As web applications grow, so do the challenges. These applications need to live up to demanding performance requirements, and be reliable around the clock every day of the year. And they need to withstand frequent modifications by many different programmers. If you're building a mission-critical site, this book will help you achieve the same rigor in web applications that developers have traditionally applied to other types of software. Written by a manager at Yahoo who has substantial experience with the techniques presented in this book, "Developing Large Web Applications" provides you with practical steps for building sites that remain effective as they add features, functions, and users. Avoid the usual coding and maintenance headaches when small websites evolve and add pages, code, and programmers. Learn the virtues of modularity, encapsulation, abstraction, and loosely coupled components. Get comprehensive coverage of issues involving HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, and database interaction. Learn solid techniques in code management and software engineering that are often unknown or forgotten by web developers.
About the AuthorKyle Loudon is a software developer at Yahoo! where he leads a group doing user interface development. Some of Kyle's experiences prior to joining Yahoo! include working on the user interface for the original Apple iPod, writing software for various other mobile devices, and leading the user interface group at Jeppesen Dataplan (a Boeing company) in the development of a flight planning system used by airlines around the world. He also spent a small amount of time with IBM in the early 1990s. For several years, he has taught object-oriented programming part-time at the University of California, Santa Cruz while working as a software developer in Silicon Valley. Kyle received a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University in 1992 with a minor in French, and was elected there to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He has also done some advanced education in Computer Science at Stanford University.
Book InformationISBN 9780596803025
Author Kyle LoudonFormat Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint O'Reilly MediaPublisher O'Reilly Media