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JavaScript for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guides) (Paperback)

by Tom Negrino (Author), Dori Smith (Author)

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Paperback: 292 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press; 3 edition (23 Jul 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0201354632
ISBN-13: 978-0201354638
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 17.3 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (85 customer reviews)

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JavaScript is great, but at best it is a complementary language for Web development. JavaScript for the World Wide Web offers a productive, how-to style that lets you solve a problem or pick up a trick and then move on with the rest of your work.

Consistent with other members of Peachpit's Visual QuickStart Guide series, this title makes wise use of side-by-side explanations and screen shots, as well as code snippets and their analysis. This approach gives readers the feeling that the authors are sitting by their side and showing them how to code scripts. Most subjects are handled with numbered steps, such as "Validating Zip Codes", and useful tips punctuate the text.

The book introduces the whole concept of JavaScript in a fast-moving but readable chapter and then moves into solving real-world challenges. The authors do a good job of covering JavaScript's capabilities, from eye-catching graphics tricks to data-entry form processing and cookie management. Particularly enjoyable is the way the book spells out many of the differences between Netscape and Microsoft dynamic HTML approaches.

The JavaScript object model is laid out in an appendix, along with object compatibility between various browser flavours. To complement the book, the publisher offers a Web site that makes all of the example code easily downloadable for your use. This is a great little guide for both busy coders and JavaScript novices. --Stephen W. Plain

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Does the following sound familiar? You know how to build a good-looking Web page, but you'd like to add some excitement and interactivity to your site. Then the next step is JavaScript, a programming language designed to make HTML more powerful and dynamic. You don't need to be a seasoned programmer to master JavaScript--just a copy of JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide.

This third edition of the best-selling guide includes expanded coverage of such essential topics as how to liven up your pages with dynamic images, add smart forms, and detect which browsers and plug-ins your visitors are using so you can customize the content they see. What hasn't changed is the book's clear, step-by-step approach and generous sample code and screenshots. With JavaScript: VQS, you get both an excellent introduction to the language and a handy reference tool.

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3.0 out of 5 stars What Do You Need, 1 April 2001

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If you are looking for a book to learn Javascript, then buy something else. This book barely scratches the surface. It explains nothing of the real structure of the language, and gives no explanation at all to some of the most basic methods of application or the how to constuct the things that you would use every day i.e. functions. However if you are looking for something to spice up your own personal web site. You will find something in the book you can use. Don't buy this book if you intend trying to earn a living out of scripting. If you are just playing then you will be OK

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - lives up to the title, 6 Feb 2005

By	B. Eaton "twiglet27" (Telford, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

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First things first: this is a book designed to get you up an running with JavaScript as quickly as possible. It does that very well covering up to an intermediate level in the use of the language. It is NOT a detailed under-the-hood guide to the internal workings of the language or a comparative study of using JavaScript on client and server sides. If you're the sort of person that thinks O'Reilly books are fun to read then leave right now because this isn't nearly good enough for you. But if you're a developer (or even a hobbyist) who needs to know JavaScript quickly without it becoming a core skill then I can't recommend this book enough.

Although I must say to all the 'true geeks' out there, if like me you learned the art of structured programming then you should be able to apply those skills to any language. This book will give you the information you need to understand how client side scripting with JavaScript differs from rich client application development.

This book is well written, fun to read, informative, and easy to understand. It contains lots of useful snippets of trivia and covers a lot of information in a short space without confusing the reader. Well worth the money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable reference and great for the beginner., 26 Jan 1999

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I've just started using this one myself, and so far, it's proven to be an invaluable reference. I used to think JavaScript was a difficult and laborious language to learn, especially since the only coding I know is HTML, a little BASIC and some MUSH code (I'm not a programmer, can you tell? *grin*) After paging through the first few chapters of this book, and even jumping around a bit, it's not so much of a mystery anymore, and I now have a correct perception of this popular scripting language, as well as a decent working knowledge. Following the excellent path forged by other titles in the series, this guide is written in a candid, easy to understand manner. Best of all, just like the VQS Guide to HTML4, another of my favorites recommended elsewhere on this site, it's got a companion web site with all of the samples as well as further exercises. Don't waste your time reading thick books full of information you'll never use. Try this one and get to work writing JavaScript immediately. Once you get started and become better versed in the language, you'll want to keep the book nearby as an easy to use reference source.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay but leaves you wanting to know more
This is an okay book. Knowing nothing of Javascript I have been able to learn enough to write my own drop-down menus and image gallery pages etc. Read more

Published on 15 Feb 2006 by T. Prosser

5.0 out of 5 stars Javascript for the World Wide Web Review:
An excelent book for beginers or experts covering a wide variety of javascript with clear and precise explanations. Read more

Published on 29 Nov 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Much improved but could do better
Don't get me wrong I learnt my javascript with one of the earlier editions so it's an old friend. The fifth edition is what the fourth should have been. Read more

Published on 9 Oct 2003 by nickonesheds

3.0 out of 5 stars cut and paste, but little background knowledge
The scripts in this book did work when I tried them (once I typed them correctly!). The authors give you sort of enough information to customise the scripts for your own use, but... Read more

Published on 30 Jun 2003 by Richard Shephard

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb book for beginners and more experienced web users
With no previous knowledge of programming I was a little concerned that Javascript might be too difficult to learn. After reading this book all these worries were gone. Read more

Published on 17 April 2003 by Paul Cooper

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor
"Assorted JavaScript Examples" would be a better title for this book. You may find useful bits of code to copy and paste into your web files, but if you need to modify anything,... Read more

Published on 2 Sep 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre success rate
If you don't already know quite a lot about JavaScript, you may have a hard time modifying these scripts for use in your particular pages. Read more

Published on 20 Jun 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Relights your JavaScript fire
If you want to learn JavaScript, buy a different book. If you use JavaScript and are in a rut when it comes to ideas, then this book is a good way of rekindling your... Read more

Published on 8 Jan 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good
This was a very enlightening book. It gave me lots of ideas in ways to enhance my website. Many people have critiscised the book but i think this is unfair. Read more

Published on 1 Nov 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for begginers
Well I bought the book quite a while ago , and have read through it and this is what I think : the book is good for begginners who have no javascript knowledge , I... Read more

Published on 12 Sep 2000

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