A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 302

Authors: K: Peter-Paul Koch

Peter-Paul Koch

Peter-Paul Koch is a freelance web developer in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has written the book ppk on JavaScript, and maintains the site www.quirksmode.org, a compendium of about 150 CSS and JavaScript articles, tips, and tricks, plus a blog.

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Evangelizing Outside the Box: Web Standards and Large Companies

Issue 238May 29, 2007

Contrary to popular belief, designers and developers at many big companies use web standards in their work every day. They just don't talk about it. For standards awareness to reach the next level, they'll have to start talking, says PPK.

JavaScript Triggers

Issue 194February 1, 2005

Now that you’ve separated your website’s (XHTML) structure from its (CSS) presentation, wouldn’t it be great to similarly abstract the behavioral (JavaScript) layer from the others? ALA prodigal Peter-Paul Koch shows how to use JavaScript Triggers to do just that.

Rated XHTML

Issue 69June 23, 2000

The W3C’s XHTML language is intended to bridge the web’s past (HTML) and future (XML). Shall we cross this bridge, now that we’ve come to it? Or is XHTML more trouble than it’s worth? Peter-Paul Koch puts forth the pros and cons.