JavaScript: Complete Concepts and Techniques, Second Edition (Shelly Cashman) [Paperback]

Gary B. Shelly (Author), Thomas J. Cashman (Author), William J. Dorin (Author), Jeffrey J. Quasney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0789562332 | ISBN-13: 978-0789562333 | Edition: 2

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman series, this text offers a step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach and extensive hands-on projects for meaningful learning of JavaScript.

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Includes five engaging, real-world projects that go beyond the basics to cover such JavaScript topics as conditionals, functions, objects, properties, methods, event handlers, forms, and frames. Unique Shelly Cashman project orientation defines the problem, analyzes it, and then develops a solution in the most efficient way to help readers understand the Web page development cycle. Opener demonstrates how to integrate JavaScript and HTML to make Web pages interactive. Prior HTML experience required. Extensive end-of-project exercises, including the unique Cases and Places case studies that require critical thinking, reinforce the concepts and skills learned.

About the Author

Gary Shelly Gary Shelly, together with co-author Tom Cashman, wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. Since then, more than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman textbooks have been sold. In recent years, Gary, Tom, and a talented group of contributing authors have produced leading textbooks on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software. Thomas J. Cashman Thomas J. Cashman received his education at California State University, Los Angeles. In 1960, he established one of the first business data processing programs in the United States at Long Beach City College in California, where he taught and served as department head from 1960 to 1966. In 1969, he began collaborating with Gary Shelly. Since that time, Cashman, Shelly, and a talented group of contributing authors have produced more than 186 leading textbooks on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software. He has also taught summer institutes for teachers at the University of Central Oklahoma, Memphis State University, and Purdue University. The Shelly Cashman Series Thirty-five years ago, computer educator Tom Cashman collaborated with Gary Shelly, one of his programming students, on their first book: IBM System/360 Assembler Language, published by Anaheim Publishing Company. With the success of this book, they formed a writing partnership that has endured to this day. Shelly and Cashman soon became the best-selling authors in computer and computer programming education. In 1980, they published the first ever full-color Introduction to Computers text. Not only did they sell 1.8 million copies of this edition, they changed the face of the Introductory computer course forever. Today, the Shelly Cashman Series books, published by Course Technology, are used by thousands of educators and millions of students, all around the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 2 edition (August 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789562332
• ISBN-13: 978-0789562333
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,030,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. To date, more than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software, that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. For the past 34 years, Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars JavaScript Complete Concepts and Techniques, March 7, 2000

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This review is from: Javascript: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman Series) (Paperback)

I have been working with this book for several weeks now...sorry to say the title is very misleading. "Complete"? Maybe in concept only! The Shelly Cashman Series is usually very good, but the proofreaders were WAY overworked with this one. There are several errors in the tutorials that make it VERY frustrating to use if you are just learning JavaScript. I find the code testy enough without sloppy work on the writer/editors/proof-reader/publishers 's part. I have spent HOURS to get the tutorials to work, in some cases just having to cut bait. Folks at the publishers, take this one home and try it out. I'm tempted to send you back my corrected book with the multiple errors that I have found. Fix the mistakes and try it again. Gentle readers, this one is ONE TO AVOID.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Errors, errors everywhere....., August 9, 2000

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This review is from: Javascript: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman Series) (Paperback)

I can usually forgive a few typos in any text, but this one not only has bad indexing, the code they have doesn't even work. Further, the authors are completely MSIE specific and don't bother to mention this minor detail. Save your money. This book is a complete waste of time.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, June 8, 2000

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This review is from: Javascript: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman Series) (Paperback)

If you have a choice, look for an alternate tutorial level text on Javascript. This book is the required text for my on-line Javscript class, which I have decided to drop because of the errors (ie J2.59 #3 formula) and quantum leaps associated with it's exercises (ie J2.60 C&P #5). I did finally stumble upon the un-advertised 'Errata' website, and discovered the solution to the book's formula mis-print. My on-line instructor had no knowledge of the 'errata' website, and told me that the book was correct. NOT!

I was looking forward to learning Javascript, and to graduating in December. Thanks to this text, both of those goals will have to wait. Thank you Shelly and company!