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DHTML Index - DHTML Book :
DHTML and JavaScript
DHTML and JavaScriptby GilorienPaperback: 1142 pages Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0130863343; 1st edition (September 10, 1999) DHTML & JavaScript offers plenty of instruction on using DHTML features as implemented in Netscape's Navigator 4+ browsers. This book contains a wealth of information about style sheets and other elements of Dynamic HTML; however, readers should be forewarned that there is no mention of Microsoft Internet Explorer compatibility whatsoever. The title features dual coverage of the cascading style sheets syntax and JavaScript syntax implementations of DHTML. It delves deeply into the added features of JavaScript 1.2 and covers the changes presented with JavaScript 1.3. The first part of the book focuses on style and layer implementation, while the subsequent parts go into the aforementioned JavaScript dialects. The material is presented with text that's easy to understand; however, the book's formatting is a bit distracting. The author uses unusually prominent headings and excessively underlines text. Loads of code samples illustrate all of the concepts, and charts summarize the language syntax, properties, and events. The accompanying CD-ROM provides the book's content in HTML and Adobe Acrobat formats as well as supplemental documents such as Netscape guides. Although this book's presentation is rather unconventional, its excellent code examples and detailed index make it great as an everyday how-to reference. Book Info: Designed to guide the reader in developing web sites that can use the new features and capabilities for using Style Sheets and Layers in both Cascading Style Sheet Syntax and JavaScript Syntax reflected in Netscape's Navigator 4.0+ browser. Softcover. CD-ROM included. DLC: DHTML (Document markup language). Customer Reviews Reviewer: wdexter from Darien, IL USA I didn't actually buy this book, thank god; I got it from the local public library. This has to be one of the most disorienting books I've ever tried to read. The first chapter dives right into syntax, with no explanation of what the stuff being talked about actually *means*. I've only made it a few pages in, and am just going to return it, because flipping through it makes me realize that the rest of it is like this as well. This may be an excellent book for the experienced user of this technology who needs a reference; unfortunately, that is not what I wanted. Reviewer: Brandon Parker from Andover, KS, USA This book has a lot of examples. So many that most people would not use all of them for 5 different webpages. The only problem is it is not user friendly. Good for someone who knows the language, but NOT reccommended for a person trying to learn the language. Reviewer: Mark Chien from Austin, TX I purchased this book and in the first few days of actually reading it, I found that it contained very little information about how and why to use DHTML. Sure it had a good reference but without context, this book is completely useless. As soon as you open the book to read it, you realize at how poorly it was written. The book gave no context and you really have no idea what the technology is or what its used for. Reviewer: A reader from Maryland United States This has got to be one of the worst books ever. What a waste of money! What's the point of a Netscape centric book in today's web development world? The sample code doesn't even work all of the time in Netscape 4! (I also love how the author submitted the 5 star review) If you want to waste your money and be totally confused, buy it today! |
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