Web Coding & Development All-in-One For Dummies

About the Author

Paul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company, and has worked with computers large and small since 1975. While now primarily a writer, Paul has worked as a programmer, consultant, database developer, and website developer. Paul has written more than 90 books that have sold over four million copies worldwide. Paul is also the proprietor of Word Spy (wordspy.com), a website that has been tracking recently coined words and phrases since 1995. Paul invites everyone to drop by his personal website at mcfedries.com, or to follow him on Twitter (@paulmcf and @wordspy).

Author’s Acknowledgments

If we’re ever at the same cocktail party and you overhear me saying something like “I wrote a book,” I hereby give you permission to wag your finger at me and say “Tsk, tsk.” Why the scolding? Because although I did write this book’s text and take its screenshots, those represent only a part of what constitutes a “book.” The rest of it is brought to you by the dedication and professionalism of Wiley’s editing, graphics, and production teams, who toiled long and hard to turn my text and images into an actual book.

I offer my heartfelt thanks to everyone at Wiley who made this book possible, but I’d like to extend some special thank-yous to the folks I worked with directly: Executive Editor Steve Hayes, Project Manager Maureen Tullis, Project/Copy Editor Scott Tullis, and Technical Editor Matthew Fecher. I’d also like to give a big shout-out ...