| If JavaScript can do it, you can do it too...
Create Web pages brimming with dynamic content. Engage your site visitors with programmed style sheets that respond instantly to user interaction. Take charge of your user interface by controlling CSS, plug-ins, Java™ applets, and even XML data. Premier JavaScript authority Danny Goodman teams up with developer/inventor Michael Morrison to help you bring your pages to life, whether you’re a beginner or a JavaScript pro. You’ll find what you need in this extensively revised edition – an updated, standards-intensive tutorial for newcomers, and plenty of advanced detail for veterans.
Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of JavaScript
- Get up to speed fast on JavaScript basics with an updated tutorial tailored for newcomers
- Master JavaScript and DOM concepts with Danny Goodman’s exclusive interactive workbench, The Evaluator
- Apply scripting to Web standards – XHTML, DOM, CSS, and XML – to produce future-compatible pages
- Implement cross-browser dynamic HTML applications for MSIE 6, Mozilla™, Safari™, and other browsers
- Energize your content with custom objects, XML data, and other client-side techniques
- Learn in depth from hundreds of fully scripted example HTML pages
Bonus CD-ROM includes
- Full, searchable PDF version of the book
- 22 bonus chapters covering advanced DOM, XML, and JavaScript objects; dynamic HTML, data validation, plug-ins, and security; techniques for developing and debugging
- professional Web-based applications, and more
- Nine complete JavaScript real-world applications
- Over 300 ready-to-run HTML documents demonstrating most of the Document Object Model and JavaScript terms in the book
About the Author
Danny Goodman is the author of numerous critically acclaimed and best-selling books, including The Complete HyperCard Handbook, Danny Goodman’s AppleScript Handbook, Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, and JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook. He is a renowned authority and expert teacher of computer scripting languages. His writing style and pedagogy continue to earn praise from readers and teachers around the world. To help keep his finger on the pulse of real-world programming challenges, Goodman frequently lends his touch as consulting programmer and designer to leading-edge World Wide Web and intranet sites from his home base in the San Francisco area.
Michael Morrison is a writer, developer, toy inventor, and author of a variety of books covering topics such as Java, Web scripting, game development, ActiveX, and Pocket PCs. Some of Michael’s notable writing projects include Faster Smarter HTML and XML, Teach Yourself XML in 24 Hours, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Java 2. Michael is also the founder of Stalefish Labs (www.stalefishlabs.com), an entertainment company specializing in traditional games and toys. |
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