Official Netscape JavaScript Book: The Nonprogrammer's Guide to Interactive Web Pages

by Peter Kent, John Kent, Peter Kent

Step-by-step tutorials show readers how to develop usable scripts. The book makes a natural progression from introductory to more advanced material. "Online Updates" on www.netscapepress.com features... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566044650
• ISBN13: 9781566044653
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Ventana Communications Group
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Toss the Rest -- This is the Best

Good to see this book is coming back onto the shelves. Had to scrounge around recently to find my copy. Recommended to me by a JS pro. Purchased two other books previously that will soon collect dust in the used book store.The Kent brothers REALLY explain JavaScript and and provide a good introduction to the nuances (= annoyances) of object based syntax. If you think you have to buy four or five bad references to find a good one, this is the ONE good one on JS. (Better than anything in the O'Reilly catalog.) This is THE book many developers turn to in lieu of sharp objects and alcohol when fumbling with JavaScript. Why? It's in English and is well organized. Plus, instead of clunky CDs, you can access/copy the book's scripts over the web as you read the book.

An absolute 1st book for beginners

I have purchased many books that claim the word beginner. This is by far the best yet. These guys should write more books about other topics. As you start to advance this is also an excellent reference. If you want to learn the fundamentals of javascript, this is the purest start that you will find.

Great Book and Guess What, You Can Get the Online Companion!

Not only has Peter Kent's fabulous source book, "Making Money in Technical Writing," catapulted me from a $43,000 salary as a full-time technical writing captive, to a $85,000(+) technical contract writer within only one year, he's also written a great book on writing Javascript and developing interactive Web pages. Following Kent's advice in the technical writing book, I landed a great contract that required me to develop Web pages. With absolutely no knowledge of Javascript, I anxiously solicited all the advice I could from other technical writers and, hands down, the recommendation was unanimous. Get Peter Kent's book! I've since completed at least a half dozen Web pages and have increased my marketability as a technical writer/Web designer by 50 percent. Of all the book reviews I've read, all the numerous thick volumes written on Javascript I've flipped through in bookstores, and all the information I culled from numerous technical writing listserves, I found Kent's book to be the most highly readable, clearly written and useful guide for a beginner intent on writing Javascript. And as for the online companion resource section to the book that other reviewers sadly lamented not being available any longer on the Web, do some research people! I found the online companion. Netscape Press has a support page specifically for this publication. A Great book! A Must buy

The Reference Bible

This book covers the basic concept of Javascript functions, methods, and properties in the beginning chapters. It also explains constructor functions and event handlers really well but focus too much on basics. 2/3 of this book is a big detailed dictionary of all the functions, methods, and properties. Even though only 1/3 of the book explains concept, its content beats any thick, expensive, beginning Javascript book. I bought this book last year but started reading now and found those other books I bought were pretty much useless.With this book, one can just study examples off the web. All the names of the functions, methods, and properties are individually explained. I highly recommend this book as a reference on top of any other Javascript books or keep it as a bible to do programming. Writing and studying Javascript can never be confusing with this book.If the author would write an advanced book explaining how to use the functions, methods, and properties in useful examples. I will buy that book as well.

Smart buy for someone new to Javascript.

FINALLY. A book that provides just what the name implies, "for nonprogrammers" Although I am a professional developer, I found the Kents' book very informative, and in-depth. The examples could be applied to real world problems. I've look a few JAVA/Javascript books, and have been disappointed. Not intimidating at all, this book is a constant reference in my learning of Javascript. The only reason I wouldn't rate it greater than an eight is the omission of a CD-ROM. Although a very helpful website containing the book's examples was given, it is swiftly becoming today's standard for a CD to be included with a computer book. Nonetheless, the book is a great buy!