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BEST BOOK 2001 List Price: $24.99 Our Price: $17.49 You Save: $7.50 (30%) Paperback - 504 pages 2nd edition (January 15, 2002) Que Dimensions (in inches): 1.13 x 9.12 x 7.41 JavaScript Goodies Dr. Joe Burns, Andree Growney We liked this book right away. When we tested the many scripts the Dr. has provided, they all worked, and were all easy to use. The downloadable "Javascript Package" is the key to your success, a "MUST" download from the book! A natural outgrowth of Joe Burns's comprehensive tips-oriented Java Goodies and HTML Goodies Web sites, JavaScript Goodies is a delightful combination of tutorials and quick examples to help you make the most of JavaScript in your Web pages. Burns provides a quick refresher on JavaScript scripting and the basics of the object model. But what can you actually do with JavaScript? The book illustrates how to produce effects in response to mouse events and perform image gymnastics. The presentation is so immediately rewarding that you may forget you're following a language tutorial. This guide is packed with real-world code you can use to spice up your pages. It also covers a wide range of topics that lead to holistic JavaScript knowledge, including arrays, random number generation, timer implementations, and user-interface techniques. Burns maintains all of the example code and assignments from the book on his site, as well as a zipped version of all the files for download. As he presents each technique, he discusses the concept, illustrates the code, and pulls it apart to show you how it works. Each discussion also includes assignments that are refreshingly fun. If dry language tutorials put you to sleep, this book will hold your attention Caveat This is a very rare but we felt we should mention it anyway. Both Dr. Burns and QUE were totally unresponsive to contacts we made following the email addresses posted for "help" from the book. In fact, after 60 days, we've gotten no response at all. Not even a canned response. Most all of the other publishers usually will at least send a canned reply. We feel this is inappropriate for such a book. We emailed a simple clarification question for one of the scripts, which any reader might do, and that should have been answered. . . . We still highly recommend the book. But don't bother writing. JavaScript Goodies Joe Burns, Andree Growney Keywords: Web design: Javascript, scripts, Web development, layout, pages (Web) - 12/6/2001