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HTML5: Up and Running
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If you don't know about the new features available in HTML5, now's the time to find out. The latest version of this markup language is going to significantly change the way you develop web applications, and this book provides your first real look at HTML5's new elements and attributes. Even though work on HTML5 is ongoing, browsers such as Safari, Mozilla, Opera, and Chrome already support many of its features -- and browsers for smart phones are even farther ahead, especially iPhone's MobileSafari browser. With HTML5: Up & Running, you'll learn how this new version enables browsers to interact with JavaScript much more easily than before. You'll also learn how HTML5 can help you develop applications that: - Display video directly in the browser, without having to rely on plugins
- Work even when a user is offline, by taking advantage of HTML5's persistent storage
- Offer a drawing canvas for dynamically generated 2-D graphics
This concise guide is the most complete and authoritative book you'll find on the subject. Author Mark Pilgrim writes the weekly digest for the HTML5 Working Group, and represents Google at conferences on HTML5's capabilities. Stay ahead of the curve. Order a copy of this book today. Five Things You Should Know About HTML5 by Mark Pilgrim
1. It’s not one big thing. You may well ask: “How can I start using HTML5 if older browsers don’t support it?” But the question itself is misleading. HTML5 is not one big thing; it is a collection of individual features. So you can’t detect “HTML5 support,” because that doesn’t make any sense. But you can detect support for individual features, like canvas, video, or geolocation.
You may think of HTML as tags and angle brackets. That’s an important part of it, but it’s not the whole story. The HTML5 specification also defines how those angle brackets interact with JavaScript, through the Document Object Model (DOM). HTML5 doesn’t just define video tag; there is also a corresponding DOM API for video objects in the DOM. You can use this API to detect support for different video formats, play a video, pause, mute audio, track how much of the video has been downloaded, and everything else you need to build a rich user experience around the video tag itself.
Chapter 2 and Appendix A will teach you how to properly detect support for each new HTML5 feature.
2. You don’t need to throw anything away. Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that HTML 4 is the most successful markup format ever. HTML5 builds on that success. You don’t need to throw away your existing markup. You don’t need to relearn things you already know. If your web application worked yesterday in HTML 4, it will still work today in HTML5. Period.
Now, if you want to improve your web applications, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a concrete example: HTML5 supports all the form controls from HTML 4, but it also includes new input controls. Some of these are long-overdue additions like sliders and date pickers; others are more subtle. For example, the email input type looks just like a text box, but mobile browsers will customize their onscreen keyboard to make it easier to type email addresses. Older browsers that don’t support the email input type will treat it as a regular text field, and the form still works with no markup changes or scripting hacks. This means you can start improving your web forms today, even if some of your visitors are stuck on IE 6.
Read all the gory details about HTML5 forms in Chapter 9.
3. It’s easy to get started. “Upgrading” to HTML5 can be as simple as changing your doctype. The doctype should already be on the first line of every HTML page. Previous versions of HTML defined a lot of doctypes, and choosing the right one could be tricky. In HTML5, there is only one doctype: !DOCTYPE html
Upgrading to the HTML5 doctype won’t break your existing markup, because all the tags defined in HTML 4 are still supported in HTML5. But it will allow you to use -- and validate -- new semantic elements like article, section, header, and footer. You’ll learn all about these new elements in Chapter 3.
4. It already works Whether you want to draw on a canvas, play video, design better forms, or build web applications that work offline, you’ll find that HTML5 is already well-supported. Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, and mobile browsers already support canvas (Chapter 4), video (Chapter 5), geolocation (Chapter 6), local storage (Chapter 7), and more. Google already supports microdata annotations (Chapter 10). Even Microsoft -- rarely known for blazing the trail of standards support -- will be supporting most HTML5 features in the upcoming Internet Explorer 9.
Each chapter of this book includes the all-too-familiar browser compatibility charts. But more importantly, each chapter includes a frank discussion of your options if you need to support older browsers. HTML5 features like geolocation (Chapter 6) and video (Chapter 5) were first provided by browser plugins like Gears or Flash. Other features, like canvas (Chapter 4), can be emulated entirely in JavaScript. This book will teach you how to target the native features of modern browsers, without leaving older browsers behind.
5. It’s here to stay. Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in the early 1990s. He later founded the W3C to act as a steward of web standards, which the organization has done for more than 15 years. Here is what the W3C had to say about the future of web standards, in July 2009: Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing resources in the HTML Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate the progress of HTML5 and clarify W3C’s position regarding the future of HTML. HTML5 is here to stay. Let’s dive in.
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HTML5, Know "why" and "how" right now!
Normally, I would jump straight to the code section and pass off the rest as fluff. I'm a meat and potatoes man! Just gimme the code and I'm good to go. But as I started to peruse the intro I found myself engaged and curious for more. I knew a brief history of HTML and that was good enough, at least, I thought. I continue to read on and found the history of Internet markup (HTML) really interesting and helpful in understanding "why" we needed an overhaul. Sure you can skip all the background hoopla and go straight to all the code, but then why buy this book? You can get HTML5 reference on the Internet for free... very technical, and in the rough, but its all there as it unfolds.
No, I really like how Mark Pilgrim blended the history (the why) with the now (the result). It makes learning the new stuff fun because now you have a deeper understanding of why certain things were implemented into HTML5 and others not right now. Instead of complaining about a feature you now say "Ahaa". This combination in my humble opinion makes this book about this emerging technology, timeless. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants to get a jump start on this very well thought out, ready-to-use-now mark up language, HTML5. You'll get the "why", and the "how" right now so you don't have to play catch up later.
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Not Something I'd Make Part Of My Permanent Library
In the 1970s, ABC's "Schoolhouse Rock" took the tedious process of making a law and distilled it down into a 3-minute song that many of us can at least sing the first few bars from ("I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill..."). Marc Pilgrim takes a different approach with the first chapter of this book, distilling the early history of HTML into fourteen eye-glazing pages. But if you can muddle through the initial proposal and discussion of the IMG tag, you get to Pilgrim's primary take-away of the chapter: HTML is not so much a thing, but a collection of things.
This is good, because the history of HTML has not been a smooth, step-by-step process. Different releases of different browsers have adopted different features of different specs at different times. I can personally recall rejoicing, back in the 90s, when both IE and Netscape finally implemented support for HTML tables. So it's no wonder that the second chapter dives into methods for detecting whether or not a user's browser supports certain HTML5 features.
If the first chapter was boring, the second is discouraging. First he shows how to check if Canvas is even supported. But once that's determined, you have to check if all the features of Canvas are supported. Moving on to the Video tag, even when that is supported, video format support varies across browsers. Basically, in these early days of HTML 5 support, it's like touring the United States early in the 20th century. Flush toilets and electric lights took longer to come to some areas than others.
After the third chapter started breaking down some of the new tags and how they affect the DOM, my eyes were good and glazed. This book is more discussion than documentation. If it was a car repair manual, instead of merely showing you the steps for changing the oil on your Honda, it would give you the history of the internal combustion engine, then detail different kinds of lubrication systems.
In short, there's a lot of valuable information in this book. Mark Pilgrim is no slouch on technical know-how or understanding of his topic. I just find the manner of presentation to be organized in such a way that I don't feel I have quick access to the information I want or that the available path to acquiring that knowledge is optimal. It's short on lab, long on lecture, and isn't something I'd make part of my permanent library.
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Advocacy and Education
I found this book to be an interesting balance of an attempt at advocacy and an attempt at education. While I think that the official selling purpose of the book for readers is to show them how to use HTML5, it seems like what Mark Pilgrim really wants to achieve is to convince people that it's worth the trouble of using it.
It starts out with a history of HTML and how it developed and then goes on to explaining the actual new features that are supported with HTML5 and how to go about using them properly. In the process, he includes some interesting exercises like starting with an older HTML file and showing the ways that it can be improved and made simpler by using the conventions of the new spec. There's also an associated website to make it easy to look at the code samples for how they'll display in different real browsers, if you wish.
This is definitely not a book for someone who knows nothing about HTML and wants to start building web pages. While there's some interesting discussion of the way that HTML is actually handled by a rendering engine, the basic fundamentals of the language really aren't the focus here. For people who do want to start using HTML5 features, this is a good guide to how to go about it for now. Considering that the spec is still in development, it's going to be a little longer before any book can be published that isn't already out-of-date by the time you can get it from the store.
I received an electronic copy of this book from O'Reilly for the purpose of writing a review. As a person who is interested in computer languages and the way that these things are designed, I found the author's focus on why things are done these ways to be a very interesting read. I probably wouldn't have actually bought this for myself, but only because I'm not actively using any of the features of HTML5 in any of my projects at the moment. For something that's still as subject to change as this, I tend to wait until things settle down before I buy reference material unless my need is really urgent. For someone who is using these features right now or about to start, though, there is definitely a lot of information in here that should make it worthwhile to get.
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Manual for becoming HTML5 master
I've been trying for some time to jump onto HTML5 wagon and this book finally gave me the complete insight into this field. I was hoping to see authoritative O'Reilly approach in writing but I've found even better story to read. Mark Pilgrim's writing is easy to read with funny and witty details so it was easy to upgrade my knowledge about this most recent technology. Technical details are very clearly arranged and will stay close to my keyboard as a great reference. Not only that but Mark explains even some extra frameworks that can help you to build your next HTML5 code with graceful degradation towards the older browsers. This book is starting point but will surely prep you real good to become master of HTML5.
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Great for Developers, Not for Newbies
This is a great book for developers who want a book that explains the HTML5 standard. It takes the time to explain and demonstrate the features and changes in HTML5. It also shows how you can take current code and make use of HTML5 tags. It is a very useful book to have now for HTML5 as there are only a few books on HTML5 that are as comprehensive. However, the book may seem to be dragging its feet and come across more as a reference book.
I will tell beginners to stay away from this book until you have your foundation done. This book is to get you up and running only on the HTML5 standard, not beginner HTML. You could have it sitting on your shelf while you start on a beginner HTML course.
Do not be bogged down by the first chapter on the history of HTML as it is really heavy reading. I feel that it should be placed at the back of the book as optional reading rather than an introduction chapter. Its too much history that is not needed to get you up and running on HTML5. Don't feel that you are missing out too much if you don't read into the first chapter, you can always go back some other time.
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Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual
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Web designers, web producers, and webmasters rely on one program above all others to design, build, and manage professional websites: Adobe Dreamweaver. It provides the tools you need to create everything from simple HTML pages to database-driven PHP pages. But what makes Dreamweaver so versatile is also what makes it difficult to learn. This bestselling guide offers you with clear, jargon-free explanations to help you master this sophisticated program -- and bring stunning, contemporary websites to life. Written by veteran Dreamweaver teacher and author David McFarland, Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual takes you through site creation step-by-step, from building your very first page to launching a template-driven, fully interactive site. You'll hone your skills with the help of hands-on, guided tutorials throughout the book. - Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from basic to advanced techniques
- Design dynamic, database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms
- Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework
- Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages
- Examine web page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples"
Add Spry Tabbed Panels to Web Pages Some website visitors are loath to scroll; if they don’t see what they want when a page first loads, they move on. Because of this, some web designers divide long passages of information into multiple pages so that each page presents small, easy-to-digest chunks. Of course, that means building several pages instead of just one, and forces visitors to click through (and wait for) a series of pages. Spry Tabbed Panels provides an alternative (see Figure 13-1). Instead of creating one long page, or several smaller pages, you can organize information into separate tabbed panels. That way, your content is always front and center, and your visitors can easily access different sections by clicking a tab above each panel. Adding a Tabbed Panel You can place Spry tabbed panels anywhere on a web page. But since the tabs form a single row at the top of the group of panels, you need enough horizontal space to accommodate all the tabs. Unless you have only a couple of tabs with one-word text labels, you should place the tabbed panels in a fairly wide space, such as the main column of a web page, or across the entire width of the page. Just follow these steps:  | Figure 13-1. Organize your page’s content into easily accessible panels with the Spry Tabbed Panels widget. Clicking a tab opens a new panel’s worth of information without the browser having to load a new web page. |
1. In the document window, click where you wish to insert the panels. For example, inside a div tag. 2. Choose Insert > Spry > Spry Tabbed Panels, or, on the Insert panel’s Spry category, click one of the Spry Tabbed Panel’s buttons (see Figure 13-2). You can find all the Spry goodies on the Insert panel’s Spry category (Figure 13-2, left); you’ll also find several Spry widgets (including tabbed panels) listed under the Layout category (Figure 13-2, right), and other Spry buttons grouped under other tabs (form validation Spry widgets appear under the Forms tab, for example).  | Figure 13-2. In the Insert panel, you can identify a Spry icon by the starburst in the button’s lower-right corner. It’s even easier to distinguish them from other buttons if, from the Insert Panel’s category menu, you choose Color Icons--this changes the drab gray starburst to a bright orange. |
After you insert a tabbed panel, you see two tabs and two panels on the page (Figure 13-3); in addition, a blue tab appears above the panels indicating the Spry widget. The blue tab appears only in Dreamweaver’s Design view, not in a guest’s web browser. It gives you an easy way to select the Spry widget and access its properties in the Property inspector. Note: When you save a page after inserting a Spry Tabbed Panel, Dreamweaver notifies you that it has added two files to the site: a CSS file (SpryTabbedPanels.css) for formatting the panel group, and a JavaScript file (SpryTabbedPanels.js) to make the panels appear and disappear when visitors click the tabs. Dreamweaver saves both files in the SpryAssets folder in your site’s root folder. Make sure you upload this folder when you move your site onto your web server. 3. In the Property inspector, name the panel group (Figure 13-3). This step is optional. Dreamweaver provides a generic name (TabbedPanels1, for example) for the group of panels. You don’t really have to change this name; it never appears in a browser window. But if you ever take the plunge into manually modifying your Spry widgets in Code view, you may want to change the Spry panel group’s name to something more descriptive. If you create a group of tabbed panels to house information about a product, for example, you might name the panel group productPanels. A descriptive name helps you identify code related to the panel group if you work in Code view to enhance or change the functionality of the panels.  | Figure 13-3. Normally, when a browser downloads a page containing Spry panels, it highlights the first tab and panel. However, if you’d rather open another panel when the page loads, select the relevant tab’s name in the Property inspector’s “Default panel” menu. |
4. Add additional panels. If two panels aren’t enough for your needs, use the Property inspector to add more. Above the list of tab names, click the + button (see Figure 13-3) to add a new panel. To remove a panel, in the same list, click the name of a tab, and then click the minus (-) button. You can also reorder the panels by selecting a tab from the list, and then clicking the up or down arrow button. The up arrow moves a panel to the left, while the down arrow moves a panel to the right. Note: A Spry widget’s properties appear in the Property inspector only when you select the widget. To do so, click the blue tab above the elements inside the widget.
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Definitely the missing manual.
This is definitely the missing manual. Nearly 2" thick hard to read in bed as it is heavy, but has everything you need to learn CS5.
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Would pick this over Dummies any day!!
I did not buy this book through amazon, although i wish I would have with the markdown in price. It is a great deal compared to the $49 I paid (8-26-10) at B&N. Early on, I was in need of a great, solid, easy to read book that would introduce me into the Dreamweaver world. Being an amateur and having little to no knowledge at all of CSS, HTML, XML, etc., I found this book a great, GREAT tool to help me get on my way to website building and managing. Though in reality, it teaches you a lot more than just those simple desires. The Missing Manual comes in with the expectation that you are an advanced beginner or intermediate at operating a computer and you DO NOT need to have any prior knowledge of computer coding or tech terms to understand the material. It teaches you as you go along without veering from the objective of that chapter.
It is really fascinating how the material covered in the book is so clearly explained with examples and links that supplement the content in the chapter. In fact the book includes many external website links and books to view so that the reader can learn about that feature or code structure in more detail that the chapter will allow. That is not to say the chapters are limited- by all means no! There are books dedicated just to CSS and HTML5 coding- more info than the typical reader would like to know. And so this whole book goes about teaching you the essentials (and there are a lot of them) rather than include every little nuance to code language and bore you to death (if you haven't already died before reaching the end of the book). That's right, this book has 10,031 pages of information and lessons (not including creds & appendix). I absolutely LOVED the fact that the book was formatted so that each page had 3cm margins along the edges!!!!! I write notes in the sides, star important paragraphs and recap half-chapters in these margins. Much less of an eyesore than some other books where you have to cram in between lines to write snippets about things.
I previously bought (and returned) the Dummies version *Dreamweaver CS5 All-in-One For Dummies of dreamweaver CS5 on account that I.COULD.NOT.READ.IT. IT is simply not a very well written book for beginners and intermediates of Dreamweaver/site building. It was difficult to read, and in their intro they said 'this is not a step by step book, so feel free to jump from one chapter to another in any order.' Well how exactly does that help? If you don't know what you're using, how could you expect the reader to chose one chapter from another at random? Didn't quite like that. Anyways, I really like the organization and teach-as-we-go approach that The Missing Manual offers. This is literaly, "The missing manual that should have been in the box." Thanks for reading!
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A Diamond Of A Dreamweaver Reference/Learning Tool
At over 1000 pages and 27 chapters, 'Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual' by David McFarland is one of the rare books that I can EASILY give a Highest Possible Recommendation for. It has been known for quite some time that Dreamweaver is THE #1 resource for creating a professional web site in the most efficient way possible and with the fewest steps so that you can get your site created with netters surfing to it in the shortest amount of time. Now learn how to use Dreamweaver as efficiently as possible and get a peek at all the newest features in CS5!!
The material contained within is simply staggering: Basics, CSS, Forms, Flash, Automation, Database connectivity, and server-side XML and XSLT, it's all here!!
The Missing Manual is my favorite line of books because of the logical separation of content, the writing, and the design. My only gripe with this book would be the lack of color which could have easily been put in for only a small amount more added to the retail price, but this is not enough to knock my recommendation down. If you use Dreamweaver or want to learn more about what CS5 has to offer, pick this book up TO-DAY!!
***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION
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Easy to understand explanations!
This is an excellent book IMHO. He explains things and just when I'm going to say, "But what happens if you do this," the next paragraph goes right to it. He covers everything I need to know about DW. I'm not an expert, but he has gotten me to feel comfortable in using DW and I know that when I get stuck I can find a reference to the problem. Not only that, but their customer support is fabulous. I found an error on their web site and a picture out of place in the book and they responded and fixed it immediately via email. Great buy!
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Great book. I will be buying more in this series!
This book takes you from crawling, to walking to running with Dreamweaver. I gives you step by step and you can have a page up and running in no time. I have recommended it to a few friends and they love it also! Its a keeper for any CS5 owner.
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JavaScript: The Good Parts
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Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole-a subset you can use to create truly extensible and efficient code.
Considered the JavaScript expert by many people in the development community, author Douglas Crockford identifies the abundance of good ideas that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language-ideas such as functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. Unfortunately, these good ideas are mixed in with bad and downright awful ideas, like a programming model based on global variables.
When Java applets failed, JavaScript became the language of the Web by default, making its popularity almost completely independent of its qualities as a programming language. In JavaScript: The Good Parts, Crockford finally digs through the steaming pile of good intentions and blunders to give you a detailed look at all the genuinely elegant parts of JavaScript, including:
- Syntax
- Objects
- Functions
- Inheritance
- Arrays
- Regular expressions
- Methods
- Style
- Beautiful features
The real beauty? As you move ahead with the subset of JavaScript that this book presents, you'll also sidestep the need to unlearn all the bad parts. Of course, if you want to find out more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, simply consult any other JavaScript book.
With JavaScript: The Good Parts, you'll discover a beautiful, elegant, lightweight and highly expressive language that lets you create effective code, whether you're managing object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run fast. If you develop sites or applications for the Web, this book is an absolute must.
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Not a simple reading sometimes, but direct to the problem
You can be sidetracked from the tiny size of this book, but is not a simple reading. This is not for people that wanna learn Javascript from scratch, but for programmer who already knows Javascript features and wanna go over it.
Even a long-experienced Javascript user will learn something new for sure from this great reading. I think that ALL must read this at least one time.
I can find only two drawbacks: 1) Some arguments are only named, but not really deepened 2) The only real critic to what is teach is about a "new way", less error-prone, to create objects in Javascript. The author really explain it and what is the problems with the standard method (about using or not the "new" operator)... but even if his arguments are good, the way he advise is not standard, and for me this is bad.
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Crockford's book will improve the web
I have tried to learn strong Javascript skills many, many times over more than a decade. My shelves are full of thick 'Bibles' on the topic. The problem has been, amidst all the terrible features of the language (and let's be honest, it has way more than it's fair share), I never had the patience, perseverance or time to break through to the gold. This book is brilliant. From the first chapter, Crockford is speaking my language.
The best bit about all this is that, "the best bits" of Javascript are actually pretty amazing! Deep in my head, by looking at others' work (Google!), I knew that a great language was hidden in there somewhere - but it always eluded me. Those days are finally over!! I can't wait for my next web project!!
I have read more computer books over the past thirty years than I can remember. Despite it's deceptively short length, this is one of the very best.
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Great Javascript Book. Not for n00bs though.
Great book.
The material is relevant and concise. Perfect guide for someone who has programmed in other languages but wants to get into Javascript.
Not for n00bs though. N00bs, you've been warned.
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Your personal guide for JavaScript's most difficult features
I found this book excellent in its descriptions of functions, methods, arrays, inheritance, and several other more abstract features of JavaScript. This book will not teach you JavaScript but it will improve what you already know. It's a moderately easy read and also very easy to look up a specific feature you want to know more about.
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One of the best JavaScript small references book
JavaScript: The Good Parts by Crockford is written to be a quick and small reference for the javascript programmer.
It is not an exhaustive reference but rather a small collection of guidelines on how javascript code should be written. The book touches on the major aspects of the language: objects, functions, prototypes, inheritance (with all its flavours), arrays and regular expressions.
Maybe the most important part of the language is given the most pages: functions. The chapter on functions gives a good understanding on function invocation patterns, on closures, callbacks, scope, augmentation, memoization, currying and function arguments. Another important chapter is on inheritance and explains different inheritance styles. Although nice to read in general, the book also has some boring parts, like chapter 2 where javascript grammar is represented in many diagrams, one for each language construct.
There are some nice appendix chapters on the awful and the bad parts of javascript, which warn the reader of the possible pitfalls of using these parts of the language.
Alltogether, it's a must-have book for every javascript programmer, not necesarrily to take up all ideas but at least to understand the point Douglas Crockford has and only adopt the agreed practices.
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jQuery in Action, Second Edition
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A really good web development framework anticipates your needs. jQuery does more-it practically reads your mind. Developers fall in love with this JavaScript library the moment they see 20 lines of code reduced to three. jQuery is concise and readable. jQuery in Action, Second Edition is a fast-paced introduction and guide. It shows you how to traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax to your web pages. The book's unique "lab pages" anchor the explanation of each new concept in a practical example. You'll learn how jQuery interacts with other tools and frameworks and how to build jQuery plugins. This revised and expanded second edition includes even more lab pages than before, along with numerous examples that show the latest best practices developed by the jQuery community. It provides full coverage of jQuery 1.4, along with a deeper look at the ever-expanding world of jQuery plug-ins. This book requires some knowledge of JavaScript and Ajax but no previous experience with jQuery.
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Looks great so far.
Only read a few chapters yet. So far looks like the best introduction of JQuery that I was ever able to get by just looking at online tutorials and trying to comprehend other peoples code.
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JQuery totally rocks!
Unobtrusive JavaScript is awesome. The book is a little hard to read. I imagine it is easier to read in from of the computer while trying the examples, but I have not tried it.
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Time Well Spent
Will get you up to speed on JQuery. Provides an overview of JQuery, the Plug In framework and how to program instructions, but I think the book might have been a little better organized. I think that Appendix A should have been chapter 1 and chapter 6 pertaining to the utility functions should have been chapter 2. Also I couldn't get the zip file containing the "lab" and source code to download from the Manning web site.
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Not a good Intro book for non-professional programmers
These comments (and the star rating) are very specifically from the point of view of someone who wants to add some interactivity and AJAX to webpages using the most straightforward efficient method, which is with JQuery.
THE GOOD: These guys absolutely know JQuery and JavaScript. They are fluent experts and authorities. They know the minute details and the inner guts. or Also, they put a great deal of effort into this book. They built some excellent downloadable learning tools and thought quite carefully about the organization of the material.
THE BAD: Again - from the point of view of a non-pro: Too few examples. The examples that were included are often not simple or straightforward. In several cases, JQuery statements are simply listed with various parameters barely explained with no examples at all. I suspect if I was a professional JavaScript programmer a lot of the left out stuff would be trivial or obvious. But the weren't to me.
In other places there is a surfeit of unnecessary technical material. The chapter on events, for example, starts off with long sections on the DOM event model and cross browser issues without a HINT that those issues aren't material to the JQuery user (that's the point! JQuery handles that stuff so I don't need to know). Also the authors use far too many exclamation points! Sometimes I feel like I'm reading ad copy for JQuery!
In other places I feel like the authors are merely wallowing in their technical knowledge, throwing off little lines like 'We could employ other solutions: implementing the Observable Pattern, which establishes a Publish/Subscribe theme for handlers..' blah blah blah. Their point had nothing to do with JQuery. They seemed to simply want to show they know about the "Observable Pattern" programming paradigm. Woohoo. (!). They spent several pages (at the beginning of the Events chapter) going over a Capture DOM model only to say (at the end of those pages) that no one really uses it. Considering some of the genuinely important stuff they put in the appendix, why are they putting stuff no one uses at the beginning of an important chapter?
INTERNET EXPLORER: As far as these guys are concerned, Internet Explorer is a bastard stepchild marginal fringe case. They seem embarrassed and appalled that they have to mention it within their pristine pages. OK. They don't like it. But more than half the browsers out there are IE and IE 8 continues to have its own quirks and not follow standards. DEAL WITH IT. JQuery itself has very much code dedicated to sorting out IE issues. It would be nice if the authors would hit that issue head on. A simple list of the various things you can do with JQuery that fix previous browser difficulties that required different code (CSS properties or JavaScript DOM issues) would be nice. Dealing with Internet Explorer hassles (and cross browser hassles in general) is one of the great gifts of JQuery. Marginalizing that gift because of a distaste for the major browser (like it or not) just is not helpful. I'm not saying they deny the existence of IE. They just don't make it a focus at any point.
I don't like giving a book like this which clearly shows the earmarks of expertise and hard work a negative review. It may be the best JQuery book out there (I haven't read any others yet), but this book seriously needs some editing. Either that or I am simply the wrong audience. I do believe a professional JavaScript programmer would get more out of this than I did. But in any event, the book should decide if it wants to be a reference, a tutorial, or both. I just think it's not a great introduction to a great subject.
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JQuery explained in simple terms
Here's why I gave this book a 5-star rating
1. I was new to JQuery, and they did a fantastic job of explaining it in very simple terms, without muddling it with unwanted details (like you try to pick up a new technology and wham! - you're hit with a dozen other related technologies that you don't care about right now) 2. Each chapter builds on the previous one. 3. When you get to Events, they've done a fantastic job of explaining the inner workings of JavaScript in the appendix. This makes understanding JQuery events a lot easier. 4. The examples are great. Where possible, the authors talk about real world situations.
One thing I'd improve on
1. Some topics are discussed too much in detail. For a beginner wanting to get his/her hands dirty with code, there's way too much covered. This is good if someone wants to build a rich client interface application, but an overkill when a majority of us are looking to enhance our website and cut down on javascript code. But again, there's not one book that can satisfy everyone, and I'll take the extra details anytime, than a poorly written book.
My advice: If you are a novice with JQuery, but this book.
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It is Awesome, but...
I purchased the book as a reference guide, after several years in PHP / MySQL development, I didn't teach me anything new. Parts of the book where filled with 'tips' and ideas, leaving the reader to guess what sort of techniques should be applied (would've been nice for code samples). I felt the book was used more for 'understanding' certain concepts, rather than teaching.
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Kindle Edition is a Rip-Off
Although i love the book itself and would give it a 5 star rating, i have to say that the Kindle edition is a blatant rip off. First, its the same price as the paperback with a CD-Rom included, second, they did not bother to make the sources of the CD-Rom available (via a Website) to those who bought it electronically ... . Searched in vain for a link to an online resource for the examples until i got confirmation that this is not included in the electronic delivery (even though its full price) ...
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Book Could be Cut in Half or LESS and Here's WHY ....
For those who are into this field, would probably say "Yawn" - for much of the gaps of what we needed to know were sporadic splotches here and there; to me, personally, it is as if they took a previous book version and revamped it slightly, and then tossed in the upcoming what we are looking for. It would be like Sherlock Holmes and his Dear Watson... it's all too Elementary. I spent more time trying to look for the bottom line of the core of everything without all the hoopla of everything else which I already knew.
To me, if they wanted to write a book like this; they should have split it - one for those who wanted everything, and those who, like myself, sans the "excess baggage" would had been a nice feature. I own some mini-books for obvious reasons, as huge books like these are like carrying boulders everywhere.
I usually do not put down books, but on this one, I am sorry: THUMBS DOWN! There could have been a better job done than this, which I perceive they know it.
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Don't get the Kindle Edition
Don't get the kindle edition if you want the source code. Yay I get to buy it twice.
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PHP and MySQL
The book is great to start programming in php. Very recommended! PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)
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Question : What books do you suggest reading that are really great thrillers?
I am in the mood to read some thrillers. Any suggestions on any books to read especially any by regular authors (not the big sellers like Michael Chrichton, but not excluding them either). Plus only adult literature as well, not books for teens or kids.Please don't just list books, but tell me why they are good that so I have some info to know what I should get.
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i tend to like older ones - agatha christie is the best, hands down. "and then there were none,""the murder of roger ackroyd," and "witness for the prosecution" are all murder mysteries with really unpredictable, gasp-worthy plot twists. a newer one that i haven't finished but find really interesting is "eye contact" by cammie mcgovern. it's about an autistic boy who witnesses the murder of his friend but is unable to communicate what he saw.hope this helps!
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Question : books??????
i need help picking out a book.i like teen books like-gossip girl-sisterhood of traveling pants-meg cabot books-sarah dessen books-i hate fantasy or mysterycan u also add links for summaries of the book?thank you so muchhhhhbtw... im 14
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These are good books and series that i have read. The summaries are there too.-the twilight series is really good. It is by stephanie meyer and it is a vampire romance. 3 books so farTwilight:About three things I was absolutely positive:First, Edward was a vampire.Second, there was a part of him–and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be–that thirsted for my blood.And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.“I’D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD DIE– I’d had reason enough in the last few months –but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this. . . . Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of something else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.”When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret. What Bella doesn’t realize is the closer she gets to him, the more she is putting herself and those around her at risk. And, it might be too late to turn back. . . .Deeply seductive and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight will have readers riveted right until the very last page is turned. New Moon: For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realize their troubles may just be beginning.... Legions of readers entranced by the New York Times bestseller Twilight are hungry for more, and they won't be disappointed by this gripping sequel. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Passionate, riveting, and deeply moving, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.Eclipse: Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob --- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? -Then there is Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin.Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she’s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned. ....-The Shwa was here by Neal shustermenThey say his clothes blend into the background, no matter where he stands. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thing’s for sure: no one ever noticed him. Except me. My name is Antsy Bonano—and I was the one who realized the Schwa was "functionally invisible" and used him to make some big bucks. But I was also the one who caused him more grief than a friend should. So if you all just shut up and listen, I’ll tell you everything there is to know about the Schwa, from how he got his name, to what really happened with his mom. I’ll spill everything. Unless, of course, "the Schwa Effect" wipes him out of my brain before I’m done . . . . -twisted by Laurie hales andersonHigh school senior Tyler Miller used to be the kind of guy who faded into the background-average student, average looks, average dysfunctional family. But since he got busted for doing graffiti on the school, and spent the summer doing outdoor work to pay for it, he stands out like you wouldn't believe. His new physique attracts the attention of queen bee Bethany Milbury, who just so happens to be his father's boss's daughter, the sister of his biggest enemy-and Tyler's secret crush. And that sets off a string of events and changes that have Tyler questioning his place in the school, in his family, and in the world. In Twisted, the acclaimed Laurie Halse Anderson tackles a very controversial subject: what it means to be a man today. Fans and new readers alike will be captured by Tyler's pitchperfect, funny voice, the surprising narrative arc, and the thoughtful moral dilemmas that are at the heart of all of the author's award-winning, widely read work. -slam by nick hornbyJust when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend Alicia drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriend- because by the time she tells him she's pregnant, they've already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad. His mom had him at sixteen and has made it very clear how having a baby so young interrupted her life. There's only one person Sam can turn to-his hero, skating legend Tony Hawk. Sam believes the answers to life's hurdles can be found in Hawk's autobiography. But even Tony Hawk isn't offering answers this time-or is he? Inexplicably, Sam finds himself whizzed into the future, for a quick glimpse of what will be . . . or what could be. In this wonderfully witty, poignant story about a teenage boy unexpectedly thrust into fatherhood, it's up to Sam to make the right decisions so the bad things that could happen, well, don't.-Speak by Luarie Hales AndersonSimilar to Lauries other book, It is about a teenager with a not so good life. Melinda ruined the end-of-summer party by clling the cops and now her closet friends and people she does not even know hates her. It is no use to try explaining it to her parent; they do not know what her life is really like. The safest place for Melinda to be is alone inside her head, but that is not even safe beacuase there's something she is trying not to think about, something that happened at the party. If she admitted it she would blow her carefully constucted disguise to smithereens. And then she would have no choice. She would have to speak the truth.-And then the Harry potter series is really good too.
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Question : What are some books about teens in high school or any kind of romance novels?
I love to read books about teens in high school facing troubles. Some of these troubles can include friendship, boyfriends, pregnancy, family troubles, things like that. I prefer books from a girls point of view. Can you please include the author and full title of the book so I can find the books more easily. And if possible, can you include a short summary of the book?Thank you soo much!
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One author fits the discription to a T!Sarah Dessen.She wrote 9 books so far and almost all of them have romance in them and all deal with problems like family deaths, pregnancy, self confidence, being in control, and more
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Question : BOoKs!!!!!!!!!?
ok, i need an author that has 3 GOOD BOOKS for YOUNG ADULTS for an english report. Im not so much interested in renissance and prarie life or that kind of stuff, please give me some suggestions! Also, if by any chance the author's life in anyway reflects onto his/her books, that would be awesome! please help!
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STEPHENIE MEYER!!!She wrote 3 books, AND THEY ARE GREAT!Her website is ....WWW.STEPHENIEMEYER.COMHer books are about a human and a vampire falling in love. It may sound corNy and lovey-dovey. But the books ARE GREAT!
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Question : What books do you recommend to learn about world religions?
I am interested in learning more about Paganism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism. Books about other religions are perfect too, but I want to read books that contain legit information. Also, books about the different denominations are good, but really, I'd like to read just any legit book on religion.If you're going to tell me to read the Bible, don't bother, I've already read it!
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For Hinduism, I would say: "Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism" by Linda Johnsen. It is very nicely written.
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Question : BOOKs???????
OK i just asked this question but left loads out so i'm asking againhow much would all of these books go for? all of them are 2nd hand and like newthe devil wears prada - lauren weisbergerthe boy in the striped pajamas (hardback) - john boyneboy soldier - andy mcnabpayback (hard back) - andy mcnabmeltdown (hard back) - andy mcnabavenger (signed and hard back) - andy mcnabthe wedding planners daughter - coleen murtagh paratore (hard back)the 7 habits of highly successful teens - sean coveychicken soup for the teenage soul - loads of pplthe wolves of willoighby chase - joan aiken2 famous 5s - enid blyton2 princess diaries - meg cabotangels unlimited series - annie daltonworst witch - jill murphythe tin princess - pphillip pullmana few harry potter books (some hardback) jk rowlinga lot of jacqueline wilson bookshow much will this lot go for on ebay?
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Not much. You pick up most of that lot for about 50p each in charity shops.
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Question : What are some books that have to do with teenage partying and experamenting with drugs?
I read the whole ellen hopkins series and I was wondering if there are any other books like that that young adults can read?Im trying to read books about partying so I can basically read about it and not do it so I get the experiance by reading it if that makes any sense.I read tweak and I loved the book.Are there any other books that have to do with partying and experamenting?
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Can't think of any books off the top of my head, but the movie Thirteen is precisely about that.
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Question : What are good romance and mystery books you'd recommend?
I'm 13 years old and I love reading. I finish books within a day when I'm really into it. Some of my favorite genres are romance, mystery, and books that have to do with people around my age or above. At the book store there are to many books to choose from. I'm a good reader and I like challenging books. I've read books like Pride and Prejudice. Do you have any book recommendations?
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Try these:Any of the Nancy Drew books by Caroline KeeneCoraline by Neil GaimanA Northern Light by Jennifer DonnellyThe Princess Bride by William Goldman13 Little Blue Envelopes and Girl At Sea by Maureen JohnsonAbarat by Clive Barker, Make sue you get the hardcover version though!!! If you liked the first one be sure to check out the next book in the series Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War.The Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, Schools Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning) by James PattersonThe Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-ShawThe Cry of the Icemark by Stuart HillInkheart and Inkspell and Inkdeath (coming soon!) by Cornelia FunkeA Mango Shaped Space by Wendy MassThe Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughtonTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittThe Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor Old Magic by Marianne Curley
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Question : What are some good american historical fiction books?
i looking for books related to american wars for example revolutionary war, civil war, ww1,ww2my english teacher forces his students to read, analize, write essays and get tested on his boring and out dated books about america history. he want the books that we read in his class to connect to other classes. his intentions are good but he needs to choose better books and give kids more options. Please reccomend books are exciting, will apeal to kids age 12-14 and appropriate for class.can you also reccomend books not relating to war but in the same time period. any good books related to physcial science are also helpful.
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You should look into the author Ann Rinaldi, she writes excellent historical fiction for young readers both at the middle school and high school level and her books cover all the major events in history. Here are a couple:The Secret of Sarah Revere (Revolutionary War)An Acquaintance with Darkness (Civil War)A Break with Charity- (Salem Witch Trials)And she has many others. Excellent writer and she is used by a lot of classroom teachers although apparently not yours.
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Question : BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
tell me books i can read some that most people havent heard of but is reallly cool to u!!!!!!!!!!!the book that sounds best will get da ten points for best answer!!!!!thanx for answreing
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The Uglies by Scott WesterfeldSet in a future world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16. It tells the story of teenager and her friends.Its a Series of 4. Uglies,Pretties,Specials, and Extras (which just came out)
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