Appendix B. DHTML Quick Reference
DHTML is the combination of CSS, JavaScript, DOM, and XHTML. Although I don’t have enough space here to teach you all of those technologies, I wanted to include a quick reference of important concepts to help refresh your memory if you’re away from a more comprehensive resource.
The DOM
The Document Object Model (DOM) describes a path starting with the window itself, down through the various objects on the Web page, each element representing a node within the document. For example, Code B.1 is broken down into nodes as shown in Figure B.1.
Figure B.1. The Web page node starts at the top with the window, moving down ...
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