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Murach's JavaScript & DOM Scripting
Author(s): Ray Harris (Author)
- Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Inc.
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 764 pages
- ISBN-10: 1890774553
- ISBN-13: 9781890774554
Book Description
To get you off to a fast start, this book shows you how to develop, test, and debug your first JavaScript applications in the first 3 chapters. Then, it builds on those skills to teach you all the JavaScript features youll use in professional applications, the way the top developers do. Next, it shows you how to use DOM scripting for the special effects that add to a websites functionality and appeal. Beyond that, it shows you how to create your own event libraries to store reusable code for responding to user actions
code thats critical for browser compatibility in handling DOM events. It also shows you how to use third-party JavaScript libraries like jQuery and Dojo that provide browser-compatible, reusable code for functions like animation and data validation
a real timesaver on the job. A must-read for any serious web developer.
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From the Back Cover
To get you off to a fast start, this book shows you how to develop, test, and debug your first JavaScript applications in the first 3 chapters. Then, it builds on those skills to teach you all the JavaScript features you ll use in professional applications, the way the top developers do. Next, it shows you how to use DOM scripting for the special effects that add to a website s functionality and appeal. Beyond that, it shows you how to create your own event libraries to store reusable code for responding to user actions code that s critical for browser compatibility in handling DOM events. It also shows you how to use third-party JavaScript libraries like jQuery and Dojo that provide browser-compatible, reusable code for functions like animation and data validation a real timesaver on the job. A must-read for any serious web developer.
About the Author
A programmer for 24 years, Ray has the depth of experience to understand and handle all the complexities of JavaScript and DOM scripting. And having taught computer literacy, programming, information security, and web development, he has a passion for making complex subjects accessible to everyone. So let him guide you from the basic skills you cant do without to the advanced skills you wont find in any other book on the market. His book will turn you into a JavaScript expert!
