Programming for the Web

An Introduction to Mark-up Languages

The Lectures

• Structure: HTML and hypertext: Introduction and basic concepts
• Presentation: HTML: Presentation and layout
• Function: HTML: Interactivity and functionality
• Future: SGML, DTDs, XML, XSL, XHTML, and the future
• Web3D: VRML, X3D, and 3D graphics on the Web

Recommended Reading

This is a list of useful texts for understanding and doing Web-related development work.

• HTML: The Complete Reference, 2nd edition, Powell
• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Rosenfeld and Morville
• A Review of Hypermedia Methodologies and Techniques, Louka
• The VRML Sourcebook, 2nd edition, Ames, Nadeau and Moreland
• The (Online) Annotated VRML97 Reference Manual, Carey and Bell

Useful Sites

• W3 Consortium : HTML | Style Sheets | DOM | XML | XHTML | HTML Validator
• Web3D Consortium : VRML | X3D
• Focus on Web3D
• MacWeb3D
• VRML4Linux