jaden
I liked New Perspectives on HTML and XHTML (by Carey and Canovatchel) a lot, great for beginners. I discovered they also have a book out on Javascript. Has anyone used it or is there another you would recommend? (I had a book called Beginning Javascript, 3rd edition, and I found it to be a horrible read. Encyclopedia-style, way too complex for a beginner.)
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After taking a long web design class (9 months) and not really understanding Javascript very well (we only spend about 6 classes on it), I went looking for a book to help me relearn it. While I haven't finished it, I highly recommend this book called "Simply Javascript". It's well written, doesn't ramble, and shows illustrations. It assumes you are comfortable with HTML and CSS, and it does a good job of showing how Javascript plays into web design. So far, I understand Javascript much better than I did in the class. It also covers a little AJAX toward the end, and it's even in color.
After taking a long web design class (9 months) and not really understanding Javascript very well (we only spend about 6 classes on it), I went looking for a book to help me relearn it. While I haven't finished it, I highly recommend this book called "Simply Javascript". It's well written, doesn't ramble, and shows illustrations. It assumes you are comfortable with HTML and CSS, and it does a good job of showing how Javascript plays into web design. So far, I understand Javascript much better than I did in the class. It also covers a little AJAX toward the end, and it's even in color.
What is JavaScript?
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Text-book definition is what I'm looking for..... 10 points to the first good answer
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JavaScript is the name of Netscape Communications Corporation's and now the Mozilla Foundation's implementation of the ECMAScript standard, a scripting language based on the concept of prototype-based programming. The language is best known for its use in websites (as client-side JavaScript), but is also used to enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications.
Despite the name, JavaScript is only distantly related to the Java programming language, the main similarity being the common debt to the C syntax. The language was renamed from LiveScript in a co-marketing deal between Netscape and Sun in exchange for Netscape bundling Sun's Java runtime with their browser, which was dominant at the time. Semantically, JavaScript syntax has far more in common with the Self programming language.
JavaScript is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. It was used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape Communications and current entities such as the Mozilla Foundation.
Designed by: Brendan Eich
Developer: Netscape Communications Corporation, Mozilla Foundation
Influenced by: Scheme, Self, Perl, Python
JavaScript was originally developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape under the name Mocha, later LiveScript, and finally renamed to JavaScript. The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript roughly coincided with Netscape adding support for Java technology in its Netscape Navigator web browser. JavaScript was first introduced and deployed in the Netscape browser version 2.0B3 in December of 1995. When web developers talk about using JavaScript in Internet Explorer, they are actually using JScript. The choice of name proved to be a source of much confusion.
JavaScript is the name of Netscape Communications Corporation's and now the Mozilla Foundation's implementation of the ECMAScript standard, a scripting language based on the concept of prototype-based programming. The language is best known for its use in websites (as client-side JavaScript), but is also used to enable scripting access to objects embedded in other applications.
Despite the name, JavaScript is only distantly related to the Java programming language, the main similarity being the common debt to the C syntax. The language was renamed from LiveScript in a co-marketing deal between Netscape and Sun in exchange for Netscape bundling Sun's Java runtime with their browser, which was dominant at the time. Semantically, JavaScript syntax has far more in common with the Self programming language.
JavaScript is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. It was used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape Communications and current entities such as the Mozilla Foundation.
Designed by: Brendan Eich
Developer: Netscape Communications Corporation, Mozilla Foundation
Influenced by: Scheme, Self, Perl, Python
JavaScript was originally developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape under the name Mocha, later LiveScript, and finally renamed to JavaScript. The change of name from LiveScript to JavaScript roughly coincided with Netscape adding support for Java technology in its Netscape Navigator web browser. JavaScript was first introduced and deployed in the Netscape browser version 2.0B3 in December of 1995. When web developers talk about using JavaScript in Internet Explorer, they are actually using JScript. The choice of name proved to be a source of much confusion.
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