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Web development has reached a new level today. Web sites are moving further and further along the path of client-based development and delivering web-based applications and features that may seem overwhelmingly complex to create for the rest of us who don't already have legions of low-level web browser based programming experience. With "The Developer's Notes" not only are you exposed step by step through legions of source code (in some cases so revolutionary it was previously proprietary), you will learn tips and tricks that can help you accomplish your goals and impress your audience. Languages/Methods Covered: Javascript, HTML, XHTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, AJAX, Client – Server Communication, Forms Handling, Real-Time Interactive Content Management Environments, Flash Actionscript, Director Lingo. Secrets Revealed: Not only will you learn tips and tricks that can make your web pages and web-based applications better and more robust, with this exclusive title you will also get your hands on full and decoded source code that was previously so revolutionary that it was proprietary to client-side web page development! That source code alone could provide you with fascinating insights to current and future endeavors you may undertake. Subjects Covered: - Form processing and creative forms interaction - Preventing users from going back in a web browser and reusing the same form - Trapping keypresses - Resolving users to secure web pages - Calendar - Asynchronous client-server data communication - Creative ways of working with DIV layers - Using DIV layers as trace points - Using DIV layers to create 4 directional sliders - Horizontal/Vertical image scrolling navigation - "Oozing" horizontal and vertical navigation menus - Sliding/Snapping vertical navigation menus - Simon "Orb" navigation system - Inline Rich Text Editor - Content Blocks Framework - JIM Control: Virtual Embedded Windowing Environment - JIM Control: Asychronous XML (AJAX) - JIM Control: Advanced CSS data access - Passing data to Flash Actionscript from a webpage - Passing data to Director Lingo from Flash Actionscript and visa versa - Reading XML data from server into Flash - Listeners, LoadVars, Forms and Flash Table of Contents: WEB FORMS - Form Basics - Working With Other Form Data Types - Disabling The Submit Button - Trapping The Select Box Event - Keypresses - Know When The User Is Leaving A Form Field - Auto-Submit A Form - Make The Webpage And Form Secure - Override / Recall Page Anchors When Loading Pages - Showing Thumbnail Of An Image To Upload In Real-Time - Prevent A User From Using The Backspace And Resubmitting A Form - Calendar With A Form - Send And Receive Data Without Loading More Webpages - Access Keys And Keycodes - Keycodes - Glowing Form Fields DIV LAYER TECHNIQUES - DIV Layer Highlighting - The DIV And Seamless Animation Swapping - Horizontal Image Scrolling Navigation - Tab Sliding And Trace Points - Navigation That Slides Horizontally And Vertically - Navigation That Slides And Snaps Vertically - SIMON: Orb Navigation REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE CONTENT MANAGEMENT - The RTE: Rich Text Editor - The CBF: Content Blocks Framework - CBF + RTE: Working Together - JIM Control: Javascript Inline Virtual Window Management, DHTML, CSS, and XML DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN WEBPAGES, FLASH AND DIRECTOR - Passing Data Into Flash From A Webpage - Send/Receive Data In Flash To/From Server - Read XML Data From Server Into Flash - Sending data to Director from Flash / Sending data to Flash from Director