Product Description

Pro JavaScript Techniques is the ultimate JavaScript book for the modern web developer. It provides everything you need to know about modern JavaScript, and shows what JavaScript can do for your web sites. This book doesnt waste any time looking at things you already know, like basic syntax and structures.

Expert web developer and author John Resig concentrates on fundamental, vital topicswhat modern JavaScripting is (and isnt), the current state of browser support, and pitfalls to be wary of. The book is organized into four sections:

• Modern JavaScript developmentusing JavaScript the object-oriented way, creating reusable code, plus testing and debugging
• DOM scriptingupdating content and styles, plus events, and effect and event libraries
• Ajaxhow Ajax works, overcoming problems, and using libraries to speed up development of Ajax applications
• The future of JavaScriptlooking at cutting edge topics like JSON, HTML 5, and more

All concepts are backed up by real-world examples and case studies, and John provides numerous reusable functions and classes to save you time in your development. There are also up-to-date reference appendixes for the DOM, events, browser support (including IE7), and frameworksso you can look up specific details quickly and easily.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21828 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

About the Author
John Resig is a programmer and entrepreneur who's been developing web applications for over eight years. Having primarily focused on back-end development for most of that time using Perl and MySQL, John changed his focus toward implementing usable web front ends. He holds a degree in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology and has published several papers on data mining instant messaging networks. When he's not programming, he enjoys watching movies, writing in his blog, www.ejohn.org, and spending time with his girlfriend.

Customer Reviews

Don't waste anymore time thinking, just get this book!
The best JS book I've ever read. Perfect for back-end developers who have to also spend a lot of time on the front-end working with JS/CSS. This book will take you from being an intermediate JS developer to an advanced level, clarifying several fundamental concepts (OOJS, basic patterns) as well as showing you the nice clean way of performing several tasks (designing forms, client-side field validation).

If you can debug the code, you don't need the book
I agree with only one other reviewer who commented on the typos, etc. The demo code does not work until you debug it. The first couple of chapters on Javascript code are very good. The chapters on Forms (8) and Lightbox(9) are so poor I stopped reading. I am a jQuery user and admire Resig's contribution, but this book should be skipped.

Excellent work!
John Resig never fails to amaze and his latest book is no exception. I highly recommend it to everyone interested in javascript; it is a must have.