Developer's Digital Media Reference

Section I: Server-Based Architectures

CHAPTER 4

Dynamic Web Applications

This chapter describes a new generation of Web applications that combines disciplines and best practices from several industries to arrive at a new category of live content over the public network.

 

Part A: Background

•  Introduction

•  Static Versus Dynamic Web Content

•  DHTML and CSS

•  JavaScript and Beyond

•  The Arrival of ASP and JSP

•  The Database as Lingua Franca

•  The Role of XML

 

Introduction

It is no secret that dynamic elements, such as DHTML actions, Flash ...