JavaScript: A Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 576 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 2nd Edition December 18, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072227907
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072227901
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Weighs: 2 pounds

Product Description
Step-by-step instruction teaches beginning JavaScript programmers and Web designers to create windows, display moving text, and generate sound or other multimedia elements with ease. Uses the successful Beginner’s Guide teaching system, which countless new users have praised for giving them a solid foundation in technology.

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Essential Skills--Made Easy!

Create dynamic and inviting Web pages with help from this friendly, step-by-step guidebook. Through a logical sequence of tutorials, you'll learn the basics of the leading Web development language. Author John Pollock provides easy-to-understand coverage of the essentials--variables, tags, event handlers, objects, frames, and more--that will help you program your Web site to react to a viewers' actions or surprise them with special effects. This proven teaching tool also contains screen shots and plenty of sample code to assist you with real-world programming tasks. Begin using JavaScript right away and add interactivity to your site in no time!

Designed for Easy Learning:

• Modules--Each concept is divided into logically organized modules (chapters), ideal for self-paced learning
• Critical Skills--Each section opens with the specific skills covered in the section
• extreme proficiency Checks--End-of-module reviews test knowledge using short-answer, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions
• Ask the Experts--Q&A sections throughout are filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Progress Checks--Quick self-assessment sections check your progress
• Projects--Practical exercises show how to apply the critical skills learned in each section
• Annotated Syntax--Example code annotated with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

About the author: John Pollock has been working with JavaScript and other Web development tools for more than seven years. He is a technical writer and runs two Web sites devoted to Web development technology.

Reader Reviews
Javascript: A Beginner's Guide is the best book that I have seen for beginners. The book is written like a text book and provides novice programmers with information on basic programmer's terminology, etc. Exercises are provided to help develop programming skills. When I start offering javascript class, this will likely be my choice for a textbook. As a beginner's book, I give this ten stars. This is a great book for people completely new to programming. For example, graphics designers without programming experience who want to develop web pages could easily use this book to learn javascript. Experienced programmers, however, may find this book to be too elementary. The author takes several pages to define what a variable is, which may be aggravating to experienced programmers who just want to learn a new language.