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Learning the Yahoo User Interface library: Develop your next generation web applications with the YUI JavaScript development library. - JavaScript
A good investment for serious web developers Learning the Yahoo User Interface libraryDan Wellman clearly knows the YUI. I had a problem with one of his examples, and sent an email to the publis ...

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If you are looking to add exciting interactivity to Web pages and need a quick and easy understanding of the technology in order to do so, then this book is for you–whether you’re new to JavaScript or you need a refresher on every-thing from validating user input forms to creating menu trees. Open the book and you’ll discover clear, easy-to-follow instructions for more than 250 key JavaScript tasks, each presented in ten quick steps–or less. Easy-to-navigate pages, lots of screen shots, and to-the-point directions guide you through every common (and not so common) JavaScript challenge–and help you get more done in less time.

• Each solution is ten steps–or less–to help you get the job done fast
• Self-contained two-page spreads deliver the answers you need–without flipping pages
• A no-fluff approach focuses on helping you achieve results
• A resource packed with useful and fun ways to get the most out of JavaScript
• Make it simple and get productive fast!– download ready-to-use source code for each task from the book's companion Web site

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Good book despite errors

Yes, there are errors in this book and I agree that there should have been much better editing but nonwithstanding, it's a good book. It fills the gap well between a tutorial and a reference manual. In fact, fixing the errors reinforces the learning, otherwise you are getting less benefit by simply typing in the example code. The text gives you enough knowledge to fix the code. The downloadable code on the associated site has been corrected (the site could be better publicised in the book). The book covers a lot of ground and the info is well presented. I certainly don't regret buying it, I've found it most useful.

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needs more steps then this..

the idea of the book is great and it is very easy to read and understand.

But, it contains lots of errors and broken code. It can be very frustrating when the code you typed in exactly does not work and cant figure out why.

I feel the publisher should have invested in more proofreaders and code checkers. I switched to O'reilly's javascript the definitve guide and its cook book. Its was a lot tougher to get through but in the long run was a better choice.

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Emergency Wonderful Reference...

Web designers, web developers and web masters, without this book, have something missing! All the scripts are there, ready to just refer to them, make a little change, if needed, then copy/past!That simple! As a web designer, this book worth me alot. Even though is not much useful for beginers to learn JavaScript, but a pill for web designers headache. Go for it if you're involve in any web improving job. Great at all...

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use to create interactive web pages

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My review of Javascript: In Easy Steps

I am not a programmer. I am a person who designs web pages. Since this book was only ten bucks, I thought I would give it a try. This book does an ok job of teaching JavaScript. It will clearly walk you though each of the basic JavaScript functions and give you one example of how it works. You can download all the examples used in the book from their web site. However, this book does not teach you how to use functions together to build applications. I wish the book had exercises using combinations of JavaScript functions. It teaches you about the pieces but not how to put them together to build a simple application. I thought that teaching you how to build simple JavaScript applications would give you a greater understanding of how the functions work. Overall, this book is worth the ten dollars I paid for it. However, I will probably look for another JavaScript book with more practical applications.

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Pretty Good

This book is not best in the series. If you know another programing langugage -it is best to stay away. However, the book has a lot of examples that can help you get started. In addition, it is straight to the point, and easy to read. The applications given are more basic than in his other books, which definetly hinders in what you learn from the book. However, thats what the interent is for.

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Not one of the better books of this series

I bought this book because of other books I have read in the series. In Easy Steps is quick and to the point and isnt a thousand pages. I recently took a JavaScript class and wanted to give this book as a desk reference for a classmate. All the examples are placed in message boxes which allows you to execute commands but doesnt show you how to really use JavaScript with a web page save making a pop up message box. Because Amazon didnt deliver the book in time for a gift I was able to send it back and dodge a bullet. I would recommend the JavaScript book from Visual, JavaScript: Visual Blueprint. It has a building on the fron and is around 300 pages. I would recommend other books from the In Easy Steps series but not this one.

Cheers.

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A Rather Deceitful Title

Though the title of this book would lead one to believe that the contents would be presented in "easy steps," I found this to be untrue. I read the book without having any experience working with JavaScript but with many years of experience with HTML. The starting tag presented in the very first chapter does not validate in xHTML, and I ran into several other complications throughout the following pages. The book makes a decent reference tool for simple codes, but, as was mentioned in a previous review, the author does not do a good job showing the reader how to combine steps. I had to do some creative programming on the side to figure out simple things like getting a pop-up window to open after a link has been clicked. Many times, I found myself wishing that the author had elaborated just a little further on the purpose for, effect of, and limitations on one command or another.

This book did not prove to be useful to me, and I'm sure it would prove troublesome for those with little or no experience with internet coding. All in all, I think there are better books on JavaScript out there for beginners.

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This book/DVD bundle represents a $30 savings versus the cost of buying them separately. It consists of the book Sams Teach Yourself Ajax, JavaScript, and PHP All in One and the video course Sams Teach Yourself JavaScript and Ajax: Video Learning Starter Kit. The Video Learning Starter Kit provides four hours of video training and lessons, along with all the source files and software the beginner needs to create and run the examples. Each 10-minute video lesson uses the same step-by-step learning structure that has proven so effective in all Sams Teach Yourself books - as well as the same clear and concise style, practical hands-on examples, and self-paced learning approach. The book combines the hottest web development technologies into one clearly written, step-by-step tutorial, packaged with an easy-to-use CD packed with all the software tools, libraries and source files a reader needs to develop their own applications. By the end of this book/video the user will understand how these technologies work, and more importantly, how they work together to create dynamic web applications. After working through the book's and video's lessons the reader will be able to confidently create basic, but professional-looking Ajax applications to enhance and improve any web site

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