Jumping JavaScript (Prentice Hall PTR Java) [Paperback]

Janice Winsor (Author), Brian Freeman (Author), Sun Microsystems Press (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 29, 1997 | Series: Prentice Hall PTR Java

84194-0 The JavaScript guide that delivers! JavaScript is the quickest, easiest way to build interactive Web pages. It's a tool useful to every Internet and intranet developer. Jumping JavaScript delivers everything you need to get results immediately-including hundreds of script examples on CD-ROM, all designed for Windows 95, Macintosh, and UNIX. Even better, it is a comprehensive, well-indexed book-covering all the advanced techniques you need to become a world-class JavaScript developer. Get started with the basics of the JavaScript language and scripting environment, including data types, variables, functions, operators, expressions and statements, debugging tips, and programming style. Next, discover JavaScript's powerful objects; learn how to create windows and documents, control and use history properties, embed images and Java code. Jumping JavaScript contains detailed coverage of: *Understanding script writing basics, the Navigator object hierarchy and their event handlers. *Developing forms with user interface elements to capture user input. *Controlling scripts: JavaScript operators, testing for conditions, and creating loops. *Creating links and active image areas.* Working with system objects, including the String, Array, Date, and Math objects. *Working with the Navigator, MimeType, and Plugin objects. *Creating your own JavaScript objects and working with cookies. Whether you're responsible for a Web site or corporate intranet, Jumping JavaScript is the one book you need to leverage all the power of JavaScript.

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From the Back Cover

The JavaScript guide that delivers!

JavaScript is the quickest, easiest way to build interactive Web pages. It's a tool useful to every Internet and intranet developer.

Jumping JavaScript delivers everything you need to get results immediately—including hundreds of script examples on CD-ROM, all designed for Windows 95, Macintosh, and UNIX. Even better, it is a comprehensive, well-indexed book—covering all the advanced techniques you need to become a world-class JavaScript developer.

Get started with the basics of the JavaScript language and scripting environment, including data types, variables, functions, operators, expressions and statements, debugging tips, and programming style. Next, discover JavaScript's powerful objects; learn how to create windows and documents, control and use history properties, embed images and Java code.

Jumping JavaScript contains detailed coverage of:

• Understanding script writing basics, the Navigator object hierarchy and their event handlers.
• Developing forms with user interface elements to capture user input.
• Controlling scripts: JavaScript operators, testing for conditions, and creating loops.
• Creating links and active image areas.
• Working with system objects, including the String, Array, Date, and Math objects.
• Working with the Navigator, MimeType, and Plugin objects.
• Creating your own JavaScript objects and working with cookies.

Whether you're responsible for a Web site or corporate intranet, Jumping JavaScript is the one book you need to leverage all the power of JavaScript.

About the Author

JANICE WINSOR is the award-winning author of the best selling Solaris System Administrator's Guide and Solaris Advanced System Administrator's Guide and the author of the recently published UNIX Book of Games (all Sun Microsystems Press). She is experienced at explaining complicated technology to the average user in plain, easy-to-understand English. Janice is currently a manager at The Filoli Information Systems and lives in Half Moon Bay, California, with her three cats.

BRIAN FREEMAN is a software engineer experienced with desktop, multimedia, and internet technologies. He has worked in the computer industry for more than nine years, the last six for Sun Microsystems, Inc. in JavaSoft's Software Products and SunSoft's Desktop Technologies organizations. He recently moved to Silicon Graphics, Inc. and joined the Silicon Surf team as the technical lead for their Web site.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1216 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education (July 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0138419418
• ISBN-13: 978-0138419417
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,074,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very iffy... not for beginners, July 27, 1999

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This review is from: Jumping JavaScript (Prentice Hall PTR Java) (Paperback)

This is a boggling book for the beginner...

From the first page, it bombards the reader with a stream of terms and jargon, and only a vague explanation of what it all means, and how it fits into writing code. i.e: "The for...in statement is a special form of loop that loops through the properties of a particular object from first to last." Until that point, I never heard of a loop, so I certainly harbor minimal interest in learning about "special kinds" of loops. And what does it do with the properties while it loops through them?

I like books that start you off quickly, but this just puts you in a cannon and fires you into the fray without any help whatsoever. It's structured more like a mystery novel than a reference guide. Don't let the cute froggies all over the place fool you -- Avoid this book, unless you already have good programming background.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Reference, hard to learn from, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jumping JavaScript (Prentice Hall PTR Java) (Paperback)

This book was my first introduction to general scripting on the web as well as Javascript in particular. I found it hard to learn from specifically because much of the text is filled with long pages of code that are redundant. The code is redundant mainly because the included cdrom already contains the html sourcecode.

However, the book is my best resource for Javascript when I want to find syntax or forget the purpose / implementation of a method or object. It's the best reference for Javascript that I have, and I have used it regularly for over a year.

This book is ideal for people who are already familiar with scripting (such as VBscript) and need to learn / use Javascript specifically.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A big book with little content, February 11, 1998

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This review is from: Jumping JavaScript (Prentice Hall PTR Java) (Paperback)

When I first looked at this book, I thought it looked well thought out, and pretty complete. Unfortunately, I never find what I need in it. Everytime I need to find something, I end up looking elsewhere.