Product Description

JavaScript in easy steps instructs you how to add functionality (logic) and dynamic effects (DHTML) to web pages. It contains separate chapters on all major features of the JavaScript language. There are code examples and browser screenshots illustrating each aspect of JavaScript. This popular title is updated for Web 2.0 and includes examples showing how to develop Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) using the latest techniques employing Asynchronous JavaScript And XML (AJAX).

JavaScript in easy steps begins with a brief history of JavaScript then demonstrates how a basic script can easily be incorporated into a HTML document. The clear examples include functions working with arithmetic, date and time, random numbers, cookies, text strings and components of the document's content. There are many fun examples that you can copy to create a JavaScript clock, lottery number picker, image rollover effect, slide show and scrolling layers. You will learn how JavaScript can be used with HTML submission forms and to create Rich Internet Applications. You need have no previous knowledge of any scripting language so it's ideal for the newcomer to JavaScript. By the end of this book you will have gained a sound understanding of JavaScript and be able to add exciting dynamic scripts to your own web pages.

JavaScript in easy steps has an easy-to-follow style that will appeal to anyone who wants to add functionality to their web pages. It will appeal to programmers who want to quickly add JavaScript to their skills set, and to the student who is studying website design at school or college, and to those seeking a career in web development who need an understanding of client-side scripting.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49304 in Books
• Published on: 2009-02-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From the Publisher
This is the fourth edition of this proven guide to learning JavaScript - quickly and easily.

From the Author
The examples in this book are really easy to try out - just copy out the listed source code in any text editor, like Notepad, then save it with a file extension of .html. Now open that file in a web browser, like Internet Explorer, to see the effect of the JavaScript code. If you can follow this simple process then you can easily learn JavaScript with this great book.

About the Author
Mike McGrath lives in North-West England, close to Manchester, with his wife, Linda, and their two sons, Andrew and David. Mike gained his extensive knowledge of computer languages while working as a developer contracting to companies around the world. His interests include coins of ancient Greece, camping trips and dining-out. He is a successful author of several In Easy Steps guides.

Customer Reviews

Not the best of its kind
The title of the book a bit misleading, there are no steps to follow, easy or otherwise. The book begins with basic explanations, and then departs into unworked examples throughout. Nothing builds, examples serve to confuse, and parts of code that should be full working examples simply do not work. I tried the book's 'browser id', 'cross browser layers', and another few allegedly working examples to no avail. From this book I learned very little. I resorted to copying code from the web for my own pages. It has put me off the 'easysteps' series, I now look to the 'visual quickstart guide' series, and have had more success. Simon.

Easy to understand and concise overview of JavaScript
After reading many books about JavaScript I still found myself confused about some of the concepts of the scripting language. This book however, is very easy to read and understand, and covers a broad range of topics. It is an excellent book for a beginner, at a very reasonable price. However if you want to cover more than just the fundamentals you may need a more advanced book. Definitely the right book to start off with though.

Through book, not for the beginner
Although this book is in easy steps I found that a little previous knowledge is needed, or good. it can be used by the complete beginner however.

It gives a good, if a little brief, overview of javascript with lots of working examles for you to try. It does only give the barebones though and so is not a comprehensive read.