Press Release
October 13, 1999
O'Reilly Releases a Code Cookbook for JavaScript Developers
SEBASTOPOL, CA--Following in the footsteps of the bestselling
Perl
Cookbook, O'Reilly & Associates has announced the
publication of
JavaScript
Application Cookbook by Jerry Bradenbaugh.
"JavaScript is the de facto standard of scripting languages on the
Internet. Using JavaScript to enhance page design and user
interactivity is a staple for ensuring that Web sites and applications
are feature-rich and consistent to users with virtually any major
browser," explains Bradenbaugh.
There are two good reasons to have a JavaScript strategy before
building an application, says the author. "First, applications, even
the small ones, tend to change or become larger. Managing code for
larger and more complex applications can quickly become unruly,
especially when making modifications that affect multiple pages.
Sometimes functionality can be affected simply by moving the
application from one machine to another. Implementing a JavaScript
strategy allows programmers to better manage these applications when
such changes occur."
"Also, many of the applications that JavaScript programmers build are
based on smaller tasks that have been repeated over and over in
previous applications," says Bradenbaugh. "Examples include form
validation, reading cookies, and enabling image rollovers. Designing
these 'pieces' of the application with the 10,000-foot perspective
enables coders to reuse these pieces of trusted code instead of
rewriting new JavaScript every time an HTML form pops up."
Many JavaScript books on the market today focus on JavaScript syntax
for reference or getting started with JavaScript. Although some of the
more advanced books provide a few basic to intermediate JavaScript
applications. JavaScript
Application Cookbook goes a step (or two)
further by providing users larger, ready-to-use applications that
address common Web site needs. You'll find things like a client-side
search engine, online test administration, cookies-based user profiles,
and more, in this immensely practical new book. O'Reilly's "Cookbook"
format will save you hours of programming time.
Online Resources
JavaScript Application
Cookbook
By Jerry Bradenbaugh
1st Edition, October 1999 (US)
1-56592-577-7, 478 pages, $34.95 (US$)
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