JavaScript and HTML 4.0 User's Resource [Paperback]

William H. Murray (Author), Chris H. Pappas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 28, 1998

If you want your Web site to do more than just "look pretty," JavaScript and HTML 4.0 are the tools for you. This book teaches you both -- and shows you the techniques and sample code you need to get them working together exquisitely. The book begins with a simple introduction to both HTML 4.0 and JavaScript, including simple scripting techniques. Learn the key fundamentals of HTML 4.0, including working with text images, multimedia, lists, documents, images, image maps, forms, style sheets and scripts. Then discover how to supercharge your pages with JavaScript. Understand JavaScript syntax, operators and control structures, functions, objects, events, arrays, controls, strings, math functions and more. Learn how to use JavaScript and HTML together in frames, layers, cookies, history lists, navigator objects and other great sample applications. For all programmers and Web administrators who want to start working with JavaScript 2.0 and HTML 4.0, including those migrating from previous versions.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Build state-of-the-art sites, the easy way - with JavaScript and HTML 4!

• Create practical Web applications - the easy way!
• Step-by-step coverage of building pages with JavaScript and HTML 4.0.
• Master CSS, DHTML, CGI, cookies, custom JavaScript objects, and more.
• Includes comprehensive HTML 4 reference!

With JavaScript and HTML 4.0, you have extraordinary power at your fingertips - even if you're not a programmer. In this book, best-selling programming authors William Murray and Chris Pappas help you leverage that power to build Web sites that deliver state-of-the-art interactivity. You won't just learn HTML 4.0 and JavaScript: you'll discover practical techniques and get great sample code to make them work together exquisitely.

Start by mastering key HTML 4.0 fundamentals, including working with text, images, multimedia, lists, documents, images, image maps, forms, style sheets, and CGI. Next, discover how to supercharge your pages with JavaScript. Master JavaScript syntax, operators and control structures, functions, objects, events, arrays, controls, strings, math functions, and more.

Finally, bring it all together! Integrate JavaScript and HTML to build frames, objects and layers; use cookies to "remember" your site's visitors; and create great sample applications, including history lists, Navigator objects, plugin and mimeType objects, and more. It's all a lot easier than you think - when you've got expert guidance from JavaScript and HTML 4.0 User's Resource!

About the Author

William H. Murray is a professor of computer science at the BCC Campus of the State University of New York, Binghamton.

Chris H. Pappas is Chair of the computer science department at the BCC Campus of the State University of New York, Binghamton.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 1st edition (October 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013977422X
• ISBN-13: 978-0139774225
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,246,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beware of "Bad Book", August 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: JavaScript and HTML 4.0 User's Resource (Paperback)

If this book was software it wouldn't even be Alpha. Mispellings galore... Examples without explainations... You name it... It is done poorly.. The first book I purchased without doing my homework and boy did I pay for it... Do yourself a favor review before you buy...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book should be renamed..., July 6, 2000

By 

L. Morales "leom" (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: JavaScript and HTML 4.0 User's Resource (Paperback)

Here's a copy of the email I wrote to Prentice Hall: Dear Sirs, I have
purchased this book (Javascript & HTML 4.0 User's Reference)
because I am a web developer and I wish to learn Javascript. I have to
say that I am disappointed with the book for the following
reasons:

***The book is entirely too heavy on HTML 4.0. The preface
states that the book is designed for people who are actively writing
web pages and want to incorporate a programming language into their
web pages. However, the presentation of the first 8 chapters leads me
to believe that the book was really written for a beginning html
developer. The title of the book is Javascript and HTML 4.0, but the
entire 1st half of the book is dedicated to HTML and the new HTML 4.0
features (many of which didn't work when I tried them). I think this
effort would have been better served had the javascript section been a
majority and the html section included as an appendix. ***There are
TONS of errors! Half of the time I spent reading chapter 8, I was
thinking there were two different types of cascading style sheets
called CCS and CSS. And the errors aren't just in chapter 8, they're
all through the book. In chapter 3, page 78, figure 3.6 shows the
output of the example coded previously (Example of FONT FACES), but
the code is incomplete and only shows the title tag! Spelling errors,
coding errors, and ommissions everywhere! Doesn't anyone there have a
SPELLCHECKER! Or a "find/replace"? I am halfway through the
book and it's barely even mentioned Javascript. I am very disappointed
and I wish there was a way I could get my money back! This book is a
waste of time. This book should be renamed: HTML 4.0 (and a little
javascript)...!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Needs editing, February 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: JavaScript and HTML 4.0 User's Resource (Paperback)

Although the book certainly has some potential, there are mistakes on almost every page, many of which would be terribly frustrating for inexperienced users.

Example: Syntax for paragraph alignment is given as

ALIGN="right">

Example: The chapter on functions is called "Finctions"

Besides being called "finctions", there are only a couple of pages about functions - which is a very important topic for any good programming.

Maybe if the publishers would take a little time to actually edit, instead of greedily just getting it on the shelf as quickly as possible, we wouldn't have such a difficult time finding the quality in all the dross.

I cannot recommend this book in its present condition.