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JavaScript Index - JavaScript Book :
Javascript Goodies
by Joe Burns, Andree Growney Paperback: 356 pages Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 9.11 x 7.41 Publisher: Que ISBN: 0789720248; (June 1999) A natural outgrowth of Joe Burns's comprehensive tips-oriented Java Goodies and HTML Goodies Web sites, JavaScript Goodies is a delightful combination of tutorials and quick examples to help you make the most of JavaScript in your Web pages. Burns provides a quick refresher on JavaScript scripting and the basics of the object model. But what can you actually do with JavaScript? The book illustrates how to produce effects in response to mouse events and perform image gymnastics. The presentation is so immediately rewarding that you may forget you're following a language tutorial. This guide is packed with real-world code you can use to spice up your pages. It also covers a wide range of topics that lead to holistic JavaScript knowledge, including arrays, random number generation, timer implementations, and user-interface techniques. Burns maintains all of the example code and assignments from the book on his site, as well as a zipped version of all the files for download. As he presents each technique, he discusses the concept, illustrates the code, and pulls it apart to show you how it works. Each discussion also includes assignments that are refreshingly fun. If dry language tutorials put you to sleep, this book will hold your attention. --Stephen W. Plain Book Info: Author shows you how to master the basics of JavaScript and how to program your Web site to work the way you want most. Learn to master the basics of JavaScript. Softcover. Que: This new edition of the best seller includes new JavaScript tips and additional tutorials by Joe Burns, creator of the popular HTML Goodies Web site. More than 250,000 people have learned JavaScript from Joe Burns and his HTML Goodies Web site. HTMLGoodies.com now serves nearly 2 million page views each week, almost double the views from 1999, when the first edition of JavaScript Goodies was published. This updated edition of the book covers the latest trends and JavaScript techniques, including dozens of new tutorials. From the Back Cover: This book is a fun and easy introduction to increasing your Web site's interactivity with JavaScript. Author Joe Burns' content and approach have been proven by the success of the HTML Goodies Web site. The HTML Goodies Web Site (htmlgoodies) receives over 390,000 visitors a month. The site has received over 75 awards in the last year, from such organizations as USA Today and CMP Publishing (publishers of popular computer magazines like Home PC, Windows Magazine, and Internet Week). The newest part of the Web site, JavaScript Goodies, has also become the most popular. This book takes the same approach to teaching as his popular Web site: know what beginners need, give them great examples and code they can immediately use, and keep it fast and fun. The book goes far beyond JavaScript basics. It teaches readers sophisticated programming techniques and shows readers how to build the most popular interactive Web features, including animations, slideshows, visitor counters, random number generators, and more. The book is heavily tied into the Web site--each lesson and example in the book will have a direct URL to the JavaScript area on the HTML Goodies Web site where the reader can actually see exactly how the HTML code works. The Web Goodies site will also heavily advertise and cross-promote the book. About the Author: Dr. Joe Burns is a professor of communications and the sole creator of the popular HTML Goodies Web site. He has been creating Web sites since the first version of Mosaic was released. Joe gets constant questions and feedback from his audience (over 150 e-mails a day!), and has used these insights to create better and better Web tutorials. Through HTML Goodies, he has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to build Web sites. His first book, HTML Goodies, has been very well received. Customer Reviews Great for JavaScript Concepts, January 24, 2002 Reviewer: Bronwen Aker from Tujunga, CA I discovered Joe Burns, Ph.D. and his online references years ago. Generally I like his stuff a lot, mainly because Joe has a real advantage over most people who write computer books - He is NOT a computer professional! His Ph.D. is in Communications! That means Joe excels at explaining the way things work, but he is not always as adept at writing good code. I actually tried to use this text once for an introductory JavaScript class I teach. Given the organization and structure of the book (there are 55 lessons covered in 9 chapters), I expected few problems. Then we started keying in some of Joe's sample scripts. To be blunt, Joe's syntax sucks. He almost never uses closing semicolons at the end of his statements and he often does not use the correct case for reserved words or methods. Since JavaScript is a touchy programming language at best, these seemingly minor errors can drive a beginner (or expert) to distraction. In spite of the above comments, if you need a "how to" book to get you started in JavaScript, this is not a bad reference to begin with. The lessons are well organized and introduce beginners to basic programming concepts and theory, in spite of the syntactical errors they contain. I recommend, however, that you get O'Reilly's "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" as a supplemental reference. The O'Reilly text will give you the CORRECT syntax (syntax is the computer equivalent of grammar, folks) plus lots of other nitty-gritty details that will come in handy as your skill level improves. Good luck! Java SCripting at its very best., October 5, 2000 Reviewer: Michael Woznicki from Holland, MA USA You would think that if 250,000 people have used a product that there has to something great about it. You'll find this to be the fact about the JavaScript goodies book. This is the first book on Java Scripting that I can actually understand and comprehend without having too much trouble. The authors take a different approach to teaching java scripting, they actually make it easy to follow and this in turn makes learning fun. The book is self-paced and those who have a better understanding will move along with greater speed. The book start off with the basics of java script, which after I read that I was able to grasp the overall concept faster. Followed up by pop up events and mouse events, the authors make learning curve shorter. There are also sections on forms, math, loops, clocks, counters and scrolling text. The book includes a java script command reference, which I found to be very handy. The web site htmlgooides.com is also packed with java scripts and other java related items. For under $20.00 the book is well worth its weight. JavaScript Goodies, May 29, 2002 Reviewer: Leta Gonzales-Pyryt from Knoxville, TN United States This is a Terrible book! I have never seen a more obnoxious book. It is full of code that doesn't work. Even copying and pasting from his web site doesn't work. I have used this book and 2 classrooms of 20 students each and they absolutely hated the book and hated his bigger and mighty attitude! Pretty good basics for beginners, but..., December 23, 2001 Reviewer: Bill Peckenpaugh from Silverton, OR USA If you've ever wanted to try and learn some simple JavaScript, you've likely picked up one of these two types of books: the "for Dummies/Idiots/Simpletons/Morons" books (which I think tend to read as though they were *written* by dummies, etc.), or one of the "JavaScript bible" books that are about as think as your telephone book, and about as interesting reading as that, too. Well, hooray for Joe Burns, who, with co-author Andree Growney, have written a book simple enough for absolute beginners, yet not condescending or utterly simplistic. Each section gives you a script, shows screen shots of how it appears in a browser, and then tears it apart line by line, explaining new concepts and building on previously-learned ones. By the end of the book, even those with no previous JavaScript experience will feel confident in going forth and learning more complicated concepts. I really wanted to give this book five stars, because I just love Joe Burns' other "Goodies" books and web sites, and I love the concept and planning of this one. But, I had to lop off a star because of [what I suspect is] editorial sloppiness: several URL examples are incorrect, there are some typos in code examples, and that just isn't going to work in a book like this. I hope these will be fixed for future editions, because the rest of the book works well for beginners. Recommended for those with little or no JavaScript background (but beware the typos/bad URLs). Not recommended if you have some programming experience under your belt, because there's probably not much new here for you. |
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