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  • Mass Market Paperback: 1136 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Premium Edition edition (30 Oct 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 078212819X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0782128192
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 18.9 x 6.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language for the Web and continues to grow in popularity. With this Premium Edition of Mastering JavaScript and its companion CD, savvy HTML users can learn to write JavaScript programs that will make their Web sites come alive! This is the most comprehensive tutorial and reference available, with information on both Netscape and Microsoft′s enhancements of JavaScript. The book starts with everything beginners need to know and then moves on to more advanced topics, such as scripting ActiveX components, working with plug–ins, building multimedia applications, and interfacing with CGI programs. The author is a well–known Internet programming expert and has led the development of secure networks for the Department of Defense.

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What JavaScript Can Do, You Can Do

Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition is your ticket to the enormous power of the Web’s dominant scripting language. Fully updated and expanded, this book teaches you everything, beginning with the basics and culminating with the tips and tricks that only professionals know. Regardless of your experience or particular JavaScript goals, you’ll find the instruction you need to quickly master the techniques that matter to you and your website.

Coverage includes:

  • Understanding the Document Object Model
  • Using operators, statements, and functions
  • Handling events
  • Working with objects
  • Debugging your scripts
  • Processing forms
  • Creating basic JavaScript components
  • Adding search tools
  • Developing e–commerce applications
  • Programming games
  • Writing cross–browser code
  • Scripting plug–ins and ActiveX components
  • Creating XML–based web applications
  • Using LiveConnect to communicate with Java applets
  • Using JavaScript with JavaServer Pages
  • Securing your scripts
  • Working with Windows Scripting Host
  • Programming Rhino


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4.0 out of 5 stars Not a Lanugage Reference., 4 Dec 1997
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This review is from: Mastering JavaScript (Paperback)

The most impressive aspect of this book is its scope. If its part of the JavaScript 1.2 implementation, its in this book. JSSS, Livewire, vrml, Accessing Plug-ins and JAVA applets, etc...

I would be lying to say that I had no programming experience when I picked up this book. But I would also be lying to say that I could program before I picked up this book. This is a great How-to book on both learning JavaScript as well as giving you a handle on a lot of basic programming concepts.

If you understand the concepts presented in this book, Navigator 4 dhtml and JavaScript will be child's play. Not to mention that it introduces you to a 'whole new world' by giving you the skinny on why many things work the way they do.

This book has one major shortcoming that keeps it from becoming my only JavaScript Reference. That is, it is no language reference. The only way to find what you want is to read.

There is a 'language reference' in the back of the book, but it is a poor, undocumented one. Once you've read and grasped the concepts herein, the usefulness of this book depreciates immediately. The plus being, that this book has over 1000 pages of stuff to grasp and Learning JavaScript is just the first 300 pages or so. Then you get information on many bonus topics as they tie in to JavaScript.

My verdict: If you're looking for the definitive How-to book on JavaScript and want to understand the language, This book is a wise first-step.

Then go out and find a Language Reference. [I suggest: 'JavaScript, The definitive guide' by Flanagan. Not as up-to date, but immaculately documented.]

Happy JavaScripting!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Impressive in scope but couldn't recommend it for beginners, 16 Feb 2000
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This review is from: Mastering JavaScript (Paperback)
I bought this book with the intention of using it as my single, definitive reference source for all matters relating to Javascript. After struggling with it for 8 MONTHS, I have some positive and more negative comments. My positive coments:

The author is undoubtedly a highly experienced programmer and provides plenty of examples in the text.Once you have mastered the basics, you'll find this book a useful reference.

My negative comments:

I couldn't 'master the basics' using this text! I feel that the authors writing style is rather dry and is reminiscent of the language of a dull academic. The style won't be enjoyed by beginners. A far more user-friendly style is evident in the Javascript for Communicator book by Peter Kent. As I progressed through the book, I increasingly felt that the author had geared the book towards people with a reasonable to good knowledge of programming concepts. Additionally, I thought that some of the examples were too long and/or complicated for beginners. In some cases, I couldn't see the point of certain examples.

In the end, I had to admit defeat and effectively gave up on the book :-( I certainly couldn't recommend it to someone with no programming language experience as a starter text.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent "Learn JavaScript" book, 6 Jul 1999
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Well-written, easy to follow, and comprehensive. I enjoyed reading this one from cover to cover, and learned a ton of stuff: JavaScript philosophy, operators, statements, control structures, pre-defined objects & methods, plug-ins, layers, even server-side Javascript - all good stuff. Newbies: get "HTML 4.0 How-To" first, then this book, then "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" by O'Reilly for a desk reference.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Boring!
If you like tutorials to be fun as well as informative, look elsewhere. I can't count the number of times my eyelids started drooping after 15 minutes because the material in... Read more
Published on 21 May 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction - Sometimes hard to find specific examples
While I found some of the examples to be most useful others were lacking in detail. In particular, I found a couple of examples where the sample covered the initial command, but... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Not For Beginners!
I was given this book as a total beginner to JavaScript, and it was an extremely frustrating experience. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars The best JavaScript book available!
I had some prior experience in JavaScript but nothing I'd call a career! I purchased this and I began to learn immediately, and now I've had the book for 4 days and I've learn't... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 1999

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book!
This book does not cover the JavaScript language as well as the "JavaScript Bible" and "JavaScript, The Definitive Guide" published by O'Reilly. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Newbies and experts this is the book for you!
I am 15 and have no other programming experience. To many people told me i needed to know C++ to learn javascript. Read more
Published on 29 Nov 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars if you are a developer this book won't help you much
for a total amateur this book is ok. It spends pages upon pages writing out full programs. It writes out all the HTML etc. this is a waste of time. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Reference, but coverage of extdJS1.2 is lacklustre
A good book that gives a solid introduction to JavaScript. It has proven invaluable not only as a learning aid, but as a reference when scripting. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book...doesn't spend 500 pages teaching you HTML.
I found this to be a very easy to follow book. Plenty of examples (which are also on the CD) and explanations of what each object does. Read more
Published on 25 Jul 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Read and an Informative Resource!
This has to be the best JavaScript tutorial and reference book on the market. I recommend it to both novice developers and experienced programmers. Read more
Published on 7 Jul 1998

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