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When Peachpit Press released the debut edition of JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, it immediately became one of the most useful tools for busy Web developers. Now in its fourth edition, this book has been improved, expanded, and more finely tuned. Written for Web coders who have at least some familiarity with HTML, the book doesn't necessarily require you to have knowledge of JavaScript programming or scripting. The presentation is illustrative and productive, and concepts are introduced via practical examples, explained briefly, presented in code, and then explained line by line. Using judicious screen shots and new code highlighted in red, the authors have made JavaScriptquite intuitive. In this new edition, they point out features compatible with only certain Web browsers using new IE and Netscape icons. Along with its core content, the text includes an excellent genealogy of the various flavours of JavaScript, complete with an extensive object flowchart that is colour coded by browser version. It also steps outside the base language with a chapter on visual development tools that use JavaScript, such as Dreamweaver, GoLive, and Fireworks. There are tons of useful scripts in the book, and the publisher provides a companion Web where you can get each script, as well as an interface for viewing the code in action. You can download all of the scripts in a single ZIP file. This is simply a must-have guide to JavaScript. --Stephen W Plain

Topics covered:Browser detection, Rollovers, Cycling banners, Frames, Windows, Form validations, Regular expressions, Date and time display, Event handling, Cookies, Cascading style sheets (CSS), DHTML, User interface design, Bookmarklets, Visual development tools, Debugging, Genealogy and reference.

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JavaScript for the World Wide Web, 4th Edition- Visual QuickStart Guide is the book for people who are familiar with HTML and are ready to move up to the next level to make their sites more dynamic and exciting. With an easy, step-by-step approach and loads of useful illustrations, readers learn to use JavaScript to liven up their pages with dynamic images and smart forms. They'll learn to control browsers; detect which browser or plug-ins the user has and respond appropriately; use JavaScript to create and manipulate windows, and smoothly integrate HTML, JavaScript, and Java in a site. This edition, updated to reflect the latest changes in browsers and standards, covers new topics such as events, Cascading Style Sheets, Bookmarklets, and working with visual tools such as GoLive, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: What Do You Need, 1 April 2001 By  brian@fletcher518.freeseve.co.uk (England) - See all my reviews This review is from: JavaScript for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guides) (Paperback) 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  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Excellent - lives up to the title, 7 Feb 2005 By  B. Eaton "twiglet27" (Stourport, UK) - See all my reviews       This review is from: JavaScript for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guides) (Paperback) 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.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Invaluable reference and great for the beginner., 26 Jan 1999 By A Customer This review is from: JavaScript for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guides) (Paperback) 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.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 85 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews 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 16 Feb 2006 by T. Prosser 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 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 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