Book Description

This new edition of the definitive guide to JavaScript has been revamped to cover the latest browsers, language updates, extensions, and JavaScript standards
Part tutorial and part reference, the book serves as a learning tool for building new JavaScript skills and a detailed reference for seasoned JavaScript developers
Danny Goodman's exclusive interactive workbench, The Evaluator, makes it easy to master JavaScript and DOM concepts
Offers deployment strategies that best suit the user's content goals and target audience
Bonus CD-ROM is packed with advanced content for the reader who wants to go an extra step

Customer Reviews:

Excellent resource for anyone but the novice programmer.......2007-03-15

Pro: really good reference work for most people
Cons: 1) Not for someone who doesn't know either javascript basics or another scripting language. 2) Organization is good, but it isn't an encyclopedia and it isn't a start-to-finish tutorial. 3) Poor typeface decisions.

This book is the greatest for several different types of people. First, anyone who knows the basics of javascript, from advanced beginner to advanced js user. Second, anyone who wants to learn javascript and already knows some programming; you can use it as a tutorial, but only if you don't need much explanation about scripts and object-oriented programming.

It really is just excellent for someone who has previously learned something about one of the chapters but needs a refresher and/or more detailed/comprehensive walkthrough.

Four stars instead of five for a completely unnecessary mistake. Unfortunately, the W3c ignores people who do not have eagle-sharp vision and will fill a page full of semicolons and colons, or parens and curly brackets. If you don't have a font that clearly distinguishes these, it is a major source of semantic errors and eyestrain. The font chosen to print the code in this book could not be worse. Colons and semicolons are almost impossible to distinguish (not to mention periods and commas),and curly brackets look like thin lines with no curls.

C'mon guys. There are fonts of every type where periods and commas are easier to distinguish, and curly brackets have a distinct shape. USE THEM FOR PUBLISHING CODE!!

Very Authoritative.......2007-03-02

This "Bible" covers everything that is needed for JavaScript programming. Everything is very well written and very easy to understand with clear code examples and real world applications. The beginning tutorial is a great way to get beginners started then the more advanced topics are covered in the Book or on the CD with all of the examples listed on the CD as well.

This is a book that I will continue to use.

The title tells no lies.......2007-02-14

Definitively it's the javascript bible.

If you want to fine tune your AJAX apps you'd better buy this book.

It's extensive object and fuction reference does not leave anything in the shadows.

This book is worth every cent.

Another nerd validates their own knowledge.......2006-12-24

An overwhelming amount of information without a simple beginning. The author jumps from beginning level information to way too sophisticated so fast that it will lose any non-technical person.

Very comprehensive and useful.......2006-11-10

This is really a bible-level handbook of javascript. The contents are very comprehensive and look professional. The best thing is that the examples in each chapter really help understand the boring syntax and functions.

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This book is not up to date
Good Reviews?
Excellent Book

JavaScript Bible
Danny Goodman , and Michael Morrison
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Book Description

Make your Web pages stand out above the noise with JavaScript and the expert instruction in this much-anticipated update to the bestselling JavaScript Bible. With renowned JavaScript expert Danny Goodman at your side, you’ll get a thorough grounding in JavaScript basics, see how it fits with current Web browsers, and find all the soup-to-nuts detail you’ll need. Whether you’re a veteran programmer or just starting out, this is the JavaScript book Web developers turn to again and again.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Customer Reviews:

This book is not up to date.......2007-06-30

I have a few javascript books already, but they are out of date. I bought this book, which claims to be published in 2007, to learn to be more DOM and W3C compliant. However, from reading this book so far, I find that the material in it are as outdated as my older books. For example, the book still encourages the use of the "innerHTML" method, which is neither a W3C recommendation, nor is it encouraged anymore. Furthermore, the book shows you to convert a "number" type to a string by doing this:

var num = 100;
num = "" + num;

That's just silly. What happened to the toString() method? How about doing this?

var num = 100;
num = num.toString();

Also the book doesn't encourage separation of structure from functionality. The book's examples have javascript all mixed together with the markup. This is clearly not the modern, correct, and recommended way to script a web page.

So far, these are the gripes I have about this book... and I'm only on chapter 6. It makes me feel like I don't want to finish this book, because I might adopt these outdated methods of scripting.

I do not recommend this book.

Good Reviews?.......2007-04-26

Just got started and got to Ch 3 and ran into a snag...page 22...lines 19 and 20 are duplicate as such:

Let's Script...

Thus, you see there is no closing tag for "

" yet the book states it complies with DHTML that all tags will be closed. Also, the "Let's Script" appears twice if you use the book example.

Additionally, the enclosed CD-ROM for "ch03.script1.htm" link is wrong as it should be "ch03.script1.html." If you are new to JavaScript, the work around is to access "My Computer," then your DVD/CD drive and "Content," then "Chap03," then "script1.html."

I think the editors and proof readers assumed .htm was the norm and overlooked "script1.html."

First script, first impression...not looking too good.

I'll keep you posted as I advance through the book.

Additionally, I tried to communicate with Wiley Publishing, Inc...but got caught in a loop as I posed a question to them and unknown to me they only allowed 80 characters, but I went over the limit and in their text block they allowed me to keep typing.

Excellent Book.......2007-04-16

The content of this book is Excellent, the wait was worth it. I'm glad someone finally consolidated all the JavaScript information into a publication, which brings me to a criticism, not about the content. The print is too small. I believe it would have been better to turn this into a two book publication and make the print bigger (and blacker), the paper could also be whiter for better contrast and a heavier weight. Yes it would have been more expensive, but you wouldn't go blind trying to read it.

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Great Resource
Buena utilidad para en embale de IE y netscape
good
confused organization
Helpful for beginner

JavaScript Bible, 4th Edition
Danny Goodman
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Aimed at the HTML designer with or without previous programming experience, the JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition, brings a popular text up to date with a full tour of using JavaScript with all of today's Web browsers. Smart, very approachable, and filled with many useful tips, this book can put JavaScript development into the reach of just about anyone.

After presenting a solid tour of basic programming in JavaScript, the book centers in on the issues of developing JavaScript applications for real browsers. This means truly comprehensive coverage of the document object model (DOM), HTML, window and frame objects, forms, and style sheets that are available today. In about 1,000 pages (and almost 30 chapters), you learn what's available in today's JavaScript standard with a reference listing every object, API, and property, plus tips on how to use each feature. All this material makes this text an extremely worthwhile desktop reference for everyday JavaScript development. In particular, we liked that support (or lack thereof) for every feature is clearly documented across the full range of today's browsers from Netscape Navigator 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to Internet Explorer 3 through 5.5.

Later chapters move toward the JavaScript language itself, with material on strings, math functions, and dates. The author discusses techniques for adapting JavaScript to particular browsers as well as providing cross-browser support where appropriate. Short exercises end each chapter, and the book presents sample solutions in an appendix. Additional CD-ROM chapters move beyond the whopping 1,200 pages of printed material.

In all, the author's patient, clear writing style and real-world advice for creating great-looking Web pages with JavaScript make this title a winner. Readers of previous editions of the JavaScript Bible will appreciate the updated focus on current browsers. For anyone who wants to learn JavaScript for the first time, this edition is arguably an unbeatable choice. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered:

Introduction to JavaScript and HTML
Targeting different browsers (with DHTML, style sheets, and other features)
Basic JavaScript language tutorial (including variables, operators, expressions, flow control, forms, and built-in APIs)
Script tags
Error handling
Arrays
Window and document objects
Form processing with JavaScript
Tutorial and reference for the String, Math, and Date classes
Frames
Images (including rollover support)
Comprehensive JavaScript reference
ECMAScript
Detecting different browsers
Document object model (DOM) for Netscape 2 through 6 and IE 3 through 5
Generic HTML objects
Window and frame objects
Location and history objects
Document and body objects
Body text objects
HTML directives
Link and anchor objects
Image and map objects
Form and form control objects
Working with buttons and text in HTML forms
Select and option elements
Table and list objects
Netscape Navigator and environment objects
Event objects
Style sheet reference
Positioned objects
JavaScript operators
Functions and custom objects
Sample programming exercises and answers

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Greatly enhanced and updated from the third edition, this is the title any JavaScripter cannot afford to be without! JavaScript Bible, 4th Edition covers the new powerful functionality JavaScript will gain with the release of new revs of Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator. This book features essential new JS information, additional ready-to-use JavaScript applications, and scores of additional JavaScripts and Web page routines. As with the last edition, this book will bring non-technical professionals, including casual programmers and scripters, painlessly up to speed on all aspects of mastering JavaScript, including programming fundamentals, JavaScript language elements, and how to use them effectively, and how to easily and efficiently add powerful new functionality to HTML documents and Java applets.

Customer Reviews:

Great Resource.......2007-07-16

This book is a great resource for when you're looking for that specific line of code. Its terrible to read from front to back, but its an excellent way to find exactly what you're looking for. Its so much code, it'll make your eyes bleed.

Buena utilidad para en embale de IE y netscape.......2007-07-06

lo bueno es el comparativ de que funciona en que versión de cada producto, muy util para resolver chicharrones cuando se necesitaban certificar aplicaciones (funcionalidades)bajo varios navegadores

good.......2004-02-04

This book is great,coves probably everything there is to cover in javascript but...........if you have never doen anything like this before you should start out with something more siple first,although the book claims new people to web programming, the new people will have a hard time with it.

confused organization.......2003-11-05

I would give this book a five star rating for its content if it were easier to locate what I want. Particularly vexing is that the author has placed some of the content only on the CD with listings page such as 'CD-281.' After months of looking I can not find the files designated as 'CD' on the CD.

Helpful for beginner.......2003-07-12

As a non-programmer (graphic designer), I am finding this book helpful. The author does a good job not assuming too much except familiarity with html. He uses real-life comparisons to make concepts understandable. The writing style is friendly and very thorough. I was struggling to learn Javascript from Paul Wilton's Beginning Javascript. This book is making things clear that I was stumped on by approaching it very methodically, building on the simplest examples. I have also ordered 'Official Netscape Javascript 1.2 Book' by Kent which I heard was beginner-friendly. I find programmers have a hard time relating to us non-programmers! Goodman seems to have a grasp of how to present these basics to the 'rest of us'.

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I expected more
A Bible in Size Only
Solid beginning to end coverage of Ajax...
Another winner - a fine AJAX ontribution

Ajax Bible
Steve, Ph.D. Holzner
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Build interactive Web applications with Ajax

Create live searches and online spreadsheets

Discover programming mistakes to avoid!

Create blazing-fast Web applications with powerful Ajax

If you think that mastering Ajax is too difficult, guess again. You can create Web applications that look and feel like desktop apps in less time than you think with the comprehensive Ajax instruction in this in-depth book. You'll find easy-to-follow tutorials, hundreds of tips and tricks, and so much practical information that even skilled developers will reach for this book first. Let this Bible be your guide as you jump into the hottest Web programming technology in years.

* Master the fundamentals--JavaScript(r), XML, dynamic HTML, and CSS
*

Tie Ajax into Google with the Google(r) API
*

Handle simultaneous XMLHttpRequest objects in Ajax
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Use Ajax frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, AjaxTags, and others
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Understand the Document Object Model (DOM)
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Create floating menus and effects with CSS
*

Encrypt data over plain HTTP using JavaScript
*

Adapt real-world examples to your own programs

Companion Web site

Find all the code used throughout the book at www.wiley.com/go/ajaxbible

Customer Reviews:

I expected more.......2007-10-02

This book convers very well a lot of subjects on Ajax, and a lot it doesn't.

There are two chapters focused on PHP. These are on the Parte IV, named Advanced Ajax. But in this two chapters, if you try to find Ajax, you won't get Anything!!!

This book is not aimed for advanced or experts of Ajax, it's just for the beginner and maybe intermediate.

If your're searching a book for some advanced Ajax techniques. GET ANOTHER BOOK!!

A Bible in Size Only.......2007-07-24

This book is way bigger than it needs to be. The code examples take up enormous amounts of space. When stepping through an example, the entire example code is (usually) repeated with the new line under discussion added. Even the simplest example takes up pages of text. Every new example gets the cross-browser code for obtaining an XMLhttprequest object. Do we really need that repeated for each example?

The examples are mostly very simple, usually replacing one line of text with another. Then there's the screenshots. How informative is it to see two entire Internet Explorer windows, complete with toolbars, and a tiny speck of text that changes to before the Ajax call to an after Ajax call? The coverage of client and server-side libraries is so minimal and the examples so simple that the author could have just listed what libraries are available.

Most of the book has nothing to do with Ajax. There are chapters on DOM, javascript, CSS but I can't understand who their target audience is. For instance, if you don't know anything about DOM, you won't learn enough to be useful. If you do know some (even a little), you won't learn anything at all.

The last five chapters are the advanced Ajax section. The first three are an introduction to PHP. Really. How to declare a variable. How to make a comment. No Ajax at all. Again, if you don't know PHP, you're better off getting a better book. If you think the last two chapters might build on this tutorial of PHP, you're mistaken. No more PHP. On to java server pages, javabeans, and an odd little ending with two page discussion of Model-View-Controller. Again, if you don't know JSP, you won't understand what's going on. If you do, you won't learn anything.

The book is a nice introduction to Ajax, it just contains way to much filler and never does anything in any depth.

Solid beginning to end coverage of Ajax..........2007-05-14

Finding a book on Ajax isn't too hard any more. Finding one that covers beginning to advanced Ajax (and does it well) is another story. Steve Holzner has put his entry into the field with Ajax Bible. This is one of the better titles out there, and there's something to appeal to all levels of developers.

Contents:
Part 1 - Fundamental Ajax: Essential Ajax; Know Your JavaScript; Creating Ajax Applications; Serious Ajax Programming
Part 2 - Ajax In Depth: Introducing Ajax Frameworks; More Advanced Ajax Frameworks; Using Server-Side Ajax Frameworks
Part 3 - Ajax and the DOM, XML, CSS, and Dynamic HTML: The DOM and Event Handling; XML and Ajax; Cascading Style Sheets and Ajax; Dynamic HTML and Ajax
Part 4 - Advanced Ajax: Introducing Ajax and PHP; PHP - Functions and HTML Controls; Handling User Input in PHP; Ajax and Security; Filters, MVC, and Ajax
Index

Holzner's written over 100 technology books, so I've come to expect a high level of writing from him. He definitely delivers here. Part 1 gives you all the information you need to start writing an Ajax-enabled application. The JavaScript chapter is designed to give you enough background if you've never worked with Ajax before, but not so lengthy as to dominate the entire book. The Serious Ajax Programming chapter will appeal to readers who have done some Ajax coding already, covering such subjects as multiple XMLHttpRequest objects and calling other domains. Part 2 gets into the whole topic of frameworks and how they can save you time and effort in your coding projects. No need to reinvent the wheel if someone else already has done that. Part 3 covers more of how you can take the returned data from the Ajax call and format your web page to display and use that data. And finally, Part 4 goes into some fairly advanced topics that won't mean much to the beginner, but might be exactly what the advanced developer needs.

What I especially liked are Holzner's code examples. In many books, you get a code example all at once. The following writing then tries to explain whatever was just shown. That's usually OK, but sometimes longer code snippets can get confusing. Holzner "builds" the code alongside the writing. So you first get the start and end of the function along with the explanation. Then you get that code along with a new bold section that explains the next step. This pattern is repeated until the entire code snippet is built. While some might feel that it pads the book with redundant pages of code, I prefer it as you see the specific part of the code being discussed without getting confused about additional lines you don't yet understand.

If there was a need for me to recommend a book on Ajax to someone without knowing their background, this would be a very safe bet. Beginners will get exactly what they need, and intermediate/advanced readers will find stuff that they don't know. Nice job...

Another winner - a fine AJAX ontribution.......2007-05-10

If you're alive and into computer books, you've got to know the name Holzner. The fellow has got a talent for putting together a book that is always (at least the ones I read) at the top of the heap in terms of readability and content. He does it again in this book. This book is an enhanced version of his Ajax For Dummies, a very good and lower level book. There's more in it.
AJAX for the un-initiated (are they out there ?) is the name given to the technique of using a bunch of already true and tried components, Javascript, XML, dynamic HTML, and CSS and the XMLHttpRequest object to obtain some rather dramatic effects toward creating websites that perform in a crisp way.
As in snap, crackle and pop. AJAX is not a language, it is not a new technology. It is a novel way of using the above mentioned already existing stuff in a very clever way. As such, you need to learn an awful lot of stuff and to learn how it all hangs together. And this is where the author excels. He has already written other books where this stuff is described. He brings it into this book from scratch and does a very good job of tying it all up into a nice neat package. The book is self-contained. It is a very good book for the beginner and the more advanced reader will find some interesting reading too.

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Jesus says "buy this book!"
Big Book, Poorly Written
Ups and Downs
Difficult to follow
THE BIBLE, NOT ONLY A RESOURCE MANUAL

JavaScript Bible
Danny Goodman
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Danny Goodman has repeatedly proven himself an excellent teacher of programming languages, and this latest edition of JavaScript Bible reinforces his reputation. If you're familiar with HTML and want to endow your pages with the kind of animation and interactivity that JavaScript can provide, this book is the best one you can buy.

Goodman covers the JavaScript 1.2 language comprehensively, and focuses on developing documents that fully exploit the capabilities of Netscape Navigator 4.0x. The author begins with the fundamentals of the language--variables, loops, data structures, functions, and the like. Then, he proceeds to systematically explore the more difficult characteristics of the language, including its limited object-orientation features and the extensions that apply to Dynamic HTML (DHTML). Server-side coverage is sparse, but that technology isn't nearly as widely used as client-side JavaScript.

JavaScript Bible contains both a tutorial and a reference, so it's useful to advanced JavaScript programmers as well as to beginners. Plus, the illustrative examples included in these pages--and on the accompanying CD-ROM--are generally useful. You'll find image-rollover routines, client-side database lookups, a DHTML puzzle, and many more programs that you'll be able to quickly adapt to your own projects. JavaScript Bible is a winner. --David Wall

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With all the different JavaScript titles available today, its pretty easy to get overwhelmed when it comes to finding the right book for you. Wouldnt it be great if there was a complete, comprehensive JavaScript guide for users of all levels? Well, there is: JavaScript™ Bible, 3rd Edition, written by leading JavaScript authority Danny Goodman.

Fully revised and updated to include JavaScript 1.2, JavaScript Bible, 3rd Edition provides in-depth coverage of such JavaScript basics as document objects, forms, multiple windows, and frames. You also get instruction on creating mouse-rollover images, integrating Java applets into Web pages, understanding how JavaScript works with Netscape and Microsoft browsers, deploying Dynamic HTML, and much more.

The CD-ROM features demo versions of Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, and MarketWare HitList, seven bonus chapters, the code for the examples in the book, and the electronic version of JavaScript Bible, 3rd Edition.

Customer Reviews:

Jesus says "buy this book!".......2005-08-08

When they say it's a Bible they don't lie! If you don't buy this book you will go to HELL!!

Big Book, Poorly Written.......2002-07-19

This is another example of a "doorstop book" (which is where mine was until I sold it to a used book dealer for $5). Like so many other computer books (e.g. Special Edition Using... or XXXX Unleashed), this author tries to impress the buyer with the size of the book.

The content of the book was poorly organized as well as poorly written. It is difficult to navigate and learn the language. If this is the JavaScript Bible, shouldn't it educate the user in the development of JavaScripts for the web? A better structure of this book would have been to develop mock scripts for a functioning web site.
Furthermore, the CD that is included is worthless. The "hundreds" of free software titles are actually worthless trials from companies marketing their tools and products. So, I wonder why they (attempt) to teach JavaScript then include samples of actual software packages that they then market to the user.

Alternatively, I would recommend the O'Reilly book on JavaScript. O'Reilly has a track record of producing concise books that actually teach the topic. They are not 700+ page monsters that are filled with fluff. I would also caution against purchasing future editions as they tend to be nearly identical to the previous version with minor additions.

Ups and Downs.......2001-11-22

I had such a great time working through most of the material in the first 8 chapters of this book. The examples were clear and helped me to thoroughly implement what I was learning. During chapter 9, I started to get annoyed with the typos, poor answers to some of the Tutorial Exercises, and examples that were irrelevant to anything I wanted to accomplish. At the end of chapter 10, I decided to move on to an O'Reilly book.

This book strengthened my base in programming principles. I appreciated the explanations, when they were written thoroughly. When I get confused, I dig in stubbornly until I figure it out. Perhaps someone who breezes past the confusing parts will do better with this book.

Difficult to follow.......2001-11-10

I'm a frustrated beginner at Javascript. This book is part of what frustrated me. It's not very clear, with not enough examples and not enough details all at the same time. Much later, after I put down this book in frustration, I picked up WROX press' "Beginning Javascript," which I find much easier to follow. If only I had started with that book instead of this one!

THE BIBLE, NOT ONLY A RESOURCE MANUAL.......2001-09-11

I have been javascripting since 1996. As such, I've been through two editions of the javascript bible, including this third edition. It's only gotten better (as javascript has also improved in breadth). This is not a book for someone who simply wants an A-Z manual. If you want a book that truly spans the beginner through expert category, however, this IS it. Goodman provides in-depth explanations and examples at all stages of your development. If you are a beginner, start at the beginning. If you are an expert, use the index. Either way, this is a must- have for any web programmer's library.

JavaScript Examples Bible: The Essential Companion to JavaScript Bible

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Learning by example - the ones already written that is.

JavaScript Examples Bible: The Essential Companion to JavaScript Bible
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JavaScript Examples Bible is the example companion to the best-selling JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman. This book is for anyone who is looking for complete examples of JavaScripts. Many of the examples reveal detailed descriptions of HTML listings that illustrate a particular object model or language feature. Even more Example sections invite you to try out an object model or language feature with the help of an interactive workbench, called The Evaluator -- a JavaScript Bible exclusive!

Customer Reviews:

Learning by example - the ones already written that is........2002-10-28

Working with JavaScript is certainly becoming more and more a part of the web pages I am involved with, from wanting a clock to form validation to buttons. There is so many things and uses for JavaScript that the list seems endless.

What I found most helpful about this book was not only was the cd filled with over 300 pre-written scripts, but that the book also has coding examples for you to follow and learn from. For me learning JavaScript is a challenge and using the examples in this book has certainly it easier to produce quality JavaScripts.

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The JavaScript Bible, Gold Edition covers the new powerful functionality JavaScript gains with the release of the new fifth generation revisions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator. The book includes all the great content included in the JavaScript Bible, 4th Edition, an international bestseller, plus over 400 pages of new material. The Gold Bible features essential new JavaScript information, additional ready -to-use JavaScript applications and scores of additional JavaScripts and Web page routines. This book will bring programmers and non-technical professionals, including casual programmers and scripters, painlessly up to speed on all aspects of mastering JavaScript. Key topics include programming fundamentals, JavaScript language elements and how to use them effectively, and how to easily and efficiently add powerful new functionality to HTML documents and Java applets. The JavaScript Bible, Gold Edition also comes with a Windows/Mac CD-ROM which includes over 100 sample scripts, on -screen quick-reference, and hundreds of megabytes of usable Web design elements and software.

Customer Reviews:

The Important Pages are Missing!.......2005-08-04

The book is a very fine work and quite definitive but the pages that deal with some basic concepts are only on the CD. The CD is protected so that you can't even print the material. You need a PC to get read this book.

Great guide for the IT professional........2005-02-25

I rely on it as my primary JS reference, even though I have several titles on this topic. I have been able to find more information in this book than other books I personally own. This book is well worth the money, provided you make your living as a web developer. I highly recommend the book.....

Javascript Bible is good but missing.......2005-02-17

I just bought Javascript Bible Gold Edition. I am grateful that I only paid $28.00 from Amazon. Not $69.99, no thanks. I don't buy it in a store. I buy it only at Amazon. So I notice there is something missing in the book. It only show code language. It doesn't explain clear, only brief. No pictures and no codes example. I suggest you not just buying this book. Also Dummies and other good books that go with Javascript Bible. For all javascript languages, I recommend this book.

Good reference.......2004-10-18

the Gold editon of Javascript Bible is a giant book with comprehensive reference to just about everything there is to JavaScript. I rely it as my primary JS reference, even though I have several titles on this topic, because I have been able to find more information in this book than others. Realize that a big book like this has both advantages and shortcomings.

...just Reference, reference and more reference..........2003-11-22

Very bad book for beginners, it buys thinking it that could be my best and unique book about JavaScript, my biggest error was not to have read a little in a store. In the reader level it says: from beginning to advanced, but a principiant does not learn with one minimal introduction and more than 1000 pages of reference... it seems like a dictionary. What a mistake !

Average customer rating:

THe Best Javascript book ever
Please
Loved it, great resource
Good book with worst index I've seen
Good book, excellent in some instances

Javascript Bible, 2nd Edition
Danny Goodman
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Known for his books on programming Macintosh computers with HyperCard, Danny Goodman takes on the task of explaining another free, easy-to-use "volks-language" to the computer community. Goodman explains everything from how to get set up for JavaScript programming to how to create complicated programs and includes an outstanding outline-based table of contents that uses frames. He also includes an excellent sample order form that many business sites will be able to use. All of these goodies are on the companion CD-ROM.

A substantial section of JavaScript Bible is dedicated as a reference to the methods and properties of all the JavaScript 1.1 objects. The reference also details operators, keywords, and other pieces of JavaScript syntax. This section is followed by an excellent debugging guide, which includes a list of JavaScript interpreter error messages with explanations of their meanings. You'll also find a better-than- average discussion of cookies and how to make them do your bidding. This book covers a lot of ground while avoiding any hint of a lofty, flip, or condescending tone.

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There's a lot you can do with HTML, but it's nothing compared to what you can do by adding JavaScript to your Web pages. JavaScript BIBLE, 2nd Edition, shows you how adding a few lines of JavaScript to your Web pages can dramatically increase the functionality and interactivity of your site. Not only that, but this book's bundled CD-ROM for Windows or Macintosh is packed with resources and examples -- from an on-screen quick reference accessible from WinHelp, Apple Guide, or your Web browser, to sample scripts and hundreds of megabytes of usable Web design elements and product demos. In this second edition, best-selling author Danny Goodman covers late-breaking developments like Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 as well as hot new plug-in technology like LiveConnect -- all this in addition to a complete reference to the JavaScript language.

Customer Reviews:

THe Best Javascript book ever.......2002-11-28

This book really helped me in my class
without it i am sure i would not have passed the class

Please.......1999-02-05

Hi this looks like an easy to use and very reasorceful book. My name is Matt Brown and I am a rep For Amazing Book Store and I was woundering if you could please aend me a compementery book so I can decide if this book is right for our compuiter Isle. Please E-mail me for my address. at MattBrown755@yahoo.com

Loved it, great resource.......1998-06-13

This is a great book and a great resource to the new people in JavaScript. It starts at the beginning and reaches to the end. I can't waite to get the 3rd edition!

Good book with worst index I've seen.......1998-04-22

I've been reading this book on and off for about a year now. It seems easier to be used as a quick reference than Flanagan's Definitive Guide. But the index of this book is neither complete nor well-indented. If saving space is a concern, use smaller fonts. Yes, I found quite a few errors as other did. The good thing about the book is (I think) Goodman is a clear writer.

Good book, excellent in some instances.......1998-04-21

I bought this book as my first JavaScript book and found many interesting examples. A lot of them can be easily added to your pages using the source code on the boundled CD-ROM. It describes JavaScript from the very inception till complicated scripts that probably aren't what everybody's looking for. I SUGGEST THIS BOOK to those like me that are familiar with programming but have no finacial founds to buy a server and experience with CGI. JavaScript doesn't require that much in terms of knowledge and this book it's also great in the way it presents the various functions of the language. In the end I just add this: there are tons of pages about JavaScript around as you can see in any bookstore that might confuse you when choosing....I suggest you this because I tried.

La Biblia de Javascript/ Javascript Bible (La Biblia De)

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La Biblia de Javascript/ Javascript Bible (La Biblia De)
Lazaro Issi Camy
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HTML XHTML and CSS Bible Also Covering Javascript XML Web Design and Publishing

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HTML XHTML and CSS Bible Also Covering Javascript XML Web Design and Publishing
Bryan Pfaffenberger
Manufacturer: Wiley-Dreamtech India Pvt. Ltd.
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