Product Description

This task-based, visual reference guide has been fully revised. It uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate Web designers what they need to know to learn JavaScript. Readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. In this updated seventh edition, readers will find new information on Ajax design and modern coding techniques.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119961 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

From the Back Cover
Need to learn JavaScript fast? This best-selling, task-based, visual reference guide has been fully revised and updated for the seventh edition. It uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate Web designers and Web developers what they need to know to learn JavaScript and Ajax in no time. Whether you start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what you need to know, leading Web and computing experts Tom Negrino and Dori Smith use crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to all of today's JavaScript essentials. You'll find new information on modern coding techniques including designing Ajax-based sites. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of Ajax techniques, JavaScript frameworks (including jQuery and Yahoo's User Interface Library) and current browsers (IE, Safari, Firefox). The companion Web site at www.javascriptworld.com offers sample scripts, updates, and more!

Customer Reviews

Is it full of mistakes or it's just me?!!
I look at myself as an intermediate JavaScript web developer, yet I am struggling with this book. To be honest, I mainly bought this book for it's 'real-life practical examples' - and to be fair it's has a nice layout for a JS book, which I like. Apart from that, it's a pain in the neck, I'm half the way through, and still can't get most of the codes to work. I keep testing and modifying, but it's like logging a dead horse...never works. Then, I go...OK...let me type the exact code including the html as shown in the book...yet, nothing works.

I came across countless number of mistakes, which incredibly are not referred to in the errata on the book website.

The book is pretentious, lacks clear explanation(it feels like the writers are talking to themselves), and their attempts to implement modern concepts/codes in JavaScript,makes things even worse.

The books is not for a newbie of course...or on second thought, the book is for nobody...really! If you wanna keep your understanding of JavaScript intact and your coding clean, DON'T BUY IT!