Jumping JavaScript [With CDROM]

by Brian Freeman, Janice Winsor, Brian Freeman

This combined book and CD-ROM pack presents the background to the evolution of JavaScript, and the problems it is intended to solve. The package offers detailed coverage of developing user interface... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0138419418
• ISBN13: 9780138419417
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Length: 1173 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Perfect

It is very user-friendly to read.Extremely correct.The SunSoft Press / Java Series !The pace is middle/low.Simply surprising good !!!

Good for Reference, hard to learn from

This book was my first introduction to general scripting on the web as well as Javascript in particular. I found it hard to learn from specifically because much of the text is filled with long pages of code that are redundant. The code is redundant mainly because the included cdrom already contains the html sourcecode.However, the book is my best resource for Javascript when I want to find syntax or forget the purpose / implementation of a method or object. It's the best reference for Javascript that I have, and I have used it regularly for over a year.This book is ideal for people who are already familiar with scripting (such as VBscript) and need to learn / use Javascript specifically.

Very good; carefully conceived and written; a quality book

An impressive and helpful book. This one stands out in a field of quickly-written regurgitations of the manuals. I was able to browse and find code that did what I needed to do without reading everything. Lots of carefully-written samples and real-world tips. You get the impression these authors have actually explained this material to real, live users--so they know what needs emphasis and how to get the information across. I'm writing JavaScript provided by Windows servers (IIS with ASP) to Windows clients. But I am glad I took a look at this book from the Sun/Macintosh side of technology. The book is desribed as being for "web authors," but as a full-time developer I found it went well into the depths of the language. Caveat: I have browsed other JavaScript books on shelves, but have not purchased or read them.