Official Netscape Javascript 1.2 Book: The Nonprogrammer's Guide to Creating Interactive Web Pages

By Peter Kent, John Kent, Peter Kent

Step-by-step tutorials show readers how to develop usable scripts. The book makes a natural progression from introductory to more advanced material. "Online Updates" on www.netscapepress.com features concrete examples and all scripts from the book. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566044650
• ISBN13: 9781566044653
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Ventana Communications Group
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Toss the Rest -- This is the Best

Good to see this book is coming back onto the shelves. Had to scrounge around recently to find my copy. Recommended to me by a JS pro. Purchased two other books previously that will soon collect dust in the used book store.The Kent brothers REALLY explain JavaScript and and provide a good introduction to the nuances (= annoyances) of object based syntax. If you think you have to buy four or five bad references to find...

An absolute 1st book for beginners

I have purchased many books that claim the word beginner. This is by far the best yet. These guys should write more books about other topics. As you start to advance this is also an excellent reference. If you want to learn the fundamentals of javascript, this is the purest start that you will find.

Great Book and Guess What, You Can Get the Online Companion!

Not only has Peter Kent's fabulous source book, "Making Money in Technical Writing," catapulted me from a $43,000 salary as a full-time technical writing captive, to a $85,000(+) technical contract writer within only one year, he's also written a great book on writing Javascript and developing interactive Web pages. Following Kent's advice in the technical writing book, I landed a great contract that required me to develop...

The Reference Bible

This book covers the basic concept of Javascript functions, methods, and properties in the beginning chapters. It also explains constructor functions and event handlers really well but focus too much on basics. 2/3 of this book is a big detailed dictionary of all the functions, methods, and properties. Even though only 1/3 of the book explains concept, its content beats any thick, expensive, beginning Javascript book. I bought...

Smart buy for someone new to Javascript.

FINALLY. A book that provides just what the name implies, "for nonprogrammers" Although I am a professional developer, I found the Kents' book very informative, and in-depth. The examples could be applied to real world problems. I've look a few JAVA/Javascript books, and have been disappointed. Not intimidating at all, this book is a constant reference in my learning of Javascript. The only reason I wouldn't rate it...