How to Do Everything with JavaScript [Paperback]

Scott Duffy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 24, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0072228873 | ISBN-13: 978-0072228878 | Edition: 1

This friendly, solutions-oriented guide is filled with step-by-step examples that illustrate how to write basic to advanced JavaScript applications, as well as modify existing scripts to suit individual needs. Each chapter begins with the specific how-to topics that will be covered. Within the chapter, each topic is accompanied by a solid, easy-to-follow walkthrough of the process.

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Bring interactivity to any Web site with this easy-to-follow guidebook on JavaScript. Author Scott Duffy takes the fear out of working with a programming language by delivering instruction and theory in manageable doses, along with practical examples and plenty of ready-to-use code. Learn to write a program by exploring statements, variables, and functions--the three basic building blocks of any program. Use JavaScript as the behind-the-scenes director of your Web browser presentation. Create basic and advanced JavaScript applications--plus, modify existing scripts to suit your needs--all with the help of this great resource.

• Write your own program using statements, variables, and functions
• Learn the history of the language and what it can do for you
• Enable movement and interactivity for your Web site
• Determine which version of JavaScript is right for you
• Store dates, numbers, and more with built-in classes
• Create scripts that work in every browser
• Understand the basics of expressions, and organize your code into functions
• Cause text or graphics to change on mouse rollovers
• Automatically change a formatted date on a Web page
• Coordinate objects and events seamlessly with built-in or scripted classes

About the Author

Scott Duffy (Toronto, Ontario) MCSD, Sun Java 2 SCJP, CIW Associate, has eleven years of professional software design and development experience including having spent five of the past six years on web-based application development. He has written several books including "How to Do Everything with JavaScript" published by Osborne McGraw-Hill in 2002.

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (February 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072228873
• ISBN-13: 978-0072228878
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,131,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Learning Book for Experienced Programmers, August 25, 2004

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William D. Barrett (San Juan Capistrano, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Do Everything with JavaScript (Paperback)

Experience programmers learning Javascript as a new language will enjoy reading this book. It is clear and concise with simple examples. Novice programmers would also find this book useful. It is organized in a traditional way in which programming is taught. As you go through the chapters, the content becomes a bit more advanced.

This book would also be good for beginners, but it is not as good as Javascript: A Beginner's Guide.

However, this book is not a comprehensive presentation of Javascript and the DOM. You will need a companion book that is more of a complete reference. I am currently leaning toward JavaScript Bible, but have not yet made my decision. You may also want to consider a book that is directed toward specific applications. Javascript & DHTML Cookbook falls more into this category.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars how to do some things with JavaScript, April 12, 2005

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Steve (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Do Everything with JavaScript (Paperback)

The book supposes that readers don't know anything about HTML and JavaScript so it introduces HTML and JavaScript at the same time. Also, it covers most JavaScript features and gives you some simple examples. If you are new to HTML and JavaScript, this is the right book for you. You can know the basics of JavaScript
very quickly.

Since this book only introdcues "how to do some things with JavaScript". And if you really want to know "how to do everything with JavaScript", " JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook" might be the book you should buy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to do it with everything... Javascript GREAT Series, August 23, 2004

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Paul Wade "PulpKult`s Read it...." (Zurich, Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Do Everything with JavaScript (Paperback)

The "How to do it with everything s..." is one of the best series of its kind, I have found. Covering many subjects, as it does, I am particularly pleased with the way it deals with Web, or should I say Internet, related topics and still remain quite current. Not an easy thing, what with the speed of changes as fast as they are on-line.
JaveScript, which is a far more important facility than people give credit for, is quite difficult to explain, especially in a small book. Nevertheless, it is done very well here. Not explained "ad nauseum" but with tight facts and easy to follow examples.
Amazon sells this book at a great price, which is made even better if you buy say, two books and get the delivery for free. Saves me a fortune, I know that...
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