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Ellie Quigley (Author)
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Book Description

October 15, 2010 0137054890 978-0137054893 2

The World’s Easiest Java Script Tutorial–Fully Updated!

 

JavaScript by Example, Second Edition, is the easiest, most hands-on way to learn JavaScript. Legendary programming instructor Ellie Quigley has thoroughly updated her classic book to deliver the skills and information today’s JavaScript users need most–including up-to-the-minute coverage of JavaScript programming constructs, CSS, Ajax, JSON, and the latest JavaScript libraries and best practices.

 

Quigley illuminates every technique with focused, classroom-tested code examples, detailed line-by-line explanations, and real program output. This exceptionally clear, easy-to-understand book takes you from your first script to advanced techniques. It’s the only JavaScript book you’ll ever need!

 

New in This Edition 

  • End-of-chapter study tools, including classroom-tested labs
  • Programming the DOM
  • More Cascading Style Sheets
  • Introduction to Ajax and JSON
  • Explanation of how to develop interactive Web applications with dynamic, desktop-style interfaces
  • Programmers’ preparation for HTML 5’s breakthrough capabilities 

This edition has been completely updated and includes many new and completely rewritten code examples; contains fully revised and updated coverage of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and the Document Object Model (DOM); and fully covers modern JavaScript concepts, principles, and programming techniques.

 

Thousands of Web developers, administrators, and power users have relied on JavaScript by Example to become expert JavaScript programmers. With this new edition, you can, too–even if you’re completely new to JavaScript. After you’ve become an expert, you’ll turn to this book constantly as the best source for trustworthy answers, solutions, and code.


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"Quigley's book strikes a perfect balance: serious, yet exceptionally accessible. I strongly recommend it to anybody learning JavaScript for the first time."
--Nick Main, software engineer

In JavaScript by Example, Ellie Quigley teaches JavaScript using the same proven approach that's made her the world's favorite scripting author and instructor. This book's unique and classroom-tested learning path contains hundreds of small, easy-to-understand examples that demonstrate the full range of JavaScript's power. One step at a time, Quigley guides new JavaScript programmers through every essential technique, from script setup to advanced DOM and CSS programming.

Coverage includes:

  • Data types, literals, and variables
  • Operators, control structures, and functions
  • Building dialog boxes and working with JavaScript objects using the Browser object: navigator, windows frames, dynamic images, and links
  • Event handling, regular expressions, and form validation
  • The JavaScript Document Object Model (DOM), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Dynamic HTML

Whether you're a first-time or long-time scripter, a Web professional or sysadmin, Ellie Quigley will help you write rock-solid JavaScripts that get the job done.

The CD-ROM contains HTML versions of Netscape's JavaScript 1.5 Core Reference and JavaScript 1.5 Core Guide PLUS all the source code and data files used in the book.



--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Ellie Quigley has been teaching scripting languages in Silicon Valley for more than twenty years. Her Perl and Shell Programming classes at the University of Santa Cruz Extension program have become part of Silicon Valley lore. In addition, she teaches at leading companies, including NetApp, National Semiconductor, Juniper Networks, and many others. Her best-selling books include UNIX® Shells by Example, Fourth Edition (Prentice Hall, 2005), and Perl by Example, Fourth Edition (Prentice Hall, 2008).


Product Details

  • Paperback: 912 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (October 15, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0137054890
  • ISBN-13: 978-0137054893
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #72,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wether or not this book is right for you, really depends on what you need from a Javascript text book. Armed with some basic knowledge of HTML, this was the perfect text to put me up to speed on the topic. There are many examples (as the title implies), giving you an exhaustive treatment of all topics. This treatment doesn't leave anything out, and though it would be nice to have the answers to the exercises, anything which stumps you can be solved by going over the examples again.

There are many explanations for every example given, but it's quite easy to skip around to what you need if you know some of the material already.

Excellent self-study tool.
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This is an excellent book for beginners of Javascript. it takes simplest of the cases without boggling the minds of the readers. when I learnt javacript more than 4 years back, Ihad a hard time reading through 'verbose' books. I wish I had this book at that time.

This author has taken the time to explain the concepts in the simplests of the ways. there are adequate screen prints to highlight the results of the executed javascript code. the author explains the document object model clearly for the benefit of the beginners and also explains different ways of identifying the items in the page.

This is an excellent reference book for intermediate javascript programmers adn this book has found a place in my reference shelf and I will be glad to recommend this book to anybody interested in learning Javascript.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Easy coding August 11, 2003
Format:Paperback
JavaScript is most often used in a browser on the client side. It is a scripting language that can make vanilla HTML pages more interactive. By now it, like HTML, is very stable. And if you design web pages, it is a good addition to your skill set. Being stable and popular means that there is no shortage of books on it. So on what basis should you prefer this book?

Well, it takes its title very literally. The pedagogy really does emphasise copious examples. In a typical chapter, the examples take up over half the space. Plus each chapter includes a problem set. Yay! You need to learn by doing. Yet so many computer books omit this. Granted, some topics require so many parts to interoperate that writing problems is nontrivial. But to test JavaScript code, all you need is a browser, text editor and a web server. These days, all computers have the first two items. And, in the context of you wanting to learn JavaScript, you DO have a web server that you can load files onto, don't you?

My only quibble is that I wish there were more problems in each chapter. This could take up very little extra room, say a page per chapter. But it would roughly triple the number of problems, and give the reader an even more exhaustive exploration of the topics.

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my college teacher recommended
My college teacher recommended this book when I was taking JavaScript class.
I already had a bunch of books on javascript, but this one I found the best. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ira12
Nice book for beginner
I would recommend this book to anyone who is a beginner and wants to learn Javascript.

The book starts off with little bit of history about Javascript and then goes... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Ayp
Perfect book for a beginner!
I haven't programmed a computer since my good ol' Commodore 64 back in the 80's. The last computer language I used was Basic 2.0. Read more
Published 14 months ago by RyanWPowers
Old reviews - Old code - great if you need to code for Netscape 3 or...
Note the positive reviews are for the first edition -- 2002 or 2003.
Almost bought this but found it at my local library -- feel lucky about that. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Graham New
Kindle version of this book sucks
Unfortunately I'm unable to comment on the quality of the text itself due to the unreadability of the code on the Kindle. Read more
Published 15 months ago by ccolin
Understandable Javascript
At last, a Javascript book that is understandable for beginners. I have been looking for a while at various texts, even those titled for beginners, but nobody could really explain... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Bobby
Builds from real foundations of applied knowledge
The second updated edition of JAVASCRIPT BY EXAMPLE is a 'must' reference for any serious Javascript programming collection. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Midwest Book Review
Really nice instructive reference
Really nice, an enjoyable read at almost any point. Although it is structured as a massive tutorial and looks like a horrible textbook, it should be useful for a javascript user at... Read more
Published 16 months ago by margot
Great Book for Javascripters
This is my first Javascript book that I had to purchase for class but when I'm done with class I am going to keep it because it is very helpful when I need help I just refer to it. Read more
Published on October 24, 2008 by Malcolm Bowen
Terrific book.
Terrific book, a little (editing) problems in the book, but if you have a little experience in Javascript they can be overlooked. Actually the few errors keep you on your toes!
Published on September 11, 2005 by Ronald C. Hinds
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