hands-on exercises and examples, with a specific focus on useful science and engineering applications. The clearly-written text is designed to be simple to follow for the novice student, without requiring any background in programming or mathematics beyond algebra.
Topics and features: describes the creation of HTML pages and the characteristics of HTML documents, showing how to use HTML tables, forms, lists, and frames to organize documents for use with PHP applications; explains how to set up a PHP environment, using a local or remote server; introduces the capabilities and syntax of the PHP language, including coverage of array syntax and use; examines user-defined functionsin programming, summarizing PHP functions for reading and writing files, viewing the content of variables, and manipulating strings; reviews the PHP GD graphics library, presenting applications for creating pie charts, bar graphs, and line graphs suitable for displaying scientific data; includes appendices listing HTML and ASCII special characters, and highlighting the essential basic strategies for solving computational problems.Supplying all of the tools necessary to begin coding in HTML and PHP, this invaluable textbook is ideal for undergraduate students taking introductory courses in programming. The book will also serve as a helpful self-study text for professionals in any technical field.
Reviews
“The strength of this book is the many worked examples with complete and commented code listings that can be used not only by scientists and engineers, but as templates for one’s own programming projects. The book is written in a jargon-free style and requires no prior experience in programming. I recommend it to anybody who wants to build webpages with information retrieved from external files.” (Klaus Galensa, Computing Reviews , February, 7 , 2018)
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Book Title: Programming in HTML and PHP
Book Subtitle: Coding for Scientists and Engineers
Authors: David R. Brooks
Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56973-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56972-7Published: 11 September 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56973-4Published: 04 September 2017
Series ISSN: 1863-7310
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 293
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Control Structures and Microprogramming, Servers, Computer Graphics