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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9780596515898
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0596515898
Label: Pogue Press
Manufacturer: Pogue Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 543
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
Publisher: Pogue Press
Studio: Pogue Press
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JavaScript is essential for creating modern, interactive Web sites. But, unlike HTML and CSS, JavaScript is a true programming language with complex rules that are challenging for most Web designers to learn. In JavaScript: The Missing Manual, bestselling author David McFarland teaches you how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- even if you have little or no programming experience. In a clear, entertaining way, the book starts out by teaching you how to build a basic JavaScript program. Then, once you've mastered the structure and terminology, you'll learn how to use advanced JavaScript tools to add useful interactivity to your sites quickly and painlessly, rather than scripting everything from scratch. To jump-start your progress, the book offers several "living examples" -- step-by-step tutorials for building Web site components with JavaScript using raw materials, such as graphics and half-completed Web pages, that you can download from the book's companion Web site. In this book, you will learn: How to get started. The book introduces the building blocks of JavaScript, and general tips on computer programming. Learn to add scripts to a Web page; store and manipulate information; communicate with the browser window; respond to events like mouse clicks and form submissions; and identify and modify HTML. How to build Web Page Features. McFarland provides real-world examples of JavaScript in action. Learn to create pop-up navigation bars, enhance HTML tables, build an interactive photo gallery, and make Web forms more usable. Create interesting user interfaces with tabbed panels, accordion panels and pop-up dialog boxes. How to troubleshoot and debug. The book will teach you howto avoid the ten most common errors new programmers make, and how to find and fix bugs. How to communicate with the Web server. In addition to basic JavaScript, this manual covers Ajax, the approach that made JavaScript glamorous. Learn to use JavaScript to communicate with a server so that your Web pages can receive information without having to reload.
If you want to put JavaScript to work right away without getting tangled up in code, JavaScript: The Missing Manual is the best book available.
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i really don't like knocking somebody's book, i bought it for the jQuery stuff. unfortunately i think he missed something very essential, he doesn't quite fully cover the javascript object! he doesn't talk about creating the var myObj = {}; adding properties to myObj and pushing that object into an array (or into another object). he sees arrays as having object properties, (which they do) but he really missed the power of using the javascript object as a variable. in my opinion that is a giant hole so i have to give his book a B; javascript's superpower is objects / in objects / in objects...
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McFarland's work offers answers to the questions that other instructional sources leave unanswered.
My experience has been that both his Javascript and CSS books contain clear and concise explanations and examples that have helped me quickly learn these new languages.
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I have read David McFarland's CSS book from cover to cover almost twice and I loved it. I was then ready to move on to JavaScript, so I purchased JavaScript and Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (7th Edition). That was a very bad choice. It was extremely confusing and almost made me feel dumb. It explained nothing.
So I decided to pick up McFarland's JavaScript book and was amazed with the quality of it. David has a talent for writing these books and knows exactly what needs to be explained and when. The order he presents things in is perfect, and makes me feel so encouraged to learn. Anytime I have a question about something that was just written, it is always explained in the next paragraph. He also always includes page numbers when he references a different topic in the book which is very helpful.
The part that explained regular expressions made something that I had been a bit intimidated by a total breeze, as well as every other thing he explains. He ... Read More
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One of the poorest Javascript books I have ever encountered. I RETURNED IT for refund because it was not Javascript application instructive but merely a self-serving and confusing promotion of Jquery website linking. A more accurate title would be: "JQuery-The Missing Manual." Lacking in practical code examples and code application. Very poorly written. Definitely of little or no hands-on use to anyone interested in exploring the depths of practical down-to-Earth Javascript code authoring. I was surprised at the book's low technical informational quality because most O'Reilly books I have ever bought before were good. I commend Amazon on their friendly return policy allowing me to obtain a superior WROX book.
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This book had received excellent review so I bought it. I can hardly think of a book that explains this topic in a better way.
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