title: Principles of HTML, XHTML, and DHTML: The Web Technologies Series
author:  Don Gosselin 
description: Don Gosselin is a technical communications expert with more than 20 years of experience, including application development, technical writing, training, and curriculum development. In addition to JavaScript, he has written or contributed to textbooks on Java programming, Microsoft Visual C++, Web design technologies, Web programming languages, XHTML, PHP programming with MySQL, and ASP.NET programming with C# and SQL Server.
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Introduction](c00_split_000.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [What this book is not](c00_split_001.xhtml#a1)
  
  
  * [Who should read this book?](c00_split_001.xhtml#a2)
  
  
  * [How to use the book](c00_split_001.xhtml#a3)
  
  
  * [Production Notes](c00_split_001.xhtml#a4)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [I Prototyping](p01.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [1 The Internet of Things: an Overview](c01.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [The Flavour of the Internet of Things](c01.xhtml#a2)
  
  
  * [The “Internet” of “Things”](c01.xhtml#a3)
  
  
  * [The Technology of the Internet of Things](c01.xhtml#a4)
  
  
  * [Enchanted Objects](c01.xhtml#a5)
  
  
  * [Who is Making the Internet of Things?](c01.xhtml#a6)
  
  
  * [Summary](c01.xhtml#a7)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [2 Design Principles for Connected Devices](c02.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Calm and Ambient Technology](c02.xhtml#a2)
  
  
  * [Magic as Metaphor](c02.xhtml#a3)
  
  
  * [Privacy](c02.xhtml#a4)
  
  
  * [Web Thinking for Connected Devices](c02.xhtml#a7)
  
  
  * [Affordances](c02.xhtml#a11)
  
  
  * [Summary](c02.xhtml#a12)
  
  