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JavaScript is the language of the Web. Used for programming all major browsers, JavaScript gives you the ability to enhance your web site by creating interactive, dynamic and personalized pages. Our focus in this book is on client-side scripting, but JavaScript is also hugely popular as a scripting language in server-side environments, a subject that we cover in later chapters.

Beginning JavaScript assumes no prior knowledge of programming languages, and teaches you all the fundamental concepts that you need as you progress. After covering the core JavaScript language, you'll move on to learn about more advanced techniques, including Dynamic HTML, using cookies, debugging techniques, and server-side scripting with ASP. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the art of using JavaScript to create dynamic and professional-looking web pages.

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Javascript is the only scripting language that runs in all the leading Web browsers, making it an essential part of the Web developer's tool kit. The language itself is not especially difficult to learn, but it becomes more challenging when you include related topics such as HTML forms, dynamic HTML and cross-browser compatibility. Beginning JavaScript, which is suitable for beginning or intermediate programmers, covers all these topics and more to provide a complete Javascript handbook.

Early chapters cover language basics, such as data types, functions, conditions and loops, string handling, and programming with objects. The authors explain how to control the Web browser by programming its object model, and how to combine scripts with forms. There is a guide to debugging with Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer, and a chapter on using cookies to store user preferences.

A substantial part of the book is focused on Dynamic HTML and how to write scripts that control the content of the page. There is a clear explanation of the DOM (document object model), as specified by the W3C Web standards group. Finally, there is a look at extending browser capabilities with ActiveX controls or plug-ins, and server-side scripting with Active Server Pages, including database access. Several appendixes offer a language reference and object models for Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator 4.0. Sadly Netscape 6.0 is not covered, but it is not quite as bad as it sounds since Netscape 6.0 closely follows the official DOM. --Tim Anderson

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This book is for anyone who wants to learn JavaScript. You will need a very basic knowledge of HTML, but no prior programming experience is necessary. Whether you want to pick up some programming skills, or want to find out how to transfer your existing programming knowledge to the Web, then this book is for you. All you need is a text editor (like Notepad) and a browser, and you're ready to go!

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Peer Information Inc. (Jan. 1 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1019 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1861004060
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1861004062
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.63 kg
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 5.72 x 22.86 cm
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  • "rcbto"
    5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book!!
    Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2001
    Beginning JavaScript by Paul Wilton is a great book !!! I have 31 computer related howto/learning books on my bookshelf at the present time, on subjects such as C/C++ Programming, Windows Programming, Linux Programming, Perl, Emacs, etc. etc., so I have some experience with different writers and different styles and methods of presentation/teaching. This book may be the best of the lot. Programming Windows95 by Charles Petzold is the only one that is probably better -- but not by much.
    The book is laid out in a logical, orderly, consistent manner from beginning to end. First you are presented with a concept. Secondly, you are given an example of fully functional code. Thirdly that code is fully explained, line by line. The book starts out with simple concepts and builds on them almost effortlessly. First you learn the core language, then you learn how to attach the JavaScript code to the base HTML document. Later you learn how to dynamically change the HTML document "on the fly" using JavaScript. Next,you are presented with -- interaction with the user through forms, string manipulation using regular expressions, Date objects and methods, Time, and Timers, Cookies, Dynamic HTML, Databases and server side scripting. I appreciated the fact that the examples given in the first 9 chapters work in both major browsers, so you are not immediately presented with confusing browser incompatibilities that complicate the learning process, but you are made aware of the incompatibilites later in the book when you are more able to understand them.
    As an aside, if I am a "little shaky" on one of the properties' or methods' syntax, and want to go back and review the concept, the material is quite easily found. The index is good as are the appendices where the DOM's and BOM's are laid out in detail.
    The book is exceptionally "meaty". Don't skip over any text or explanation of code, because you will miss myriad little tidbits of information and programming techniques that will prove most valuable.
    Some of the reviewers have complained about mistakes and typos. I have found most of the mistakes to be typos and the typos to be trivial matters, easily recognized. Of the 70+ examples give that I have done and experimented with up to chapter 10, only one didn't work as laid out in the book. (ch7 GlobalFunctions.htm) And from the thorough instruction given up to that point, I was able to correct the mistake and get that example to work also.
    In short, using this book, you can go from knowing nothing about JavaScript to building almost any kind of website you've ever encountered, from storefronts, to "virtual amusement parks". My hat's off to Mr. Wilton.
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  • shu
    5.0 out of 5 stars No Less Than Superb
    Reviewed in Canada on June 28, 2002
    This book is no less than superb as a text providing foundational principles in JavaScript and web programming, starting from elementary principles of programming and ending with a brief introduction to ASP and back-end Access databases. It is not a quick fix book as other books on JavaScript. If you work through this book, and study the code, as well as code on the web and other JavaScript books like the Definitive Guide and the JavaScript Bible, you will have a working knowledge of the principles so that you can apply them to most any situation.
    I have personally applied specific code provided in this book to my web sites which I have written, and have found them to be quite useful, unlike certain other reviewers who have not worked through the book as I have for the last 6 months. I have also personally contacted Paul on several occasions, and he has helped me work through some principles to the next level, so that I could get my projects working properly. He is a very helpful fellow.
    Even if you buy the Visual Quickstart Guide to get up to speed on a project, the Beginning JavaScript book by Paul is worth working through to gain the understanding of the principles you need to build a solid working knowledge, far beyond cutting and pasting snippets of code to get you by.
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  • ewomack
    4.0 out of 5 stars A big big big big big big big big good book...
    Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2003
    It's a big book. It's a very big book. It taught me Javascript to a point where I was writing code from my head. Patience is required, but it will pay off. The author covers everything from beginning programming concepts, to the Javascript Document Object Model (which will help down the road with many aspects of programming), to Dynamic HTML (i.e., making things fly across the screen or making dynamic menus), database programming with Javascript and ASP, and Active X. It's much more than a beginner's book.
    Right off the bat the book discusses errors and how to interpret them (an inevitability for any Javascript programmer). That way, as you make mistakes, or mistype something (you will, we all do), you'll know how to handle it instead of flipping through the book screaming for answers.
    An added bonus is that you build an application as you go. When you're done with the book you have a working Javascript app that you can easily edit to your own whims and publish on the web.
    I can honestly say that, as I read this book, I experienced none of the frustration I usually experience with programming books. The code examples worked, typos were incredibly scarce, and I knew what to do with those "I have to hit something now!!" errors that arise in any programming endeavor.
    It's fair to say that this is not only a good beginning Javascript book, it's also a good introduction to programming. You can write code and easily see instant results, which can be gratifying for a beginner.
    A good book. Buy and learn.
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  • Robert N. Schroeter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome examples that work.
    Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2003
    The biggest problem these days with computer books is that usually the examples don't work when YOU try them? (usually not your fault either).
    Although i did not learn javascript from this book, i'm sure it would have been a great place to start. I started my venture into javascript elsewhere and so cannot describe how it helped me start (or as it says: begin) javascript but instead i can tell you that it has helped me with 90% of my javascript problems since i bought it.
    This book will allow you to code what you want, precisely for the browser(s) you want to code for. The examples are unique and usefull. There are other books that work better for a reference, this one will advance you to the next level.
    To those new to programming: This book is about JAVA-SCRIPT. Not java. If you're looking for Java look elsewhere. (they are completly different). Learn about what they are and find out what you really want to learn.
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  • K. G. Schneider
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice job!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2001
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    I've tried several tutorials on Javascript, and Wilton's is by far the best. If you know a little HTML, you can learn Javascript. If you know a LOT of HTML, his instructions directed at the new web designer are easy to skip over. Wilton very quickly moves the student into actual production of working Javascript pages, and weaves explanations throughout the examples so smoothly you don't realize how much you've learned until you look at your work. The real-world examples, which include online quizzes and a script for checking the browser version, are also highly motivating (versus books that push novices through endless versions of "hello world"). About the only thing I would add in a future edition is a troubleshooting chapter (the first example, of all things, wouldn't load for me initially, and I'm still not sure how I fixed it), and my only quibble is that the first time Javascript code is cited, the reader isn't immediately directed to Appendix C for a brief discussion of other tags. However, these are very minor critiques of a well-written, well-organized book that makes Javascript attainable--and fun to learn.
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  • Larry the K
    5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfied Customer
    Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2001
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    I chose this book on JavaScript based upon the reviews which were already posted at Amazon on this and similar books. After having read the first few chapters, I totally agree that this book is both usable by both programmers with experience in other languages as well as by a total novice. The reader must, however, have a least a cusory knowledge of HTML. I found that Mr. Wilton is particularly good in his explanations of the sample code. Although I'm still in the first 100 pages (the book has over 1000), it appearts that the book is very complete. Also, there are references to other sources (mainly on-line) where further formal explanations can be obtained. Finally, all examples of code are on downloadable from the publisher's Web site.
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  • J
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good tool
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013
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    A good book for those new to Javascript. It helps to have a bit of a programming background, especially with object-oriented tools. I don't use Javascript much for my own web development, but find it necessary to understand the work of others when it comes to adding features or fixing a bug. Overall a good thing to have on your shelf.
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  • Good Luck!
    4.0 out of 5 stars Beware: Not the Second Edition!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2003
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    I already have a copy of the year 2000 edition of this book and it was a great book. I found this 2003 book and I ordered one because I thought it was the second edition. But I WAS WRONG. It is exactly the same as the 2000 edition, covering only NN up to ver 4 and IE up to 5. I had to return it at my own expense.
    If you already have a first edition, DON'T BUY this book. You would end up with two copies of the same book. If you don't have a first edition, I would still recommend JavaScript Bible by Danny Goodman or O'Reilly's JavaScript than this book. They are more up-to-date.
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  • Brett Merkey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wilton, write another book!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2001
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    You are a natural. Excellent flow, excellent examples and a real feel for getting your point across to script idiots like me. I have given away all my other JavaScript books.
    Not only is the book superbly designed and written, it is also edited and proofed in a manner qualitatively superior to most computer books. Let's hope the book is not a fluke and we get other fine products from the team who put this book together.
    I join others in saying this is a book not for beginners only. Wilton (unlike other JavaScript authors) deals with the newest W3C DOM standards and techniques with clarity and authority.
    Serious Web worker - buy this book!
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