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JavaScript Index - JavaScript Book :
Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition
by James Jaworski Mass Market Paperback: 1136 pages Publisher: Sybex ISBN: 078212819X; Bk & Cd-Rom edition (October 16, 2001) Mastering JavaScript serves both as a tutorial that will introduce you to JavaScript and as a resource that demonstrates how to use JavaScript in a variety of practical applications. With so many books about JavaScript available, what distinguishes Mastering JavaScript is primarily its scope. It covers not just language fundamentals but advanced topics such as using JavaScript to invoke Java methods or manipulate the behavior of Netscape plug-ins; taking advantage of JavaScript 1.2 capabilities introduced in Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.0, including the ability to manipulate overlapping layers of content and to specify JavaScript-accessible style sheets; and using server-side JavaScript and interfacing JavaScript with CGI. James Jaworski writes more for moderately experienced programmers than for HTML coders who want to expand their skills, but his writing is clear and enjoyable. Book Description: JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language for the Web and continues to grow in popularity. With this Premium Edition of Mastering JavaScript and its companion CD, savvy HTML users can learn to write JavaScript programs that will make their Web sites come alive! This is the most comprehensive tutorial and reference available, with information on both Netscape and Microsoft's enhancements of JavaScript. The book starts with everything beginners need to know and then moves on to more advanced topics, such as scripting ActiveX components, working with plug-ins, building multimedia applications, and interfacing with CGI programs. The author is a well-known Internet programming expert and has led the development of secure networks for the Department of Defense. Ingram: advanced, professional Web applications. The book's coverage is broad, its presentation is fast-paced, and its tone is friendly and casual, JavaScript made easy! The CD contains all of the source code, resource files, and executables for the example programs in the book. Also included are utilities, tools, and third party software. From the Back Cover: What JavaScript Can Do, You Can Do Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition is your ticket to the enormous power of the Web's dominant scripting language. Fully updated and expanded, this book teaches you everything, beginning with the basics and culminating with the tips and tricks that only professionals know. Regardless of your experience or particular JavaScript goals, you'll find the instruction you need to quickly master the techniques that matter to you and your website. Coverage includes: • Understanding the Document Object Model • Using operators, statements, and functions • Handling events • Working with objects • Debugging your scripts • Processing forms • Creating basic JavaScript components • Adding search tools • Developing e-commerce applications • Programming games • Writing cross-browser code • Scripting plug-ins and ActiveX components • Creating XML-based web applications • Using LiveConnect to communicate with Java applets • Using JavaScript with JavaServer Pages • Securing your scripts • Working with Windows Scripting Host • Programming Rhino About the Author: James Jaworski is an independent consultant specializing in JavaScript, Java, and information security. He has written nine books on these topics. He also writes the security column for O'Reilly's On Java website and the Superscripter column for CNET's Builder.com website. Customer Reviews Not For Beginners!, February 22, 1999 Reviewer: mercibeate@aol.com from Virginia I was given this book as a total beginner to JavaScript, and it was an extremely frustrating experience. The author writes in a very dry tone that will alienate those unfamiliar with programming concepts and protocol. I've looked at the JavaScript Bible in comparison, and it seems like a far superior resource for the JavaScript beginner. If you are a beginner, save yourself a great deal of frustration and look there first. Good for Programmers, but So-so for novices, February 28, 1998 Reviewer: Reader from Florida The book is the most comprehensive book on JavaScript I've ever come across and that's why I gave it a higher rating. The only thing I don't like about it is how it is a bit advanced and doesn't really explain everything in english. For example, Jaworski explains the charAt() method as a method that returns a string that consists of the character at the specified index to the string to which the method is applied. Huh? Speak English! He does rush the concepts that would be hard for novices to master such as basic concepts of C/C++/Java langauges such as do while(), for(), switch() functions. But he does give some great working examples so you can master it. He even covers how to use JavaScript with LiveWire in Netscape Servers. No other JavaScript book I've ever come across has as much information as this book. I recommend it if you have programmed in C/C++/Java before. Otherwise, try getting a book like JavaScript for Dummies as a primer or O'Reilly's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide Nicely done, but not the best, February 25, 2002 Reviewer: taserian from Columbia, SC United States Mastering Javascript is an excellent book for a newcomer to JavaScript, but I find that its value for updating my previous knowledge of JavaScript was much less than I expected. The book is a hefty 1100+ pages, and they avoid providing beginner's information on HTML, thankfully. Yet the language in the book is somewhat dry, even considering normal standards of writing in similar style books. The book is good for those who already have a background in programming, and are interested in venturing into JavaScript. There are extended JavaScript examples in the book, and sample code is provided on a companion CD. A very appreciated section on XML is included, and this was the section I focused on the most. Yet it doesn't develop it as much as I would have expected it to, considering how much it had already done with previous topics. All in all, I would have enjoyed it more if this had been my first introduction to JavaScript. As is, it is still a good ride, though not as satisfying the second time around. Completely useless as a reference, November 20, 2001 Reviewer: Palle Due Larsen from Copenhagen, Denmark I bought this book as a complete reference to the javascript/jscript language. Instead I got a much to broad beginner's guide. The index is lousy, which makes it even worse as a reference, and server side javascript is mostly ignored. If you want a javascript beginner's guides, sure you can go for this one, but it is definitely not for advanced programmers, it hasn't helped me solve one single problem. |
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