Javascript: Your Visual Blueprint for Building Dynamic Web Pages

by Eric Pascarello

* Features more than 500 oversized, annotated screenshots and a companion Web site with all the code from the book
* Demonstrates over 100 key JavaScript tasks, such as using buttons to trigger events, detecting browsers, changing text and link colors, working with forms and frames, and determining environment properties
* Each step is illustrated with callouts that show the reader exactly where the action occurs on the screen
* JavaScript remains extremely popular for use in interactive Web pages

321 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2004

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book shows one topic per page or two-page spread, which makes for a rather choppy reading experience. Each topic has some introductory paragraphs, and some screenshots of code with numbered "steps". I think it might make a decent desk reference, except for the rather odd trick of leaving "fill in the blank" spots in the code, presumably to encourage learning. The "blueprint" scheme gets old quickly, and there's too much whitespace that leaves me wishing for more explanation. I didn't get too far in this one.