- Paperback: 95 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (8 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1565925211
- ISBN-13: 978-1565925212
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.6 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 869,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At 4.5 by 7 inches in size and only 89 pages long, the aptly named JavaScript Pocket Reference will really almost fit in your pocket. Use this guide as a companion to turn to when in doubt about that function syntax or on drawing a blank on the JavaScript object model.
The book concisely packs together the syntax of the scripting language, including summaries of expression and statement style. The real meat of the tiny title is an alphabetical listing of JavaScript objects, along with their associated methods, properties and events. One nice feature of this section is the attention to the varying support between Microsoft and Netscape browser versions. However, this listing is useful only if you know what object you want to work with. Missing from the reference is a solutions-based reference to let you refresh your memory about how to do a particular task, such as validate a form field or roll over a graphic when the user moves the mouse.
One drawback is the book's illustration of the object model--done only in a small diagram. This is a bit of a shame since this is one of the key topics most developers need help with. If you are rather familiar with JavaScript, this pocket reference will be helpful. New coders, however, will likely find it insufficient. --Stephen W. Plain
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JavaScript is a powerful, object-based scripting language that can be embedded directly in HTML pages. It allows you to create dynamic, interactive Web-based applications that run completely within a Web browser -- JavaScript is the language of choice for developing Dynamic HTML (DHTML) content. JavaScript can be integrated effectively with CGI and Java to produce sophisticated Web applications, although, in many cases, JavaScript eliminates the need for complex CGI scripts and Java applets altogether.
The JavaScript Pocket Reference is a companion volume to JavaScript: The Definitive Guide. This small book, covering JavaScript 1.2, is a handy reference guide to this popular language for Web development. It provides a complete overview of the core JavaScript language and contains summaries of both core and client-side objects, methods, and properties.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A brilliant pocket reference,
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This review is from: JavaScript Pocket Reference (Paperback)
Since most Javascript programmers will be of the occasional kind, it is easy to forget the basic syntax and case requireed. This concise book will remind you in a flash. There is a useful section at the front which states the syntax rules of Javascript, operator use, basic structures, etc, then an alphabetical (in order of HTML Client-side Object Hierarchy) listing of objects with their methods, functions, properties and events.For any web page desigenr this will soon become a well-thumbed book! When reading the negative comments on this page, note that this is not a book to learn from... (Try *Javascript Bible*) ...neither is it one to teach an experinced Javascript programmer new tricks. This is reference only (note that O'Reilly's Dfinitive Guide is a reference book that will also teach you new things and it perhaps what those disapointed with this book should have turned to first.
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Delivers exactly what it says on the cover,
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This boook calls itself a 'pocket reference', and that's exactly what it is; if you need a guide to explain how you can use JavaScript, then look elsewhere. But if you want a book where you can look up a tag quickly, then this is a great one to have to hand - but you will need to know what you're doing to get the most from it.
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JavaScript in a little book. Cheap, smart and concise.,
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This review is from: JavaScript Pocket Reference (Paperback)
I was already using JavaScript when I bought this book (probably not the one for beginners...) as I was having trouble remembering different objects and switches. They're all in here - with all possible syntaxes and variations. It fits in pocket, and if I didn't have any self-control, it would probably go with me everywhere!
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