Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762 EAN: 9780072191271 ISBN: 0072191279 Label: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1079 Publication Date: September 20, 2001 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media Sales Rank: 817683 Studio: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
Product DescriptionDevelop powerful, full-featured Web pages with JavaScript using this comprehensive resource. Including thorough coverage of object models, XML, server-side JavaScript, and embedded objects--plus details on special browser considerations, this guide is an excellent reference no matter what your level of experience.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great for newbs, Decent for Experienced Programmers. (especially at the price)
I wanted to learn JavaScript, up and rearing to go. So I got David Flanagan's book "The Definative Guide". But the concepts flew over my head. Its the best book on JavaScript, without a shadow of a doubt, but simply fearful to the poor old newbie like myself. Don't get me wrong, its well written, but if he had written it the way I needed it to be, it would have taken up 100000 pages. Shipping would be a nightmare!
Anyway, about this book.
It's a good book, great for newbies. ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent book
Easy to follow, very concise examples, wide variety of topics
Rating: - Looks good and very up-to-date
This review is based only on a quick glimpse of the book, so read this with some reservation. I might follow up with a more thorough review later.
This book looks very comprehensive, and seem to be very much up-to-date with latest browsers and W3C standards, including DOM 1 and DOM 2.
But more than a 1000 pages probably makes it very difficult to read in bed ! ;-)
Giving 5 stars might seem a bit optimistic without further investigation, but I'm pretty sure it is a at least ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent primer and reference
Firstly, this book does a great job of introducing the javascript core language in a thorough and engaging way. The author goes to great lengths on topics that will concern real-world developers and discusses in depth the right and wrong way to write code.
This leads on to a more general reference on the language. It is here that the book really shines. As well as lots of examples, the fundamental principles behind the langauge and any associated technologies are mentioned. All this is done in a ... Read More
- Excellent primer and reference
