Using the award-winning Visual learning system, this compact, value-priced guide shows visual learners how to get up and running on the core tasks in JavaScript -- which you'll use over and over again. Concise, step-by-step instructions and consistent placement of elements make fast learning of essential JavaScript tasks. This book uses the largest high-resolution screen shots of any book in the Visual series. It covers the most popular features of JavaScript including assigning values to variables, declaring functions, creating instances, working with frames, and using buttons.
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Are you a visual learner who needs results — right away? Do you prefer to focus on the essentials — and skip the bells and whistles? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find extra-large, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle over 100 key JavaScript tasks, from creating rollover buttons and using the array object to formatting string variables and validating forms.
- FAST coverage of the essentials helps you get right to work
- FOCUSED two-page lessons cover a single task
- VISUAL format shows you step-by-step how it's done
About the Author
Michael S. Toot is an author and software program manager in the Seattle area. He is an MCSE and MCP+I and has been involved with Microsoft operating systems since 1992. He has written a book on Windows 2000 Server and enjoys learning new programs and operating systems, even those not from Microsoft. When not working or writing books, he is reading, sailing, writing movie reviews, fiction, and nonfiction, and conducting adventures in home renovation and repair on his ninety-three year old home.
Kelly L. Murdock has written extensively on 3D graphics and Web technologies. His credits include the 3D Studio Max R3 Bible, Master HTML and XHTML Visually, JavaScript Blueprints, and 3D Graphics and VRML 2. He is also the creative force behind the children's education site at www.animabets.com.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Learn QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY,
By javascripter (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: JavaScript: In an Instant (Paperback)
this is a very practical book for those who learn best from examples. i'm a certified internet professional and I favor these visual books a great deal cause they just cut to the chase.It's a no-nonsense approach that teaches you all the fundamentals of javascript without boring you with excessive details. for those who need details or more explainations on javascript, get a companion book with this one and you should be all set. overall, a book that you can learn javascript from scratch, very easily, and a reference for the more advanced programmer. highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good book if you want quick info and know Java already,
By Bill Wagner (Reston, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: JavaScript: In an Instant (Paperback)
I needed to do some work in Javascript that required a moderate skill level. I already know "real" Java as well as HTML and didn't want to get a 500+ page manual detailing every single aspect of Javascript...I simply don't need that level of knowledge for what I'm doing. I've been working with Java for just over five years, and programming for just over twenty years. If you're like me and simply need to solutions quickly and you are an experienced programmer, this book is quite good. I was able to extract the information I needed in just a few hours. On the other hand, if you're a complete novice to programming or Java is foreign to you, you might want to look at books that are a little less aggressive in their approach. It would be nice if they added an appendix of the Javascript classes and methods used, but for as little as this book costs, I can't complain.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
This is a begining/intermidate level book,
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This review is from: JavaScript: In an Instant (Paperback)
The problem with this book is that it is different from the regular series of the visual books.If you know javascipt like I do, this book makes sense. However, if you are new to javascript don't buy this. The explanations are terrible. There are woking examples. The example are the best features of the books because of the simple coding.
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JavaScript is composed of statements that when executed perform a desired function. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
official salutation welcoming, skeleton file, first form element, different filename, frameset file, new date object, first list item, onclick event, onfocus event, onchange event, preschool class, first text box, second text box, working with dates, radio button set, onload event, alert dialog box, access frames, variable file, selection list Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Tools Help, Determining Environment, Using Objects, Controlling Program Flow, Back Address, Ede Edit, Links Open, Oscar the Grouch, Declare Variables, Bill Bradley, Click Refresh, England Dublin, Ireland Amsterdam, Mon Nov New!
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official salutation welcoming, skeleton file, first form element, different filename, frameset file, new date object, first list item, onclick event, onfocus event, onchange event, preschool class, first text box, second text box, working with dates, radio button set, onload event, alert dialog box, access frames, variable file, selection list Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Tools Help, Determining Environment, Using Objects, Controlling Program Flow, Back Address, Ede Edit, Links Open, Oscar the Grouch, Declare Variables, Bill Bradley, Click Refresh, England Dublin, Ireland Amsterdam, Mon Nov New!
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