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Learn to use these powerful tools together and build Web sites that work

If you want to build Web pages that offer real value to your site's visitors, JavaScript and AJAX are top tools for the job. Even if you're new to Web programming, this book helps you create sites any designer will admire. With easy-to-understand steps and an emphasis on free tools, you'll be able to jump right into building a site using the same techniques as the pros.

Down to basics — learn your way around JavaScript and choose an editor and test browser
Manage complexity — use functions, arrays, and objects to create more sophisticated programs
Page magic — discover how to control what happens on your pages, animate objects, and put pages in motion
Get beautiful — Use the jQuery User Interface library to add sliders, tabbed interfaces, and custom dialogs to a site
Come clean with AJAX — build AJAX requests into your programs, use jQuery, and work with AJAX data

Open the book and find:

How to choose a test browser
How to discuss string concatenation with a straight face
Tips for debugging your code
How to add useful information to a dropdown list
Why AJAX connections should be asynchronous
The exciting possibilities of the jQuery library
How to use the Aptana editor
Online resources for JavaScript programmers

About the Author

Andy Harris is a lecturer in computer science at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis. He was instrumental in developing the university's certificate program in applied computer science and has taught courses in Web development as well as several programming languages.

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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: For Dummies (December 2, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0470417994
ISBN-13: 978-0470417997
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
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3.0 out of 5 stars Heads up on printing error!, January 11, 2010

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I can't give a full review yet as I just bought this book, but other buyers should know that there's a printing error throughout the book. There's a double caret symbol in the code examples that should be double quotes instead. I was frustrated that my first attempts at writing javascript weren't working, and was relieved to find it wasn't me. A quick search online lead me to the author's page, where he mentions this error. My first Dummies book, and I was thinking I was an idiot. Onward!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Title is Deceiving - Don't Buy It, January 17, 2010

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If you're starting out with JavaScript for the first time, as most dummies book readers probably are, do NOT buy this one. I don't understand how the editors of the company could allow such a complex, incoherent book to be described as one for dummies [beginners]. The only people whom I think would benefit are those who are already somewhat proficient in JavaScript. In sum, the author is an expert on his subject matter but doesn't have a clue when it comes to communicating. This happens all too often in the world of software, where programmers who become authors, have no idea how to communicate with non-programmers [beginners], the target audience of this book.

The author commits a classic error when writing about topics he knows inside out. He assumes the reader understands and/or is familiar with a wide array of JavaScript/Programming related concepts that are of course 2nd nature to him. So instead of starting out with the absolute basics of JavaScript, explaining them, and progressing accordingly in an organized manner from simple to more difficult, he quickly jumps into somewhat complex programming concepts and procedures. I found this scattered approach a little baffling.

To compound the classic error described above, he states that each element of the scripts he uses as examples, will be explained in detail, but that didn't always happen.

There was another problem that confused me. Maybe the concept was clear to others, but it certainly wasn't for me. On page 36 he said using //<! [CDATA] is a special marker explaining the following code is character information, not XHTML. Fair enough, but only two paragraphs later he shows you how to insert comments by using the very same //, which tells the browser to ignore everything after the //. In one paragraph we are told to use // for a purpose but he then tells us using // instructs the browser to ignore everything after those slashes. Which one is true?

The first two chapters were actually very good in introducing and setting up what I thought would be an excellent book for someone new to JavaScript. However, the author completely lost me in Chapter 3. This chapter introduced the concept of "Conditions" to the reader. My big problem was the fact that the entire chapter was based on the concept of "Random Numbers", an area where most java script beginners like me are totally lost. Who cares about or understands random numbers? Instead of starting out with every day, real life examples that most people can identify with, the author seemed enthralled with the idea of exploring an esoteric subject. That chapter was a complete waste of time.

Chapter 4 on Looping was all right. OK, I'm thinking now I can really start learning in Chapter 5, Functions, Arrays, and Objects. Unfortunately, just like Chapter 3, instead of using real world, meaningful examples to illustrate Functions and Arrays, he utilized some stupid song about Ants Marching. I'm sorry but I want real world examples that challenge me every day. That was the final straw so I stopped reading.

Maybe the ensuing information is presented in a better fashion, but after an entire chapter on random numbers and another one on ants marching, I gave up and moved onto a much better organized book for people new to JavaScript.

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