JavaScript Bible (Paperback)

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JavaScript^™ Bible 3rd Edition Survey of third–party authoring tools included! If JavaScript can do it, you can do it too … Create Web pages brimming with interactive content. Integrate Java applets without taxing your server. Deploy Dynamic HTML applications. With the expert advice of today's premier JavaScript authority and teacher, you'll quickly find out how to leverage the full power of JavaScript. With characteristic clarity and precision, Danny Goodman offers beginning to advanced tutorials covering all aspects of JavaScript — plus an extensive JavaScript object and language reference. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of JavaScript

• Pick up all the basics of JavaScript quickly — from document objects to forms to multiple windows and frames
• Find out how to create a mouse–rollover image swapping effect
• Master JavaScript's 30–plus powerful objects and other core language facilities — including control structures, functions, and operators
• Use JavaScript to validate user input with form elements and hypertext links
• Integrate Java applets into your Web pages
• Explore the differences between Netscape and Microsoft's implementations of JavaScript
• Deploy cross–browser Dynamic HTML applications
• Learn how to use Netscape's debugger — and how to build your own debugging tools

CD–ROM includes the complete, ready–to–run JavaScript for the examples in the book and 7 bonus chapters with working applications:

• Tables and calendars
• A lookup table
• An order form
• A table of contents
• Calculations and graphics
• Intelligent "updated" flags
• A decision helper

Plus tryout products from Macromedia and MarketWare, and a full, searchable version of the book! Mac Windows http://www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: Pentium–class or compatible machine with Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or Macintosh 68040 or Power PC with System 7.0 or later; JavaScript–compatible browser; CD–ROM drive.

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JavaScript^™ Bible 3rd Edition Survey of third–party authoring tools included! If JavaScript can do it, you can do it too … Create Web pages brimming with interactive content. Integrate Java applets without taxing your server. Deploy Dynamic HTML applications. With the expert advice of today's premier JavaScript authority and teacher, you'll quickly find out how to leverage the full power of JavaScript. With characteristic clarity and precision, Danny Goodman offers beginning to advanced tutorials covering all aspects of JavaScript — plus an extensive JavaScript object and language reference. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of JavaScript

• Pick up all the basics of JavaScript quickly — from document objects to forms to multiple windows and frames
• Find out how to create a mouse–rollover image swapping effect
• Master JavaScript's 30–plus powerful objects and other core language facilities — including control structures, functions, and operators
• Use JavaScript to validate user input with form elements and hypertext links
• Integrate Java applets into your Web pages
• Explore the differences between Netscape and Microsoft's implementations of JavaScript
• Deploy cross–browser Dynamic HTML applications
• Learn how to use Netscape's debugger — and how to build your own debugging tools

CD–ROM includes the complete, ready–to–run JavaScript for the examples in the book and 7 bonus chapters with working applications:

• Tables and calendars
• A lookup table
• An order form
• A table of contents
• Calculations and graphics
• Intelligent "updated" flags
• A decision helper

Plus tryout products from Macromedia and MarketWare, and a full, searchable version of the book! Mac Windows http://www.idgbooks.com System Requirements: Pentium–class or compatible machine with Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or Macintosh 68040 or Power PC with System 7.0 or later; JavaScript–compatible browser; CD–ROM drive.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but too much Netscape and too little Explorer, 19 Jan 2000 By A Customer I find this book a very good and easy-to-navigate JavaScript book. However - and the authors don't try to hide this - it is based on Netscape's version of JavaScript and doesn't take Explorer much into consideration. In a world where less than 25% of the users are using Netscape Navigator and more than 75% are using Internet Explorer, calling a book that focuses on Navigator, for Bible is a kind of exaggeration. If you want to make cross platform scripts, this book is very useful. You won't need the Microsoft extensions to the language anyway, and you can skip the Netscape extensions in the book. If however you want to fully support both platforms, this book needs a couple of chapters! (they would add the last "star" to the rating) Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   1.0 out of 5 stars poor support on CD, 22 Nov 2000 By  nicholas@hamin.globalnet.co.uk (Derbyshire UK) - See all my reviews The CD is supposed to come with an indexed version of the book. This is a reason for purchasing in my opinion BUT the pdf files which are on the cd are not indexed and it is a real pain to use. One star. Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)   1.0 out of 5 stars Way over my head and not enough about real life..., 4 Aug 2000 By A Customer Like several other reviewers before me, I was completely lost by chapter 4 (Methods). I continued to struggle on to chapter 8 which begins with the Netscape 4 Document Object Model and at that point I gave up. This book will *not* teach you JavaScript if you do not already know quite a lot about it. Another problem with it is that all the examples are very artificial - there is nothing in the first 8 chapters which you can actually use in real life or in day-to-day web design... Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review › See all 13 customer reviews...		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars A superb learning resource I found this book invaluble as a resource for learning javascript. I used it in conjunction with nick heinle's designing with javascript. Read more Published on 16 Jun 2000 by J. Moylan 4.0 out of 5 stars i found this book very helpful indeed, of course it's dated, so are all computer books after about a year. I still got alot out of it. The book does lean toward netscape but I think that is a good angle to take since... Read more Published on 19 April 2000 1.0 out of 5 stars This book so so out of date it's stale. Still talking about ie4 this book wasn't even worth the cd which packages everything up in pdf type files. Read more Published on 21 Mar 2000 3.0 out of 5 stars A bit too much.... A thousand page manual on a rather simple scripting language? A bit too much! I felt that the book was aimed at people with no programming knowledge or those with some HTML... Read more Published on 19 Feb 2000 4.0 out of 5 stars Almost Perfect PROS: The layout of the book is exceptional. The depth of explanation on object properties and methods is superior over other books. (especially O'Reilly). Read more Published on 11 Feb 2000 5.0 out of 5 stars A book you will come back to again and again and......... I was new to Javascript but i knew HTML and VB uite well. I got this book and it was great! Everything was clearly explained and documented, i rarely had to look at the CD... Read more Published on 4 Feb 2000 4.0 out of 5 stars A great book but... Ok now dont get me wrong its a great book everything is explained really clearly but a lot of it carrys on about some things that noone is really interested in I love the book and... Read more Published on 30 Jan 2000 5.0 out of 5 stars excellent This book is the standard javascript reference book used by all web developers at Netdecisions. Full marks! Published on 21 Jan 2000 by mat.dietrich@netdecisions.co.uk 5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!!! This book is excellent for people just starting out with javascript and more experienced scripters, very well explained and is all in plain English ! Read more Published on 19 Dec 1999 5.0 out of 5 stars Clearly outlined and easy to follow I got this book because I haven't found anything better, or anything that matches the easy layout and the excellent documentation. Read more Published on 10 Oct 1999 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 13 customer reviews...

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