Developers are hungry for a concise, easy-to-use reference that puts essential code "phrases" at their fingertips. JavaScript, and the related AJAX, is hot and there is little to no information on how to use JavaScript to develop AJAX-based applications. While there are many JavaScript books on the market, most of them are dated and few cover the most recent developments, such as AJAX.
JavaScript Phrasebook is the guide to JavaScript and AJAX that you can and will take with you everywhere. Skipping the usual tutorial on JavaScript and introducing AJAX as one of the first published works on the topic, the
JavaScript Phrasebook goes straight to practical JavaScript and AJAX tools, providing immediately applicable solutions for frequent tasks and code so flexible that it is easily adapted to the your individual needs.
About The Author
Christian Wenz is a professional phrasemonger, author, trainer, and consultant with a focus on web technologies. He frequently contributes articles to renowned IT magazines and speaks at conferences around the globe. Christian contributes to several PHP packages in the PEAR repository and also maintains one Perl CPAN module. He holds a degree (“Diplom”) in Computer Sciences from Technical University of Munich and lives and works in Munich, Germany. He also is Europe’s very first Zend Certified Professional and founding principal at the PHP Security Consortium. He has written or cowritten more than four dozen books, including PHP 5 Unleashed and PHP Phrasebook.
Customer Reviews & Comments
Sam's has done a few of these "Phrasebok" style books - small, pocketbook size, relatively short. This doesn't replace O'Reilly's "Javascript - the Definitive Guide" (and there is some overlap), but it's a handly little thing to augment it. It's all short code examples, with explanations. The assumption is that you already know some Javascript or will go look it up if not. I'm impressed by how much the author packs in here. It's like admiring a well packed suitcase: how did he manage to squeeze so much into such a small space?
