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Publication Date: September 20, 2005 | ISBN-10: 1590595335 | ISBN-13: 978-1590595336 | Edition: 1

We know from the success of titles such as Web Standards Solutions, Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation, and The Web Designer's Reference that web designers are increasingly concerned with making sites that don’t just look pretty, but are also built using current best practices.

There are three main technologies married together to create usable, standards-compliant web designs: XHTML for data structure, Cascading Style Sheets for styling your data, and JavaScript for adding dynamic effects and manipulating structure on the fly using the Document Object Model.

This book is about the latter of the three. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model gives you everything you need to start using JavaScript and the Document Object Model to enhance your web pages with client-side dynamic effects. Jeremy Keith starts off by giving you a basic crash course in JavaScript and the DOM, then moves on to provide you with several real-world examples built up from scratch, including dynamic image galleries and dynamic menus. Then, he shows you how to manipulate web page style using the CSS DOM, and create markup on the fly.

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Jeremy Keith is a web developer living and working in Brighton, England. Working with the web consultancy firm Clearleft (Clearleft.com), he enjoys building accessible, elegant websites using the troika of web standards: XHTML, CSS, and the DOM. His online home is Adactio.com. Jeremy is also a member of the WebStandards.org, where he serves as joint leader of the DOM Scripting Task Force. When he's not building websites, Jeremy plays bouzouki in the alt.country band Salter Cane (SalterCane.com). He is also the creator and curator of one of the web's largest online communities dedicated to Irish traditional music, TheSession.org.

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: friendsofED; 1 edition (September 20, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1590595335
  • ISBN-13: 978-1590595336
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Jeremy Keith
I'm a web developer living and working in Brighton, England.

Working with the web consultancy firm Clearleft, I enjoy building accessible, elegant websites using the troika of web standards: XHTML, CSS and the DOM.

My online home is adactio.com.

I'm is a member of the Web Standards Project where I serve as joint leader of the DOM Scripting Task Force.

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108 of 110 people found the following review helpful
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This book is directed toward scripters at the beginning and intermediate level. This is also a very good book for the veteran scripter who wants to re-tool as DOM-based techniques take hold.

I think Jeremy Keith takes the best road when he launches directly into DOM methods and objects, only mentioning the older ways for completeness. Most often, JavaScript books do the opposite -- mentioning DOM scripting only as an advanced art. But why learn the older ways when you must unlearn them later?

The author focuses on teaching correct methods and approaches, often taking the long way around to make it easier to see the larger picture. This requires a lot of forethought and organization on the part of an author and here the material excels. I don't think anyone will trip up following this guide through the Web script jungle.

The author also avoids the unbearable humor and cutesy language encountered so often in tech books. Thank you Mr. Keith! This is good, clear writing to go with good, clean scripting.

Quibbles: I think the author should have been more concerned with compatibility issues, esp. with IE6, the decrepit but still dominant browser. For instance, on pp 200-01, he recommends using the setAttribute() method to set a class but does not mention that IE improperly demands "className" as a parameter. His snippet would fail in IE. The chapter on CSS scripting was good but barely scratched the surface, not mentioning a bunch of cool scriptable objects.

Overall, this book is a worthy tool that should be welcomed by the target audience.
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There's been a lull in the past couple years with JavaScript books. Even though there are many sites that use DHTML and DOM scripting, there never was any books that really explain how to do these very useful and cool effects. Plenty of websites to download and copy code, but nothing that really explains how to do it. UNTIL NOW!!!

The moment I start reading the first chapter, I knew I would finally learn what DOM scripting really meant. I've read through many basic JavaScript books from different publishers but all of them just briefly described how the DOM worked in one brief chapter. The whole DOM Scripting book talks about it.

The first 2 chapters are a brief refresher course of the JavaScript basics, and then the 3rd chapter starts in with the DOM. After a thorough explanation of what it is and how it can be used, the next chapters go through various projects in reviewing how it can be used in real life web design.

There are eight chapters that explain and show you how DOM scripting can be used. The final chapter talks about the future of scripting and gives examples of AJAX--a great bonus!

I highly recommend this book to anybody who wants to take their JavaScript code to the next level. It's also a great book to help would-be AJAX programmers as well. Since you have to have a very good understanding of DOM to create AJAX applications.
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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
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When a Javascript/DOM book:

1) ..starts by introducing Javascript and it's syntax instead of jumping into DOM immediately.

2) ..Explains every single bit of code in a simple language.

3) ..uses simple and easy-to-follow code.

4) ..Starts a chapter with a very simple program and build on it as you read.

5) ..lets you put up your first useful/practical Javascript script in a few hours.

6) ..encourages you to 'understand' the code instead of 'memorizing' it

7) ..is written by Jeremy Keith

..Then you know it's worth every single cent you spend on it. I have nothing to say here except that if you're someone who knows nothing about Javascript/DOM and is willing to learn it, then you really shouldn't miss this book. But If you're an intermediate or advanced Javascript/DOM coder, then buying this book is not a good idea. It was solely made for begginers.
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Great resource for JavaScript newbies
This is a great book to help those looking to break into the world of JavaScript. I had a little tutorial experience from Lynda. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Ron Assa
Very informative
I didn't realize that so much can be done with Javascript! We are currently using Ajax. The previous programmers used Javascript to call Ajax. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Darlene A. Dempsey
sit down and do the examples!
I bought and read this book years ago. I grabbed it from the shelf yesterday and started reading it again. This time I actually started coding the examples and learned quite a bit. Read more
Published 19 months ago by T. Drake
Good but....
the author consistently goes into long descriptions of code and code outlines then at the end of all of this description and code outlines says, "but don't do it this way, this way... Read more
Published on February 17, 2010 by Lisa R.
From (x)html & css to Javascript.
If you were like me and looking for a "inbetween" book geared for web designers who have not really understood other Javascript books, or found them to be great for reference but... Read more
Published on January 9, 2010 by J.R.
TJM review of DOM Scripting...
For the most part this was an excellent book.
It doesn't go quite as far as I would have liked. Read more
Published on November 3, 2009 by Terry
Excellent Coverage of Dynamic HTML Using Javascript
I know JavaScript pretty well but this book taught me a lot in areas that I was weak, i.e. creating HTML elements dynamically. Document.createElement("div") for example. Read more
Published on September 9, 2009 by Stephen G. Vajda
Amazingly well structured and written
If have read a few books on javascript since i wanted to extend my toolbox of html, css and php. But this book is by far the best. Read more
Published on August 25, 2009 by Mellius
I learned DOM scripting with this excellent book
I'm a long time front-end developer (HTML/CSS/PHP), first time DOM scripter. I've purchased a dozen JavaScript books over the years in an attempt to really master JavaScript/DOM... Read more
Published on July 27, 2009 by buru buru piggu
solid book
clear and solid. i actually went to the author's website and told him to write more book -- any book he writes, i will buy it. Read more
Published on May 19, 2009 by Epsilon Delta
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