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JavaScript and Ajax for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (7th Edition) (Paperback)
Autor (Libros): Tom Negrino, Dori Smith
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* ISBN13: 9780321564085
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This task-based, visual reference guide has been fully revised. It uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to give beginning and intermediate Web designers what they need to know to learn JavaScript. Readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. In this updated seventh edition, readers will find new information on Ajax design and modern coding techniques.
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An easy to follow introduction for javascript-Ajax, 2010-08-14
Por David
The book has more a learn by example approach than a basic theory of javascript flavor which you will appreciate if you want to write code right away. I took the book without any previous javascript and a little php previous experience, if you know the basics of HTML and previous programming experience you don't need many fundamentals to fill the gaps in the examples, the way javascript is organized is not difficult to grasp from the examples provided. The book is pretty useful if you have a previous web programming experience and you don't mind learning by example instead of knowing the basic philosophy of AJAX or javascript.
I found the style pretty easy to follow and the fact that they explain every line of every example particularly useful. A truly exceptional book in the subject and recommended if you have a clear idea of how HTML works with scripting.
The book leaves you in a good position to explore more in-depth AJAX books or to browse for examples in the web on how to do more complex stuff.
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Quick Start JavaScript, 2010-07-12
Por Kevin Stabenow
This book is excellent for beginners learning javascripting language. it's great as it breaks the information down into digestible segments. making it easy to spend a lot of time on a particular chapter and absorbing the codes. i am a better designer than writing code and i think this book is great. thanks.
2 de 2 votos han sido útiles para otras personas:
Not what I expected., 2010-05-23
Por N A Valerian(N A Valerian)
I ordered the HTML, XHTML, CSS Visual QuickStart Guide some time ago and was very pleased. My web development skill grew exponentially, so naturally I chose peachpit press for JavaScript and PHP. The PHP book was pretty good, though I haven't done focused study yet because I want to learn JavaScript first. However, this JavaScript & Ajax book is just too vague. I went through the whole first part of building the bingo game and at the end, still didn't have a clear understanding of just about anything I did. How do you build a whole program and not know what's going on. This quickstart guide is too quick. I even typed the code by hand to reinforce the syntax in my mind. The book suggests the web counterpart to help you through, but in my experience the copy and paste technique doesn't help the information stick... does anyone remember why you were asked to take notes in high school? Apparently not. Anyway, I went with the JavaScript Bible instead. 1400+ pages and a full digital copy of the book on CD with extra content. In depth explanations of what the code means and when and why you should use it. The JavaScript quick guide may prove useful after I have a better understanding of JavaScript but I was disappointed with this book.
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Frustrating, 2010-02-19
Por G. Sand
Sometimes I can't determine which figure on the page contains what script. The examples/scripts are only labeled with a Figure number. It is frustrating.
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Some good content, but examples too complex, 2009-12-30
Por D. Thurber
To begin with, this book is definitely not the best resource for people with limited programming experience, as the sections on the language itself are very thin. That being said, there is a lot of good information in the book about Javascript techniques, tackling a lot of needed tasks in managing a web page dynamically.
My big gripe about the book is that these folks need a big education on the KISS principle. The examples are unnecessarily complex. I found myself repeatedly aggravated at not being able to pick up a simple technique because the three lines of code I needed were buried somewhere in two pages of extraneous junk. For example, if I want to validate the contents of a form element, just show me the object structure, relevant functions, and properties to manipulate the element. Instead, I get functions to initialize the page and scan for all possible form elements on the page, then reset the onchange property for all the elements (or some specific subset thereof) to the function that will actually do the validation work. This kind of global page setup task is good to present in one or two examples, as a technique of its own. But it is very frustrating to the reader and wastes untold amounts of time when this irrelevant junk is included in every example. It's just page filler. Ultimately, I have found it much easier to find good examples on the Web than in the book. Within a couple of search links, I can almost always find a clear and concise example of what I need, something that doesn't seem to ever happen in this book.
