Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition [Mass Market Paperback]

James Jaworski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 16, 2001 | ISBN-10: 078212819X | ISBN-13: 978-0782128192

JavaScript is the most widely used scripting language for the Web and continues to grow in popularity. With this Premium Edition of Mastering JavaScript and its companion CD, savvy HTML users can learn to write JavaScript programs that will make their Web sites come alive! This is the most comprehensive tutorial and reference available, with information on both Netscape and Microsoft's enhancements of JavaScript. The book starts with everything beginners need to know and then moves on to more advanced topics, such as scripting ActiveX components, working with plug-ins, building multimedia applications, and interfacing with CGI programs. The author is a well-known Internet programming expert and has led the development of secure networks for the Department of Defense.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Mastering JavaScript serves both as a tutorial that will introduce you to JavaScript and as a resource that demonstrates how to use JavaScript in a variety of practical applications. With so many books about JavaScript available, what distinguishes Mastering JavaScript is primarily its scope. It covers not just language fundamentals but advanced topics such as using JavaScript to invoke Java methods or manipulate the behavior of Netscape plug-ins; taking advantage of JavaScript 1.2 capabilities introduced in Netscape Communicator and Navigator 4.0, including the ability to manipulate overlapping layers of content and to specify JavaScript-accessible style sheets; and using server-side JavaScript and interfacing JavaScript with CGI. James Jaworski writes more for moderately experienced programmers than for HTML coders who want to expand their skills, but his writing is clear and enjoyable. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

What JavaScript Can Do, You Can Do

Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition is your ticket to the enormous power of the Web’s dominant scripting language. Fully updated and expanded, this book teaches you everything, beginning with the basics and culminating with the tips and tricks that only professionals know. Regardless of your experience or particular JavaScript goals, you’ll find the instruction you need to quickly master the techniques that matter to you and your website.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding the Document Object Model
• Using operators, statements, and functions
• Handling events
• Working with objects
• Debugging your scripts
• Processing forms
• Creating basic JavaScript components
• Adding search tools
• Developing e-commerce applications
• Programming games
• Writing cross-browser code
• Scripting plug-ins and ActiveX components
• Creating XML-based web applications
• Using LiveConnect to communicate with Java applets
• Using JavaScript with JavaServer Pages
• Securing your scripts
• Working with Windows Scripting Host
• Programming Rhino

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 1136 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (October 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078212819X
• ISBN-13: 978-0782128192
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,162,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nicely done, but not the best, February 25, 2002

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Antonio A. Rodriguez "taserian" (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mastering JavaScript Premium Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

Mastering Javascript is an excellent book for a newcomer to JavaScript, but I find that its value for updating my previous knowledge of JavaScript was much less than I expected. The book is a hefty 1100+ pages, and they avoid providing beginner's information on HTML, thankfully. Yet the language in the book is somewhat dry, even considering normal standards of writing in similar style books.

The book is good for those who already have a background in programming, and are interested in venturing into JavaScript. There are extended JavaScript examples in the book, and sample code is provided on a companion CD.

A very appreciated section on XML is included, and this was the section I focused on the most. Yet it doesn't develop it as much as I would have expected it to, considering how much it had already done with previous topics.

All in all, I would have enjoyed it more if this had been my first introduction to JavaScript. As is, it is still a good ride, though not as satisfying the second time around.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow, infomative - Recomended, November 23, 1999

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Jeremy Rempel (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mastering Javascript (Paperback)

I'm about half way through the book and I find that is very informative, easy to follow. The one think I don't like is that it is focused on older browser development for Navigator 3. But I would definetly recomend this book to others.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring!, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mastering Javascript (Paperback)

If you like tutorials to be fun as well as informative, look elsewhere. I can't count the number of times my eyelids started drooping after 15 minutes because the material in this book is so dry. Unfortunately that dryness also extends to how well you pick up the information. Unless you really enjoy this style of writing, the mind begins to wander and you can miss important facts because all the facts just seem to run together. I'm sure the information in this book is supposed to be designed for the beginner with HTML and some programming experience, but the author doesn't make it very easy to digest.