JavaScript for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition - Softcover

Negrino, Tom; Smith, Dori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 032119439X ISBN 13: 9780321194398

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 2003

Synopsis

The Web doesn¿t stand still¿not even for a minute¿and neither do the languages that Web pages are based on. That¿s why you need this eagerly anticipated update to the popular JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide. Through a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals, best-selling authors and Web gurus Tom Negrino and Dori Smith take you step by step through all of today¿s JavaScript essentials: creating navigation bars and other user interface elements, producing dynamic images and smart forms, controlling and detecting browsers, creating and manipulating windows, validating user entries in Web forms, and more. Whether you¿re a beginning scripter who wants a thorough introduction to the topic or a more advanced scripter who needs a convenient reference, you¿ll find what you need here¿in straightforward language peppered with tips and techniques drawn from the authors¿ years of experience. By the end of the volume, you¿ll be able to smoothly integrate HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to bring your Web sites to life.

About this title

About the Author

Veteran journalist and Mac guru Tom Negrino is the author of Macromedia Contribute for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide and numerous other Visual QuickStart guides, including (with Dori Smith) the last three editions of this volume. Dori Smith is a programmer and journalist who, like Tom, has several Visual QuickStart Guides under her belt, including Java 2 for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide. Both authors are on the Steering Committee for the Web Standards Project.

From the Back Cover

The Web doesn't stand still-not even for a minute-and neither do the languages that Web pages are based on. That's why you need this eagerly anticipated update to the popular JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide. Through a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals, best-selling authors and Web gurus Tom Negrino and Dori Smith take you step by step through all of today's JavaScript essentials: creating navigation bars and other user interface elements, producing dynamic images and smart forms, controlling and detecting browsers, creating and manipulating windows, validating user entries in Web forms, and more. Whether you're a beginning scripter who wants a thorough introduction to the topic or a more advanced scripter who needs a convenient reference, you'll find what you need here-in straightforward language peppered with tips and techniques drawn from the authors' years of experience. By the end of the volume, you'll be able to smoothly integrate HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to bring your Web sites to life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 032119439X
• ISBN 13: 9780321194398
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480