The CD-ROM included with this book is packed full of valuable programs and utilities. This appendix gives you a brief overview of the contents of the CD. For a more detailed look at any of these parts, load the CD-ROM and browse the contents.
Here, you'll find examples from the book. Simply click the chapter number of interest and read the code or cut and paste as desired.
Plug-ins are great, but finding and downloading them can be a hassle and it is definitely time consuming. We have supplied over a dozen of some of the hottest plug-ins available.
The following are a collection of programs to aid you in the creation of multimedia Web pages. You'll find graphics editors, video editors, sound editors, and so on.
Save yourself the trouble of creating HTML pages with Notepad and pick your choice of HTML editor or special purpose utility from the following.
Here, you'll find Java tools that will help you create animated applets and design scrolling marquees. You'll also get the HotJava browser and the Java Development Kit.
Perl, the Practical Extraction and Report Language, is the language of choice for scripting CGI interfaces into the World Wide Web. If you don't find a version of Perl for your operating system here, check CPAN or the Perl Language Home Page, and you'll probably find what you're looking for.
Included here are VRML browsers to enable you to build "home worlds" and navigate 3D worlds.
Here, you'll find mailing list engines, the popular Excite search engine, Spiders, validation programs, Web stats, security programs, and compression utilities.