This book is for existing web developers, preferably with some knowledge of an object oriented language, who want an overview of the Curl content language and short, sharp information on how to develop Curl applications. This book was written on both the beta 5 and pre-RTM versions of the Surge Lab IDE, and while we can%t guarantee that the final version will be identical, you can be sure that all the concepts, examples and explanations will still be valid for the final v1.0 release, scheduled for October 2001.
- Explains what Curl is and how the web has evolved to need it
- Concise introduction to the main features of the Curl content language
- Surge Lab IDE for beta 5 and version 1.0
- Curl as a replacement for HTML and CSS
- Curl as a replacement for other script languages and the DOM
- Dynamic page layout and generation of 2-/3-D graphics on the fly
- Multimedia support in Curl
- XML and the Future beyond v1.0