JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference [Plastic Comb]

Emily A. Vander Veer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 20, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0764501127 | ISBN-13: 978-0764501128

Tucking a few JavaScript statements in among the HTML code that makes up your Web pages makes a dramatic difference. Enhanced, more interactive navigation buttons, user input validation, and scrolling messages are but a few of the improvements that you can make with JavaScript.

Now, with JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference, all the JavaScript statements and examples of how to use them are right at your fingertips. Internet technology expert Emily A. Vander Veer not only organizes all the relevant HTML and JavaScript topics for easy access but also points out potential pitfalls, offers neat tricks, and provides complete code for doing such things as interacting with cookies, displaying pop-up messages, and making your script compatible with JavaScript-challenged Web browsers.

Best of all, JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference features handy cross-references to topics covered in greater depth in JavaScript For Dummies.

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About the Author

Emily A. Vander Veer has written several Internet-related books, including IDG Books' JavaScript For Dummies and JavaBeans For Dummies. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print publications including Byte, CNET, Object Magazine, and WEBTechniques.
Emily resides in the hill country of Austin, Texas, where she lives with her husband, Clay (a jazz guitarist nonpareil), and her two-pound pooches, Lochlan and Ceilidh. When she's not hard at work at her keyboard, Emily enjoys traveling, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 224 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (March 20, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764501127
• ISBN-13: 978-0764501128
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It just tells you what you want to know, December 22, 1999

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Y. Pistachio (Tampa, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference (Plastic Comb)

This book is great to the new JavaScript user who is muddling through confusing codes. Usually the index points you to exactly what you are looking for. While this book is not to be used as a sole reference, it does a great job of cutting through the jargon and getting right to the point.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars By my side at all times., June 22, 2000

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"randem" - See all my reviews

This review is from: JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference (Plastic Comb)

This book is practically indispensible. It is a fairly complete reference on core JavaScript. There is no banter, no unrelated quips or anecdotes... just the answers to my questions.

The sections are organized well: Overview, Objects, Functions, Methods, and Properties. In each section, all related functions, objects, etc. are listed alphabetically, with a concise explanation of its use and syntax, and an example.

I always keep this book within my reach when I need to verify syntax or usage of JavaScript.

The only drawback to the book is that the material is somewhat dated. It doesn't include any information on layers, mouse or keyboard events, or other DHTML features. However, everything in this book is fully cross-browser compliant, and well organized.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars How many stars??, April 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: JavaScript For Dummies Quick Reference (Plastic Comb)

Pain has a new name.

After looking at the rating for this book I had to look not twice but three times to make sure I was seeing the correct one; I did my best to get through this book but gave up after the author promised to go step by step and then dived into code and terminology without explanation; she would introduce an example, then surround it with code she did not explain or even refer to for the rest of the book! She tries to insert a bizarre sort of humor at strange times that makes you wince, again without explanation. Her explanations are hackneyed and incomplete; after giving up and reading Javascript Goodies, then several chapters of The Javascript Bible, I went back just to see if I could understand some of the code she laid out; I did, but with no thanks to the author; it only made it more clear that she did not adequately explain how the code worked and how it is used. Worse, the chapters do not build in any sense at all on previous chapters. Interesting that the worst reviews for this book seem to have disappeared in the last several months, raising the rating considerably. It was one of the lowest rated. (I thought all reviews were supposed to remain on this website...?) Avoid, or you too may give up learning JS for a year like I did.