Where Code and Content Meet

<b>A practical go-to reference for Web developers programming custom software for Web sites</b> <p>Most advanced Web sites or Web platforms have specific requirements that go beyond standard functionality; to meet such requirements, it’s often necessary to develop custom software. This is the point where code and content meet, and where this book begins. <i>Where Code and Content Meet</i> presents a collection of real-world, tried and tested patterns that address content-related aspects of custom software development for advanced Web sites or platforms.</p> <p>Mined from a series of successful Web projects, the patterns represent collected expertise of designers from several software development teams and serve as a practical guide to designing your own content-related custom components for your Web project. The patterns are independent of specific tools and technologies, and focus on non-functional requirements, with the overall goal of defining sustainable software architecture.</p> <ul> <li>Presents a collection of tried and tested software patterns mined from a series of successful Web projects</li> <li>Includes checklists for managing Web projects and real-world patterns from PLoP conferences</li> <li>Illustrates use of software patterns through a case study that runs throughout the book and gradually evolves as the patterns are applied to it, one by one</li> <li>Covers content modeling and content organization, navigation, findability, personalization, and user participation</li> </ul> <p>By employing the software patterns included in <i>Where Code and Content Meet,</i> you’ll learn how to program custom software faster and more efficiently.</p>