Murach's JavaScript and DOM Scripting (Murach: Training & Reference) |  | Author: Ray Harris
Brand: Mike Murach & Associates, Inc.
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Pages: 764
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Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 7.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 1890774553
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
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ASIN: 1890774553
Publication Date: August 17, 2009
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This book teaches web developers how to use JavaScript and DOM scripting to create websites that deliver the fast response times, dynamic user interfaces, and special effects that todayÕs web users expect. To get you off to a fast start, this book shows you how to develop, test, and debug your first JavaScript applications in the first 3 chapters. Then, it builds on those skills to teach you all the JavaScript features youÕll use in professional applications, the way the top developers do. Next, it shows you how to use DOM scripting for the special effects that add to a websiteÕs functionality and appeal. Beyond that, it shows you how to create your own event libraries to store reusable code for responding to user actionsÉcode thatÕs critical for browser compatibility in handling DOM events. It also shows you how to use third-party JavaScript libraries like jQuery and Dojo that provide browser-compatible, reusable code for functions like animation and data validationÉa real timesaver on the job. A must-read for any serious web developer.
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Best book on modern-day JavaScript development! October 7, 2009
Jason A. Salas (Dededo, Guam Guam)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I've read a ton of books on JavaScript, and Ray Harris' wonderful tome is perhaps THE best modern titles you'll find on the topic. The book is intelligently organized, and written in a concise fashion, with practical examples, delivered with a friendly voice that makes what can often be convoluted or confusing concepts easy to grasp for beginners.
On that note, the book serves as a valuable refresher for the experienced web developer wanting to get up to speed on current-day concepts or the advanced dev needing best practices in her coding. And like all Murach titles, the book doesn't inundate the reader with useless chapters of the history of the at-hand topic, it just tells you what JavaScript can do for your web applications and shows you the best, most efficient ways to do it.
In particular, I found Harris' work to have exceptional contributions of several topics: there is excellent coverage of debugging tools & techniques, featuring the latest browsers, plugins, and GUIs. The book has a wonderful discussion of how to use client-side regular expressions. And the chapters on object-oriented programming and DOM scripting are some of the best you'll find. Likewise appreciated are the discussions on JavaScript libraries such as jQuery and Dojo.
It's truly a holistic look at client-side development.
So Get out and buy this book...whatever your level, it'll be a welcome addition to your technical library!
Toolbox must haves September 3, 2009
Douglas (Winter Haven, Florida)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you need to know how to add your special dynamic idea to a Web or server application
Then, this is the book for you.
From "Entry level" to "Accomplished" scripting!.
Plenty of real world applications to practice with and to later draw from.
The scripting is made remarkably easy to learn and hands on fortifies retention.
Murach books, have a well proven "Hands On" technique
that works very well, it did for me.
I have bought other murach books and was never disappointed.
javascript and dom scripting, made easy, right here, right now.
You'll be happy you bought the book!
A must have for any web designer or developer November 2, 2009
S. Jackson (CO)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you are new to web design or an old pro like me this book is a must have in my opinion. I love how it starts out with the basics like XHTML and CSS then moves on to the good stuff.
Each chapter is full of examples and sample code showing you how to do the most common techniques that you will face as a web developer/designer. I really liked the DOM scripting sections and how to manipulate the DOM on the fly. Learning object coding is so important and is key if you want to really be good at Javascript. It was cool to see the sections on JQuery and DOJO since I'm staring to use these libraries heavily on my sites.
I feel it's so important to understand not only how to build nice looking sites but to know how to code them for speed and browser compatibility. This book covers these essentials and even walks you through Firebug and how to use it to identify problem areas in your web applications. I have not seen a better book on the subject and I hope you learn just as much as I did from it. This one will be on my desk for a while!
Invaluable January 19, 2010
WDM (Weatherford, OK United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'll try to keep this short. I have finished reading this book all the way through. It's a thick book (~750 pages of to-read content at 8 inches by 10 inches), so it took me a while. I would consider myself an intermediate JavaScript developer. I have experience with the JavaScript basics and some of the advanced stuff. I also have a background in Python. I found myself breezing through the first half of this book. However, the second half took me a while longer because the content began to push my limitations. I found this book to be an invaluable guide to assist me in learning to overcome those limitations. I am very impressed with how this book presents the material in a friendly, yet well educated manner. By the time I finished reading this book, I was able to understand and use the more advanced techniques in my JavaScript projects. In my humble opinion, I wouldn't recommend this as the only book for an absolute beginner. It would help to have a second take on the JavaScript techniques covered in this book (I recommend JavaScript, A Beginner's Guide, 3rd ed., by John Pollock). Overall, you will not go wrong with this book. If you are eager to learn JavaScript and want a great training and reference book, look no further.
This is the JavaScript book that you will primarily use.... October 13, 2009
Marvin Schneider (New York, NY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the JavaScript book that you will primarily use. Here's why:
1) You can use this book as a tutorial to get you going, and then later
on, use the same book as a reference. Some books are either one or the
other, but this book is both.
2) This book does not teach JavaScript as a stand-alone course, but
rather shows how JavaScript works with the other web technologies such
as CSS, XHTML, AJAX, and DOM Scripting.
3) For those of you who are starting out in JavaScript, this book will
have you coding your first business applications in a short time. The
first applications are the Future Value Calculator and the Sales Tax
Calculator. For those with little or no experience in programming, this
book introduces the newbie to "if statements", variables, loops,
functions, and arrays.
4) If you are a more advanced programmer, this book explains advanced
features, such as drop-down menus, applications that run slide shows,
headline rotation, image rollovers, data sorting in a table, 3-D image
rotation, advanced techniques in using JavaScript libraries, and more.
In short, there are topics in this book that you won't find anywhere
else.
To summarize: this book is quite versatile as both a tutorial and a
reference book. It can benefit both the inexperienced programmer as
well as the professional programmer.
Finally, an essential characteristic of this book, as well as the other
Murach books, is that the examples, programs, and applications are all
thoroughly tested. Therefore, you don't have to worry that the code
that you pick to use will not work.
This book will work WONDERFULLY to help you build better and more robust
websites!
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