Big Java, Binder Ready Version: Early Objects
Big Java, Binder Ready Version: Early Objects
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781119056447
Author: Cay S. Horstmann
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 26, Problem 1RE

Explanation of Solution

“Language” used for formatting the source:

  • “View the source” command used to view the contents of the website.
  • All the web browsers have a special feature to view the source code of the website.
  • Loading the http://horstmann.com into browser.

Screenshot of “http://horstmann.com”:

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Screenshot of “view the source” command:

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Screenshot of “view the source” page:

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  • The language used for formatting the source is “HTML”.
  • “HTML” stands for Hypertext Markup Language.
  • It is used for formatting the website and anyone can display the website that created using HTML over Internet.
  • It is the building blocks of web pages and without HTML, the web browser wouldn’t know how to display the contents about the page.
  • They use HTML tags to build the web pages. These tags consist of reserved words and they provide special meaning.

Explanation of Solution

Explanation:

The following shows the images, links, bullets, and input elements that are found in the webpage “http://horstmann.com”.

Images:

  • Image tag is used to display the image in the webpage.
  • It uses the “<img>” tag and its important attribute is “src”.
  • “src” defines the path of the image.
  • The following shows the “Images” element that found in the given web page.

<img class="sideimage" alt="Photo of Cay Horstmann" src="images/cay-rowing.gif" />

<img alt="" src="images/violet.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 73px; height: 76px;" title="" />

<img alt="Zork 1 Logo" height="78" src="images/zork1.gif" width="99" />

Links:

  • “Link” is one of the important element in HTML.
  • It uses “<a>..</a>” tag to define a hyperlink.
  • Links are used for navigating webpages.
  • The next page link is defined in the attribute the “href”.
  • The page contains more links, they are as follows.
    • Email Link:
      • <a href="mailto:cay@horstmann.com">cay@horstmann.com</a>
    • File Link:
      • <a href="caypubkey.txt">PGP Key</a>
    • The following links points to another website from this page.
      • <a href="http://www.uni-kiel.de/">Christian-Albrechts-Universit&auml;t</a>
      • <a href="http://www.kiel.de/">Kiel</a>
      • <a href="http://www.syr.edu">Syracuse University</a>
      • <a href="http://www.umich.edu">University of Michigan</a>

Bullets:

  • Bullets are used in HTML using the “<ul>” tag, it represents unordered list.
  • The list items are shown using the “<li>” tag.
  • The following bullets are used in the given web page.

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.java.net/blogs/cayhorstmann/">My Java blog</a></li>

<li><a href="https://plus.google.com/117406678785944293188/posts">My Google+ page</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sjsu.edu/people/cay.horstmann">My SJSU course page</a></li>

<li><a href="quotes.html">Memorable quotes</a></li>

<li><a href="resume.html">My resume</a></li>

<li>Fellow Horstmanns who are interested in the family genealogy may want to turn to <a href="http://www.family-horstmann.net">Bernhard Horstmann's site</a></li>

</ul>

  • There is no input elements are used in the given webpage.

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