ISBN:0764557432Book 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/p>
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Fantastic book for referencing javascript
I hestated about buying this book when I read some of the reviews about how poorly organized this book is. Also I have "JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook" by same author and was not happy with it.
Before I bought the book, I would look up everything I needed info on, in the online index and found *EVERYTHING*. I did the same for a number of other Javascript books and most of the stuff wasn't in their index.
First let me say that I am an Engineer with 20+ years experience so though I'm pretty new to JavaScript, I'm an expert in a number of languages.
I found this book to be very well organized and incredibly helpful. I haven't tried reading it as a book cover to cover, and at 1200 pages (plus bonus chapters on CD) I never will. I use it as a reference and read just enough to understand what I need to do. As a result I'm coming at the book not as a novice but with enough understanding to have basic ideas of what I want to do. For this type of usage, this book is "fantastic".
The CD is awesome. There are a number of bonus chapters (one which was very useful to me...using XmlHTTPRequest), and having the entire book available as a pdf is a totally great way to do searches. Too bad the .pdf is too big to be readable on my clie.
I highly recommend this book.
An amazing effort
This encylopaedic work is clear and profoundly useful. It is voluminous but does not waste words. I was so impressed by the library copy that I have bought my own.