num_pages: 340
description: Like any other software system Web sites gradually accumulate cruft over time. They slow down. Links break. Security and compatibility problems mysteriously appear. New features dont integrate seamlessly. Things just dont work as well. In an ideal world youd rebuild from scratch. But you can theres no time or money for that. Fortunately theres a You can refactor your Web code using easy proven techniques tools and recipes adapted from the world of software development.In Refactoring HTML Elliotte Rusty Harold explains how to use refactoring to improve virtually any Web site or application. Writing for programmers and non-programmers alike Harold shows how to refactor for better reliability performance usability security accessibility compatibility and even search engine placement. Step by step he shows how to migrate obsolete code to todays stable Web standards including XHTML CSS and RESTand eliminate chronic problems like presentation-based markup stateful applications and tag soup.The books extensive catalog of detailed refactorings and practical recipes for success are organized to help you find specific solutions fast and get maximum benefit for minimum effort. Using this book you can quickly improve site performance nowand make your site far easier to enhance maintain and scale for years to come.Topics covered include Recognizing the smells of Web code that should be refactored Transforming old HTML into well-formed valid XHTML one step at a time Modernizing existing layouts with CSS Updating old Web replacing POST with GET replacing old contact forms and refactoring JavaScript Systematically refactoring content and links Restructuring sites without changing the URLs your users rely uponThis book will be an indispensable resource for Web designers developers project managers and anyone who maintains or updates existing sites. It will be especially helpful to Web professionals who learned HTML years ago and want to refresh their knowledge with todays standards-compliant best practices.This book will be an indispensable resource for Web designers developers project managers and anyone who maintains or updates existing sites. It will be especially helpful to Web professionals who learned HTML years ago and want to refresh their knowledge with todays standards-compliant best practices.
language: English
title: Refactoring HTML: Improving the Design of Existing Web Applications
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional