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JavaScript Index - JavaScript Book :
Advanced Javascript
by Chuck Easttom Paperback: 703 pages Publisher: Wordware Publishing ISBN: 155622852X; 2nd edition (May 2001) JavaScript is a very powerful and easy to use scripting language that runs on both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, and can be incorporated into any standard HTML document that will then run in any web browser on any operating system. Because of this platform independence, JavaScript is one of the most widely used web development languages. This revision of Learn Advanced JavaScript Programming focuses on professional-level JavaScript techniques, including the latest developments. The first few chapters review fundamental JavaScript concepts and techniques as well as basic HTML, while the rest of the book discusses advanced techniques including debugging, security, style sheets, and using JavaScript with layers. The appendixes include JavaScript object syntax, the ASCII character set, and a list of online resources. The companion CD contains the HTML source code for all examples referred to throughout the book. About the Author: Chuck Easttom has several years of professional software development experience using Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, C, and C++. His career has included software consulting in the financial industry, telecommunications software product development, and web development. He currently teaches computer science courses at a private technical college in Dallas, Texas, and holds over 20 computer industry certifications. Customer Reviews I recomend it, October 26, 2001 Reviewer: Doug Wyman from Phoenix AZ I found this book to be a truly great asset. Most JavaScript books just show you neat little tricks like roll overs and fades. This book takes you in deep into JavaScript showing you how and why things work. I did find a few errors in the examples but given the size of the book I would still say over 90% of the examples worked exactly as written, and the few errors I found in examples seemed to be more of typo's than fundamental flaws. I definately suggest you buy this book Ok coverage; too long; lots of errors, October 9, 2001 Reviewer: wkcl from Davis, CA United States This book covers its topic reasonably well; it doesn't waste a lot of time on the basics, and it does cover some advanced topics, so it's true to its title. However, there are a disconcerting number of errors in the examples and in the text. The writing is not smooth - it could have used better editing. The book's length is partly due to some very long examples, some of which are presented twice: first to show the whole thing, then in snippets which get their own discussion. The listings of the complete examples are redundant, and sometimes go on for pages; I would have preferred to see these on the CD. Scattered throughout the text are hints that this or that feature of the language doesn't work in this or that version of Netscape or IE; it would have been very nice if there had been a concise summary of all these compatibility issues. Overall, though, I found it a useful book. As a long time C++ programmer somewhat new to javascript, I thought it was pitched at just about the right level. Pretty good book, September 12, 2001 Reviewer: Bob Richards from Houston Texas I just finished this book and it was pretty good. I have been playing around with JavaScript for about 2 years, this book took me to a deeper level of understanding of JavaScript. I did notice, however, that some of the examples did have minor erros in them. But all in all I would recommend buying this book. |
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