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The Art and Science of JavaScript
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by Cameron Adams, James Edwards, Christian Heilmann, and Michael Mahemoff
Sales Rank: 35819
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Discount: 34 %
List Price: $39.95
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Paperback: 300 pages
Publisher: SitePoint December 21, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0980285844
ISBN-13: 978-0980285840
Product Dimensions:
10.1 x 8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Book Description
We've assembled seven of the greatest minds in modern JavaScript to teach you the most inspirational techniques you'll ever use. From creating impressive mashups and stunning, dynamic graphics, to more subtle user-experience enhancements, you're about to be amazed by the true potential of this powerful language.
With an all star line-up of authors including James Edwards, Michael Mahemoff, Ara Pehlivanian, Cameron Adams, Dan Webb, Christian Heilmann, and Simon Willison, this superb book will show you how to:
Create a slick Google Maps and Flickr mashup. Build your own fully accessible 3D maze. Create stunning vector graphics using the canvas element. Have some fun with draggable and sortable table columns. Give your site some extra personality with client-side badges. Write better code faster using metaprogramming techniques. Become a debugging expert using pro-level Firebug tricks.
This book is perfect for intermediate JavaScript developers wanting to take their JavaScript skills to the next level without sacrificing web accessibility or best practice. If you've never written a line of JavaScript before, this probably isn't the right book for you.
If you have only a small amount of experience with JavaScript, but are comfortable enough programming in another language such as PHP or Java, you'll be just fine-we'll hold your hand along the way, and all of the code is available for you to download and experiment with on your own.
About The Author
Cameron Adams has been adding to the Internet for over seven years and now runs his own design and development business. He likes to combine the aesthetic with the technological on his weblog. James Edwards is an outspoken advocate of standards-based development, co-author of SitePoint's The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks and author of the Ultimate Drop Down Menu system - the first commercial DHTML menu to be WCAG compliant. Christian Heilmann currently works as a lead developer for Agilisys. He publishes an almost daily blog at http://wait-till-i.com . He is a member of the Web Standards Project's DOM Scripting Task Force. Michael Mahemoff is a hands-on software architect with 23 years of programming experience. Michael is a recovering Java developer, is the author of Ajax Design Patterns (published by O ™Reilly), and writes regularly at softwareas.com. Ara Pehlivanian has been working on the Web since 1997. He now works for Nurun* as a Senior Client-side developer and Tech Lead working on projects for highly visible clients Dan Webb is a London-based web developer specializing in web application development and hording vinyl. Danwebb.net is his personal site. Simon Willison is a seasoned Web developer from the UK. He specializes in both client- and server-side development, and is the co-creator of the Django framework for JavaScript.
Customer Reviews & Comments
§ I saw a bunch of things I *wanted* to criticize about this book but ended up being more positive as I began to see the educational value of the chapters. This book is not for absolute beginners by any means, however the material is presented in a smooth way as each script addition is explained separately. Do NOT expect to come away from the book's chapters with code that can be immediately applied to a typical professional application or Web site. Things like a JavaScripted maze game can be great for learning some cool things but that is all. Even the practical-sounding features like table column sorting and table column dragging could not be applied to a production situation without considerable modification. For instance, the column dragging scenario depends on all columns having similar width. If not, then the result is pretty messy. And we all know that data tables can be messy in the best of cases! The index is miserable, but that is pretty much the rule for computer tech books. The ensemble of authors is top-notch and some, like Christian Heilmann, (Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional) have written excellent books you may want to check out. You really can't go wrong with this book for a solid advance in your script education. §
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