The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript (Addison-Wesley Web Wizard Series) [Paperback]

Steven G. Estrella (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0201758334 | ISBN-13: 978-0201758337

The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript teaches readers how to create Web sites that will have an audience coming back for more. From rollovers to cookies, this quick and easy-to-understand introduction to JavaScript will show readers how to create well-designed, user-friendly Web sites in no time. This book discusses plug-ins and multimedia, presents information on forms and explains the basic programming concepts behind JavaScript. It includes appendices of HTML tags and JavaScript keywords. The Web Wizard Series from Addison-Wesley is a series of brief, introductory books written by instructors on Internet and Web programming topics of interest to anyone who wants to create web pages. Each book includes an easy-to-read, full-color design featuring plenty of hands-on examples and exercises, and is written in a concise and practical manner so readers can use the technologies in no time.

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/* JZ925, 0-201-75833-4, Estrella, Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript, CI01 @CATEGORY = Web Programming = The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript = Steven G. Estrella*/ The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript teaches readers how to create Web sites that will have an audience coming back for more. From rollovers to cookies, this quick and easy-to-understand introduction to JavaScript will show readers how to create well-designed, user-friendly Web sites in no time. This book discusses plug-ins and multimedia, presents information on forms and explains the basic programming concepts behind JavaScript. It includes appendices of HTML tags and JavaScript keywords. The Web Wizard Series from Addison-Wesley is a series of brief, introductory books written by instructors on Internet and Web programming topics of interest to anyone who wants to create web pages. Each book includes an easy-to-read, full-color design featuring plenty of hands-on examples and exercises, and is written in a concise and practical manner so readers can use the technologies in no time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201758334
• ISBN-13: 978-0201758337
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #887,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid Introduction To JavaScript, February 5, 2002

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This review is from: The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript (Addison-Wesley Web Wizard Series) (Paperback)

This book does the job. It teaches concepts not just code. You can get lots of code examples for free on the internet. The only reason to buy a book is to learn how things work not just how to make things happen. One nice feature of the book is that it doesn't delve into every possible method or property. instead the author selected the most practical aspects of the language to teach. It is not the last book on JavaScript you will ever need but it makes a good first book on the topic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars demonstrates basic ideas well, November 17, 2005

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This review is from: The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript (Addison-Wesley Web Wizard Series) (Paperback)

Estrella provides a quick introduction to JavaScript. Enough details to understand the basic coding ideas. The illustrations and examples are also well chosen to reinforce this learning.

He demonstrates that JavaScript can greatly enhance the interactivity of your web pages. It complements the static features of HTML, by letting you write dynamic pages, that have behaviour as well as a single visual representation.

The book does not try to give a comprehensive overview of the language. But it should encourage you to seek out more information.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A+++ work, July 31, 2009

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This review is from: The Web Wizard's Guide to JavaScript (Addison-Wesley Web Wizard Series) (Paperback)

One of the best or Only well written book on JAVA. Super easy to read and understand. Please write another book like this on Drupal.