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

by Steven G. Estrella (Author)

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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.

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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: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #875,432 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for novice programmers, August 4, 2003

By A Customer

I love the web wizard's series, and had high hopes for using this book in an intro-level course. But the programming concepts come too fast for someone who hasn't done any programming. Chapter 1 throws out a zillion concepts without giving enough concrete examples of how they are used, so they will remain abstract to novices.

An example: comparison operators are introduced on page 10, when one has no conceivable use for them. And then on page 20, we get to loops, and on page 21, conditional statements. You just can't pick up javascript this way unless you already know how to program.

This is probably a fine book for folks who already know how to program, but want to pick up javascript. But OTOH, if you already know how to program, aren't you ready for the O'Reilly Javascript books?

I'm not sure what this book's niche is. I thought the web wizard's series was for novices.