JavaScript Books
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HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide)
Published 14 years ago
by Elizabeth Castro, Peachpit Press
It's important for anyone who creates Web sites--even those who rely on powerful editors like Dreamweaver or GoLive--to know HTML. The World Wide Web Consortium rewrote HTML as a subset of XML (dubbing it "XHTML 1.0") and the allowable code will eventually be stricter.
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
Published 14 years ago
by David Flanagan, O'Reilly Media
Since the earliest days of Internet scripting, Web developers have considered JavaScript: The Definitive Guide an essential resource. David Flanagan's approach, which combines tutorials and examples with easy-to-use syntax guides and object references, suits the typical programmer's requirements nicely. The brand-new fourth edition of Flanagan's "Rhino Book" includes coverage of JavaScript 1.5, JScript 5.
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Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Christian Heilmann, Apress
JavaScript is one of the most important technologies on the web. It provides the means to add dynamic functionality to your web pages and serves as the backbone of Ajax-style web development. Beginning JavaScript with DOM Scripting and Ajax is an essential guide for modern JavaScript programming; its practical but comprehensive. It covers everything you need to know to get up to speed with JavaScript development to add dynamic enhancements to web pages and program Ajax-style applications.
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Introduction to Computing and Programming with Java: A Multimedia Approach (GOAL Series)
Published 14 years ago
by Mark J. Guzdial, Barbara Ericson, Prentice Hall
For CS1 Java programming. Using the video game generation's fascination with digital multimedia as a springboard, this text teaches Java programming in a context that students find relevant and useful. Students learn to program using Java while creating interesting effects with sounds, pictures, web pages, and video.
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CSS Instant Results (Programmer to Programmer)
Published 14 years ago
by Richard York, Wrox
CSS Instant Results helps you quickly master and implement the diverse web applications CSS enables for web designers. The book is centered around ten ready-to-use projects with all the code for all the projects included on the books CD-ROM - that you can use immediately. CSS Instant Results dives into working code so you can learn it rapidly. The book and code projects are written for web developers and designers who are looking to learn how to use CSS for better, faster design and markup.
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Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer
Published 14 years ago
by Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith, Dion Almaer, Pragmatic Bookshelf
It's not just another book on Ajax. It's Pragmatic Ajax: a concise, complete look at a new way of envisioning and implementing browser-based applications. Ajax turns static web pages into interactive applications. Now you can deploy rich-client applications to clients without sacrificing the easy deployment of web applications. But to many folks, Ajax seems difficult. That's why we produced this book.
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Ajax Hacks: Tips & Tools for Creating Responsive Web Sites
Published 14 years ago
by Bruce Perry, O'Reilly Media
Ajax, the popular term for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is one of the most important combinations of technologies for web developers to know these days. With its rich grouping of technologies, Ajax developers can create interactive web applications with XML-based web services, using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Taking complete advantage of Ajax, however, requires something more than your typical "how-to" book. What it calls for is Ajax Hacks from O'Reilly.
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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
Published 15 years ago
by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, O'Reilly Media
Today, serious Web pages use HTML and XHTML to structure their content and CSS for style and presentation. You need a book that understands how to incorporate everything correctly. Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML explains the fundamentals of HTML, XHTML, topics like web color, and CSS properties. In this book, pictures and step-by-step instructions explain how to build great-looking, standards-compliant web sites.
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Foundations of Ajax (Books for Professionals by Professionals)
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Nathaniel T. Schutta, Ryan Asleson, Apress
Foundations of Ajax presents a concise, down-to-earth explanation of the Ajax technology. Cutting through the hyperbole, this book focuses on what the Ajax technology means, how you start using it, and why it can make a difference to your products. The authors begin with a clear explanation of how the Ajax techniques work, presenting the "XMLHttpRequest" object, and outlining how requests to the server are handled.
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Ajax in Action
Published 15 years ago
by Dave Crane, Eric Pascarello, Darren James, Manning Publications
Val's Blog "A tremendously useful field guide specifically written for developers down in the trenches...waiting for the killer solution..." Book Description Web users are getting tired of the traditional web experience. They get frustrated losing their scroll position; they get annoyed waiting for refresh; they struggle to reorient themselves on every new page. And the list goes on. With asynchronous JavaScript and XML, known as "Ajax," you can give them a better experience.