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Summary: excellent!
Review: The title is a little misleading -- it is MORE than just a reference book, it actually teaches how to create DHTML pages. Whether you are a novice or a veteran in web page development, this is the book for you. In addition to the book, the online support is also very good. Many errors in the book are corrected.
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Summary: Keep this on your desk
Review: Although a little dry, it *is* a reference you know. And as far as references go, this is a good, dependable one. This is one of those books that I keep going back to, whenever I need help with my DHTML and even CSS. It offers a clear and concise explanation of the DOM, and everything you need to manipulate it.
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Summary: Not as good as it seems
Review: Well here is the story:My friend and i work as web designers. Well we desided to learn some dhtml and starting looking through books, then we desided to buy 2 books, so that when we'd finish them we could exchange. Well I bought this book and my friend got "DHTML and JavaScript". I was really excited, because i wanted to learn some DHTML and learn how to use layers. CSS was not really my concern because i already read many online pages with tutorials and i know it pretty well(SO as javaScript). Well, when i opened the book i was really disappointed beacuse the book dosn't even talk about layers. Just CSS and JavaScript which was complete waste for me. Well when i looked at my friend's book, that book really got me interesting it has a very good coverage of both Layers and how to use them combined with css and js... The book also included a very good reference table for css commands. I think that "DHTML and JavaScript"(isbn: 0130863343 ) book is a much better deal.
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Summary: Amazing HTML reference, and then some!
Review: I use this book primarily because I can't remember all of the HTML tags and all of the attributes you can use with each. This alphabetizes and gives a complete explanation of exactly how each HTML entity can be used, including more details than you'll ever need concerning the different attributes (parameters). This book not only gives the complete HTML specification, but it also describes whether each feature is supported by IE or Netscape (and which version). It discusses how different browsers will handle the same code, which is a big plus in my eyes. And, HTML is not all of it; it covers CSS, DOM, and JavaScript: CSS: This also describes how you can alternatively use CSS (cascading style sheets) to model the objects in your web pages, which often gives you more control over how it looks. (This involves setting the STYLE attribute of a tag.) DOM: This describes how you can modify HTML objects, even *after* the page has been loaded, by accessing the objects' properties inside your scripts, whether it is JavaScript or VBScript or whatever. JavaScript: It gives a reference for the core language. So, at the very least, if you ever want to know all the cool things possible with HTML, this is an incredible reference, with brief examples. Five stars!
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Summary: The Talmud of Dynamic HTML
Review: Last week, working on some web page design that relied heavily on style sheets, JavaScript, and DHTML, I came across *the best HTML reference* I've ever seen. It's called Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, by Danny Goodman. This is the Talmud of Dynamic HTML. It's 1000 pages long. It covers HTML, DOM, CSS, and JavaScript in staggering detail. The best part is that the author has tested everything on Netscape and IE, and provides a detailed cross reference of what works where. As soon as I started using this book instead of the shoddy, disorganized, unindexed 'documentation' that Microsoft provides, I became a significantly happier person. You will too.
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Summary: Well worth the time spent reading it.
Review: I received this book as part of a class I took through Outsource Labs, and it was an excellent supplement to the course materials. I learned plenty about CCS Platforms and still reach for this one as I manage Web page content for my group at work. All of the tags, from <OBJECT> to <TFOOT> are described clearly and completely. If you're confused about event handlers, this book makes them clear with examples and lists of attributes. If you have Kennedy & Musciano's HTML: The Definitive Guide and this book by Goodman, your Web page management library is just about complete until you venture into Java. A worthwhile buy.
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Summary: Excellent Resource - add it to your bookshelf!
Review: Though not the place you should go to learn DHTML outright, any web developer with an idea of how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript work will greatly benefit from this book. The first pages contain a decent overview of how to use each aspect of DHTML featured in the book, so even if you're not familiar with something, you can get a good basis from where to start. The book's main function is in its role as a reference. I absolutely LOVE this book. Every time I run across something I don't understand, a quick peek in the index and a complete explanation, including examples, is there to guide me. Obviously this isn't a book to read cover-to-cover (unless you really wanted to), look at it as a DHTML encyclopedia, bearing a wealth of information. It is indexed very intelligently with both tabbed sections for HTML, DOM, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as a full alphabetical index in the back. Whether you are new or old to web development, this book will definitely benefit you. Get it for your bookshelf, you'll find yourself flipping through it all the time. Not to mention there's a cute flamingo on the cover, who can resist a flamingo? :)
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Summary: Good for sophisticated users, but lacks thoroughness
Review: It has a good amount of detail, but lacks many features thatare now quite commonplace. END
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Summary: Got Milk?
Review: Well, you ain't got cookies with this book. Cookies are an oft used mechanism for a server to store information on a browser machine. They are used by Netscape and IE, but nary a mention of how to implement and use cookies can be found in this book. I would not make this negative comment if the publishers did not claim "It contains everything you need to create functional cross-platform web applications...". It is otherwise a good reference for HTML and JAVA, but if you need to know about cookies, you'll have to look elsewhere, like the HTML Source Book, 3rd Edition, by Ian S. Graham. +pb
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Summary: About as good as it gets
Review: Simply the definitive reference for serious HTML, DHTML CSS, Javascript etc. Very strong on cross-browser isssues. Clear, concise, absolutely definitive. This book is referred to constantly in my web-development company. We've used it to create some impressive and original web-applications. Recommended unreservedly for serious web-programmers. If all you know is Front Page, you'll be in trouble though.
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