Introduction to dynamic web content -- Setting up a deveopment server -- Introduction to PHP -- Expressions and control flow in PHP -- PHP functions and objects -- PHP arrays -- Practical PHP -- Introduction to MySQL -- Mastering MySQL -- What's new in PHP and MySQL 8 -- Accessing MySQL using PHP -- Form handling -- Cookies, sessions, and authentication -- Exploring JavaScript -- Expressions and control flow in JavaScript -- JavaScript functions, objects, and arrays -- JavaScript and PHP validation and error handling -- Using asynchronous communication -- Introduction to CSS -- Advanced CSS with CSS3 -- Accessing CSS from JavaScript -- Introduction to jQuery -- Introduction to jQuery Mobile -- Introduction to React -- Introduction to HTML5 -- The HTML5 canvas -- HTML5 audio and video -- Other HTML5 features -- Bringing it all together.

"Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of open source technologies and web standards, even if you have only basic HTML knowledge. With the latest edition of this popular hands-on guide, you'll tackle dynamic web programming using the most recent versions of today's core technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, jQuery, and the powerful React library. Web designers will learn how to use these technologies together while picking up valuable web programming practices along the way -- including how to optimize websites for mobile devices. You'll put everything together to build a fully functional social networking site suitable for both desktop and mobile browsers"--Back cover