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Professional JavaScript for Web Developers (Wrox Professional Guides) (Paperback)
by Nicholas C. Zakas (Author) "Around 1992, a company called Nombas began developing an embedded scripting language called C-minus-minus (Cmm for short)..." (more)
Key Phrases: constructor paradigm, node type cannot, millisecond representation, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator (more...)
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* Dispels the myth that JavaScript is a "baby" language and demonstrates why it is the scripting language of choice used in the design of millions of Web pages and server-side applications
* Quickly covers JavaScript basics and then moves on to more advanced topics such as object-oriented programming, XML, Web services, and remote scripting
* Addresses the many issues that Web application developers face, including internationalization, security, privacy, optimization, intellectual property issues, and obfuscation
* Builds on the reader's basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and the Web in general

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* Dispels the myth that JavaScript is a ""baby"" language and demonstrates why it is the scripting language of choice used in the design of millions of Web pages and server-side applications * Quickly covers JavaScript basics and then moves on to more advanced topics such as object-oriented programming, XML, Web services, and remote scripting * Addresses the many issues that Web application developers face, including internationalization, security, privacy, optimization, intellectual property issues, and obfuscation * Builds on the reader's basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and the Web in general

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (April 22, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764579088
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764579080
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
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Writing technical books

1:19 PM PDT, March 23, 2008
Writing technical books, especially those about the Web, is an arduous process only embarked upon by the bravest of souls. Perhaps more than any other technology, web tech changes faster than you can blink your eye. When my first book, Professional JavaScript for Web Developers, was released in 2005, it was the most up-to-date coverage of JavaScript available. People were impressed at the mention of new browsers such as Safari and Mozilla (the precursor to Firefox) and enjoyed some treatment of the still-available Netscape Communicator 4.0. Now, just three years later, so much has changed that I've started writing a second edition.

When I wrote my second book, Professional Ajax, we had to hold the presses as Firebug 1.0 was released just before it was set to start publication. I had to go back and rewrite the section that was previously about Firebug 0.6 before we could let it go to presses. Even then, the Ajax phenomenon developed so quickly that we had to release an updated second edition the very next year.

As I'm writing the second edition of Professional JavaScript, I'm reminded of just how hard it is to write a long book and still have it be technically relevant by the time it's released. I started writing about the debugging capabilities of Safari 3 and then discovered that they all changed in Safari 3.1...back to the drawing board.

It's incredibly difficult to get a book out in a timely manner while still being as complete as I want it to be. This second edition will take me over a year to complete, so in the meantime I need to constantly be keeping up on new browser versions on the horizon, downloading alphas and betas to try to get a sneek peak of what might be coming.

So if you ever run into a technical book author, chances are, he/she could use a hug.
 
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The responsibilities of being an author

9:35 PM PDT, August 22, 2007
Being the author of technical books is a difficult job, especially when writing about web technology. The Internet is constantly changing, there's new techniques, new languages,