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JavaScript Objects (Paperback)

by Tom Myers (Author), Alexander Nakhimovsky (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: WROX Press Ltd (1 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861001894
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861001894
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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As a browser-based scripting language Javascript rules supreme, allowing programmers and page designers to add new levels of ineractivity to their sites through the introduction of short programming scripts. But anyone who has rejected the language as being of little use for anything more serious should take time out to read this technical yet eye-opening examination of the latest version of the language.

Designed with Microsoft's Internet Explorer in mind (Netscape users beware, the majority of the code will not work with your browser), authors Alexander Nakhimovsky and Tom Myers present a very different view of matters, opening up the chest cavity to get right into the heart of Javascript using objects and Object-oriented techniques to show just how powerful it can be.

Starting with a short, yet very useful, reference of the basics, Javascript Objects soon launches into the good stuff, presenting examples and insights into a broad range of subjects ranging from use of regular expressions through to advanced text handling and database interrogation techniques.

At first glance it would seem to be a great book for beginners and experts but in truth the going may be a little tough for those with no previous programming experience. That said, Javascript Objects opens whole new vistas of opportunity for those who have previously dismissed JavaScript as "poor man's Java".

Synopsis
You should read this book if you want to be able to take your Internet Explorer scripting - and your web pages - to a new level of sophistication. Object-oriented programming is the programming trend of the now, and JavaScript is well adapted to be a part of this trend. To get the most out of this book, a basic knowledge of JavaScript is helpful but not essential. You should also be reasonably familiar with HTML and stylesheets. However, we have included some tips on how they work in our examples, and a comprehensive reference section. Programmers from other languages, such as C++ or Java, as well as users of other flavors of JavaScript, who are looking to mimic some of the power and versatility of these languages in their JavaScript code will find this book invaluable. This is a book of JavaScript tools and projects for people who make web pages, and the programmers and future programmers who work with them. It can be used for self study, for web authoring, for web application programming, and as a textbook in a college course on "Object-Oriented Programming in JavaScript."

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4.0 out of 5 stars Deep Javascript, but outdated by XML, 1 Aug 2002
By Richard Bondi (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews
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This is a great book to learn extremely deep and useful ways to use JavaScript (e.g. to make real classes with methods, instead of loosely scattered functions). The section on browser-specific JavaScript only treats IE, which is fine with me, and there is lots to learn there too. However, because of that, readers should note that one of the most extensive parts of the book, on js trees, is really unnecessary. These sections present a model-view-controller solution to building e.g. a clickable table of contents in a left frame, for a long page in the right frame. The code development goes like this: (Long page of HTML) -> (Javascript to parse out headings in the HTML, and instantiate a JavaScript Tree class to build an abstract tree in RAM of the table of contents: the model) -> (JavaScript TreeController class uses Tree class to build HTML of the table of contents: to build the view from the model) -> (The final HTML ToC has functions that e.g. collapse and expand it). Many, many pages are spent describing the Tree and TreeController class, and possible variations of both. They are complicated and clever. But in IE4+, there's no need for them! Instead of Tree, just use the MSXML DOM; and instead of TreeController, just do XSLT transforms to convert what is in the DOM to HTML. That's a ton of (fascinating) JavaScript that goes right out the window. Oh well; it is still a great book from which I learned a lot. But I'm not writing any Tree or TreeController classes anytime soon! :)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Strange, 18 Mar 2000
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This book is very strange. It is confusing me. I havent fiinished it yet, and hope the the rest of the chapters will improve. I feel that the example programs are unhelpful and cofusing. I have done Javascript for a few years i guess, and DHTML comes second nature, but this book is totally different to anything else I have experienced. The regular expressions seem a waste of time as you could quite easily write a function to do the same thing. I wish that I hadn't brought the book, although it does go into some advanced features, I didnt think it was worth it or worthwhile reading. SORRY!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Book takes the do-it-yourself programmer to a new level., 13 Jul 1999
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This book is a welcome addition for someone who wants to get the most out of JavaScript. It goes beyond cranking out cool applets, and goes into the fundamentals of object oriented programming using JS. If you know and use JavaScript, be prepared to re-learn and considerably extend what you know. Those coming from an O-O background such as C++ should should find a relatively simple transition -- getting used to the quirks of JavaScript and its relationship to HTML will be the main challenge. There is nothing silly about this book even though it is written with wit and style. Also, it's written by a couple of guys who really know what they're talking about and don't have anything to prove to anyone. [e.g., I'm smarter than you (the reader or some other author.)] Essentially, they lay on a major course in object oriented programming using JavaScript for Big Programs -- not little applets. So, if you just want to learn JavaScript for cranking in some cool applets into your HTML, pass on this book, or at least wait until you want to do something more, do it better, and do it with style. A couple of things bothered me about this book, and both could be improved -- but not necessarily by the authors. In part, I should have seen it coming since the book is suggested for a graduate course in computer programming. Being a 'learn-it-on-my-own' programmer, they skipped over a lot of the baby steps. Getting through Chapter 2 took weeks rather than hours. I believe they put too much into Chapter 2 -- Programming with Objects. That chapter needed a better transition for those coming from HTML and/or simple JavaScript. Breezing through a global function that replaced a literal, and then showing how to do it better using a method took me a long time to fully grasp.(And I'm still gasping and grasping.) For a book that is to be in the Trade Market and not the university bookstore (or technical bookstore) needs more examples. Chapter 9 takes the reader 'Beyond JavaScript' and that's all good, but rather than devoting about a third of the book to going beyond anything, I wish there had been more and clearer examples using object oriented programming and JavaScript. A variety of stand-alone examples rather than developing a giant program. A second issue that bothered me is the fact that this book is written for IE (Internet Explorer) only. This is not the authors' fault--it's Netscape's. Since I prefer Netscape Communicator over IE (and a Mac over a Windows PC), I was miffed that I had to use IE 4.5 and not IE 5. If Netscape and AOL adopt the Object Oriented model in their next (Number 5?) version of Navigator, I'll be delighted. Otherwise, I and others will be forced into using IE -- not a fate worse than death, but uncomfortable for those of us who like Net Nav. The appendices are thorough not only in their content but in their Object Oriented arrangement. This is a 5 star quality book with a 1 star ease-of-learning curve. I would recommend it serious only to those who are seriously contemplating spending some serious head time with it or for the pros who know Object Oriented programming and crank out code like candy. It is not a starting point for learning JavaScript. Before picking up this book, really learn JavaScript. Then when you get this book, you learn how little you really know and add humility to your array of sterling qualities. It did for me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual, first-rate object-oriented Javascript book.
This is a great book, and the only one that I've seen that takes the object-oriented aspects of Javascript seriously. Read more
Published on 13 May 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent intro to object orientation in Javascript
A book on Javascript objects would seem a challenge, especially when it presumes no prior Javascript knowledge. Read more
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