The JavaScript Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

Book Description

Using a cookbook approach, The JavaScript Anthology will show you how to apply JavaScript to solve over 101 common Web Development challenges. You'll discover how-to:

Optimize your code so that it runs faster

Create Ajax applications with the XmlHttpRequest object

Validate web forms to improve usability

Take control of your web pages with the DOM

Ensure that your JavaScript code is accessible

Create slick drop-down menu systems

Included in this book is extensive coverage of DHTML and Ajax, including how-to create and customize advanced effects such as draggable elements, dynamically sorting data in a Web Browser, advanced menu systems, retrieving data from a Web Server using XMLHttpRequest and more.

The JavaScript Anthology also includes extensive coverage of object oriented coding, efficient script design, accessibility, and cross-browser issues. Best of all, you'll get download access to all the code used in the book, so you can put the scripts to use instantly.

Customer Reviews:

Just What I Needed.......2007-02-27

I purchased this book out of desperation after using a 1000 page Javascript Wrox book published in 2000 that was worse than useless. The author's blog posting here is very accurate: it is a modern javascript book that gives usable solutions and concepts that work well. I recommend this book to anyone who has at least some programming background and is sick of cut and pasting garbage code from other mickey mouse tutorial sites that break at the slightest change. It is also a great start for working with AJAX, which is what I needed it for.

That said, the book is surprisingly a great read. I am reading this book cover to cover and also use it as an every day reference with dozens of tips. It is obvious the authors have worked extensively with web sites and write from experience. Thanks for a job well done!

Javascript 4 U.......2007-02-16

This is an excellent next-step up from an introduction to Javascript and looks at its use in real world situations. You will need to be reasonably fluent in the language to get the best out of it.

The book presents a topic as a question and then presents code to action that query as a solution, then goes through that code in a discussion section. This is where I have a relatively minor criticism of this book; the necessities of discussing the code do not always mesh well with the question and answer format of the layout.

The authors have gone to great effort to ensure that the book is as up-to-date as possible, though this is a rapidly moving target of course, and detail how to ensure that the code will run on as many platforms as possible, rarely giving up and saying 'forget it..', though this proved necessary in a number of the more esoteric options and older browsers.

A highly recommended read if you are looking for a quick solution, or a detailed understanding of what's going on.

The most useful JavaScript book on my shelf.......2007-02-06

I didn't really think I needed this book -- I have sever other JavaScript books, including the O'Reilly JavaScript Cookbook, and it seemed like this would just be a duplication. But I kept reading really positive reviews of this and other SitePoint books on sites that I trusted, so I decided to take a flier on it.

I'm really glad I did. Unlike some of the O'Reilly books, which are dated at this point, this has really up-to-date, professional code that incorporates best practices. Depending on what kind of JavaScript code base you need to integrate with, you may be able to use this code as-is in many instances. Even if you need to modify it for your own uses, you will never find poorly-organized hackwork here.

Also nice is the up-to-date topic selection. Classics like DOM, form validation, drop-down menus, and cookies are supplemented with topics about accessibility, XMLHttpRequest, in-page dialogs, and using class prototypes. When the authors tell you how to launch popups, they also tell you about all the pitfalls and problems.

No cookbook is going to cover ever possible topic (personally, I would have liked to see JSON examples), but this one is about as complete as you could reasonably ask for. Really, the only downside about this book that I can see is that you need to have at least an intermediate understanding of JavaScript to understand what's going on. There isn't a lot of handholding, and you will likely want to own both a good tutorial and a solid reference on JavaScript and spend some time with them before you're ready for this book. But if you have a good working knowledge of JavaScript and are looking for practical, well-written examples of how to incorporate new techniques into your code, you won't find a better book than this one.

Good and elegant book.......2007-01-24

It is a good book with useful tips and tricks.
the authors use an elegant way to catch the target.

For serious developers!.......2007-01-10

This book has chosen a different approach for teaching javascript to the readers. It first raises a question and then gives you the solution. What I like most about this book is that the solutions are very brief yet complete.It is obvious that the authors have years of work experience in web-development industry because they mention all the most popular problems that a developer might face while developing a website. (If they wanted to point all the tips and tricks, the book had to be named 10001 tips and tricks not 101 ... !!!).

I'm not quite sure if this book can be very handy for absolute beginners. I had a good(but not extremely good) understanding of javascript yet there were parts of this book that I struggled to understand. However, if you are serious about javascript, this book is the one you can't afford to miss!

Tropical Houses: Living in Nature in Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Java, Bali, and the Coasts of Mexico and Belize

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Island living
Beautiful and Exotic
Perfect for Decorating Ideas
Great book
The Best in Tropical Houses

Tropical Houses: Living in Nature in Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Java, Bali, and the Coasts of Mexico and Belize
Tim Street-Porter
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ASIN: 0517704625
Release Date: 2000-11-07

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Before opening Tropical Houses, hide your passport. As soon as you get a glimpse of these incredible houses nestled among lush tropical landscapes, you'll want to head straight to the airport. Author Tim Street-Porter spent more than 10 years traveling through Jamaica, Sri Lanka, Bali, Java, Mexico, and Belize, meeting the owners of these Shangri-las and taking interior and exterior photos. Tropical Houses offers intelligent, dreamy commentary and over 272 breathtaking full-color photos.

Visit the House of Iseh in Bali and sit in the verdant shadow of the sacred volcano Gunung Agung. Said writer Anna Mathews of the view from the terrace: "Once you have lived in this place you can never be the same again. You are driven mad by beauty." In Jamaica, imagine you're a guest at Good Hope. Originally a plantation, Good Hope is now a 10-room villa that overlooks the Queen of Spain valley and the Cockpit Mountains. To look at these provocative photos is to imagine yourself in another life--one where you lounge on the veranda while white-jacketed waiters quietly replace your empty rum-and-pineapple drink. The owners of these estates have taken great care (at great expense) to create private, tropical paradises. One of the most stunning is Taprobane, an incredible retreat dominating the tiny island of the same name. Built by Count de Mauny-Talvande, the house is "an octagonal villa that allowed for verandahs in every direction; a 1930s folly, which, with small gardens extending through the foliage to the overhanging edges, fully occupied the crest of his island."

The careful architecture and landscaping of these estates "opens a world of sensual experiences." When the sky is gray and you don't have time for a vacation, Tropical Houses will lift your spirits and quiet your wanderlust. --Dana Van Nest

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The ambient warmth of the tropics causes architectural distinctions between indoors and out to evaporate, along with the walls that divide them. Houses expand into the landscape, while the sights, sounds, and scents of nature waft through living spaces. Indeed, one of the pleasures of living in the tropics is an awakening of the senses that brings us closer to nature.

Internationally renowned photographer and writer Tim Street-Porter has spent more than ten years traveling through Bali, Java, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Belize, and Jamaica. This book's 272 stunning photographs, supported by Street-Porter's fascinating and informed commentary, capture the appeal and the meaning of the enviable dwellings he found in his journeys. It may be the outdoor bath, a sybarite's delight, with sun filtering through a frangipani tree . . . the deep-eaved verandah, where one sips coffee while contemplating the neighboring valley shrouded in early morning mist . . . or the thatch-roofed palapa, its main supports local tree trunks wrapped in strangler vine.

These wonderful expressions of vernacular architecture -- many the products of the world's finest architects and designers--nest in jungles, perch over volcanic cliffs, stand placidly beside lagoons, and exist always in harmony with the nature that envelops them. These are real places where people really live, but each seems suspended in a setting that is at once dreamlike and elemental.

Customer Reviews:

Island living.......2005-08-02

Excellent book with something for all tastes. Beautiful pictures make you want to go home and decorate immediately.

Beautiful and Exotic.......2004-05-28

The cover is just a teaser to the exciting tropical houses Tim Street-Porter captures in this wondeful book. A real treat to exclusive tropical living around the world. Also an excellent reference to decorate in the tropical look. Street-Porter does it again as he did in Casa Mexicana. A book to enjoy over and over.

Perfect for Decorating Ideas.......2003-01-15

We are trying to get an "island" feel for our home and this book was the perfect reference. Not only are the pictures of the homes (inside and out) breathtaking, but there is enough detail about the decorating itself to be useful for our purpose. The only downside is that it makes you want to sell your current house and just travel the world staying in these amazing homes! Especially tempting is the contact information at the very end in case you actually want to rent one of them on vacation...

Great book.......2002-05-25

I found this to be a wonderful book - it has some amazing pictures. It affords you the opportunity to view some beautiful private houses that you are unlikely to be able to visit. Unlike some other books that focus primarily on houses in South East Asia, this one also features some great houses in Mexico and Jamaica.

The Best in Tropical Houses.......2001-11-29

Tropical Houses takes you around the globe to find some of the most interestingly designed homes in the world. The photographs are at once detailed and lush. If you are going to buy one book on tropical interiors, this should be the one.

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Another jewel from veteran tech writer Danny Goodman
Forget the rest..............GET THIS BOOK!
Excellent for what it is
Emphasis on Cookbook
Get productive quickly

JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
Danny Goodman
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
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Ajax in Action

ASIN: 0596004672

Book Description

On numerous online forums for JavaScript and DHTML, the majority of questions begin with "How do I...?" This new Cookbook provides the answers. After reading thousands of forum threads over the years, author and scripting pioneer Danny Goodman has compiled a list of problems that frequently vex scripters of various experience levels. He has now applied state-of-the-art ECMA and W3C DOM standards and used best practices to create this extensive collection of practical recipes that can bring your web pages to life. The JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is all about adding value to the content of a web page. The book focuses on practical and sensible applications of scripting, rather than flying images and gratuitous color changes. For every problem Goodman addresses, there's a solution or "recipe"--a focused piece of code that web developers can insert directly into their applications. Yet, rather than just cut-and-paste code, you also get explanations of how and why the code works, so you can learn to adapt the problem-solving techniques to your designs. The recipes range from simple tasks, such as manipulating strings and validating dates in JavaScript, to entire libraries that demonstrate complex tasks, such as cross-browser positioning of HTML elements and sorting tables. This book contains over 150 recipes on the following topics:

Working with interactive forms and style sheets
Presenting user-friendly page navigation
Creating dynamic content
Producing visual effects for stationary content
Positioning HTML elements
Managing browser windows and multiple frames

This book is the ideal companion to O'Reilly's JavaScript: The Definitive Guide and Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference. If you own either of these books, the JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook is a must.

Customer Reviews:

Another jewel from veteran tech writer Danny Goodman.......2007-01-25

This book is for people who already know the basics of Javascript/DHTML and are looking for examples of solving specific problems using the technology. If you've seen O'Reilly's programming cookbooks before, then you are familiar with the format. This book is separated into fifteen chapters of recipes. The recipes start out simple covering concepts such as strings, numbers, dates, arrays, and objects. They progress in complexity to browser issues and managing multiple frames. The book ends with recipes on creating dynamic content. Each recipe is divided into a problem statement, a brief paragraph describing the solution, and a detailed discussion of the solution including code and a breakdown of that code. Screenshots are shown if appropriate. At the end of the discussion, related recipes are mentioned if they exist. The book does not spend much time trying to differentiate between Dynamic HTML and Javascript since DHTML is basically Javascript. If you already have "The Definitive Guide" for these technologies, this is the perfect companion for finding the answers to specific problems. Highly recommended.

Forget the rest..............GET THIS BOOK!.......2005-12-23

In the world of .NET, there is asp.net Profressional from Wrox Press..........NOW, in the world of JavaScript, there is this book...........IT'S TREMENDOUS............it's NOT ONLY a Cookbook, it has the theory behind JavaScript ESSENTIALS (variables, strings, objects, windows, document, the list goes on and on) THAT YOU WON'T FIND ELSEWHERE. I can't say enough about this book. I have "dabbled" in JavaScript for years, NEVER feeling comfortable with it.........now, thanks to this book, I do!

Excellent for what it is.......2005-11-17

In the computer world, cookbook / tips / "hack" style books are a funny thing. Unlike food cookbooks you purchase when you have a specific culinary goal, scripting cookbooks are typically bought without much knowledge of the information that they are going to present to you. This can be doubly so when you are purchasing from an online vendor that has not made the table of contents (TOC) available. At the time I write this, Amazon.com has not. O'Reilly's does, and I encourage you to visit this title's TOC page on O'Reilly's web site first before you purchase.

For what this book covers, it is covered very well. The included scripting projects are indeed useful, efficiently written, presented in a user friendly manner, and as a whole contain very few errors. Each script example is presented by introducing a web design problem, followed by a solution discussion, a working script, and a follow-up if needed. None of the code examples in the book are included, but again, O'Reilly's web site for this book has the files available for download.

This is not a stand-alone title, it is not for JavaScript beginners, and it is not a cookbook that provides generic solutions. This is a great companion book to the author's other book, "Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference" (ISBN 1565924940) and David Flanagan's title "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide" (ISBN 0596000480). Web developers looking to better utilize HTML and JavaScript will find (or already know) that these two mentioned books are invaluable. As for this cookbook, if you see something in the TOC that interests you, make the purchase and you certainly wont regret it. But if you don't, feel comfortable skipping it.

Emphasis on Cookbook.......2005-09-27

The book was good, but definitely a cookbook style approach. I found it incomplete as a learning tool. While it gave examples and explained how they worked, there were a lot of things left lacking. You will be able to use examples from the book, if what you want is in there, and even be able to modify them, but to really learn to program javascript, you will need more.

A good book to have on the shelf, but not a course textbook.

Get productive quickly.......2005-09-16

If you've got a decent amount of programming experience in C/C++/Java or something similar and need to be productive quickly in JavaScript, this is the book for you. That was my situation and within two or three days of getting this book I was producing some fairly respectable JavaScript.

The book covers a lot of ground from the most basic building blocks of funcionality (data types, field validations) to managing windows, frames, and dynamic forms to some nice dynamic effects. This book will save you hours of time and quickly get you up to speed on many useful JavaScript techniques and idioms.

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Common Since is NOT Enough
Useful short guide to formatting
I purchased a copy for every developer in the company
Good code standard resource to start with
Not enough

The Elements of Java Style
Allan Vermeulen , Scott W. Ambler , Greg Bumgardner , Eldon Metz , Trevor Misfeldt , Jim Shur , Alan Vermeulen , and Patrick Thompson
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521777682

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The Elements of Java Style, written by renowned author Scott Ambler, Alan Vermeulen, and a team of programmers from Rogue Wave Software, is directed at anyone who writes Java code. Many books explain the syntax and basic use of Java; however, this essential guide explains not only what you can do with the syntax, but what you ought to do. Just as Strunk and White's The Elements of Style provides rules of usage for the English language, this text furnishes a set of rules for Java practitioners. While illustrating these rules with parallel examples of correct and incorrect usage, the authors offer a collection of standards, conventions, and guidelines for writing solid Java code that will be easy to understand, maintain, and enhance. Java developers and programmers who read this book will write better Java code, and become more productive as well. Indeed, anyone who writes Java code or plans to learn how to write Java code should have this book next to his/her computer.

Customer Reviews:

Common Since is NOT Enough.......2007-08-22

As stated in the previous review this "pamphlet sized" book is invaluable to programs working in any sized group. Not only do you need programming style rules, these are pre-defined for you, so there is no time wasted with your team trying to decide on one. I am a project manager over a several groups of computer and software engineers, and after hearing more style arguments than I care to remember this book is now law at our company, it is also followed by our c/c++ programmers in a fashion of sorts... style is important, it does need guidelines, and if you dont follow them you may not have a job for very long... its common since!!!!

Useful short guide to formatting.......2007-01-13

Other reviews here that attack this book for not being a good design guide are missing the point. This book is a set of practices to make your code easier to read and work better in groups. Each chapter is about some kind of convention (formatting conventions, documentation conventions, etc.). You're not going to learn to program with this guide; you're going to learn to make your programs more usable in a group environment. Yes, it is a pamphlet-sized book: that's the point.

I purchased a copy for every developer in the company.......2006-09-09

Clear, consise and short enough that developers will actually take the time to read, and filled with enough common sense that very few disagreements come from the developers about this.
We use this book as the basis for our corporate coding standards for our on-shore, off-shore and near-shore. The standards page on our wiki is very short and contains only the few places where we've chosen to deviate from the standards in the book.
If you've ever tried to have a team develop standards from scratch, you know what a painful process that could be. This book got the whole team (in multiple countries) on the same page very quickly and let us focus our time on getting down to the business of writing software.

Good code standard resource to start with.......2005-10-26

Several years have passed since this book was first published. Many things have changed in the Java world since then.

However, it looks like development at a corporate level of a software product without adherence to some sort of development and code standards is disappearing. This book contains a very good set of rules and code standards one can start with.

Not that it is important to follow exactly some specific already existing guideline but it is rather vital to have one and keep going with this set of standards. The book suggests a wide range of various well described code standards so that a Development team might build their own set of rules using the book as an example.

I would like to recommend any Development team to have this small but helpful book in their library.

Not enough.......2004-07-30

I'm very disappointed at the amount content in this Book. Sun posted a Java style guide that was essentially the equivalent, but free. Equivalent in terms of topics covered while there were some noticable difference such as variable naming.

One of the redeming qualities of the book though is that it can serve as a coding standard thus saving one from tidious chore of deciding on your own standards. In the end does it really make that much of a difference as long as everyone on your team is following the same standard?

Best part of the book is the title.

Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music)

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Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music)
Benjamin Brinner
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0195147375

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Music in Central Java is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series. Thinking Musically incorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. Visit www.oup.com/us/globalmusic for a list of case studies in the Global Music Series. The website also includes instructional materials to accompany each study. Music in Central Java offers a vivid introduction to the region's musical and cultural landscape, showing how three themes--flexibility, appropriateness, and interconnectedness--characterize Javanese musical practices and traditions. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork, author Benjamin Brinner takes an in-depth look at gamelan music--a traditional musical ensemble tradition that typically features metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs--providing readers with a sense of what it means to be a musician performing gamelan. Building from fundamental Javanese concepts of time and melody, the book covers gamelan's instruments, musical idioms, and central interactions and also surveys contrasting performance contexts. It examines both the theatrical and musical aspects of the vibrant tradition of shadow-puppet plays (Wayang kulit) and offers a broad survey of other music found in Central Java. In addition, Music in Central Java provides an engaging portrait of a leading Javenese musician, traces musical responses to radical social, political, and cultural changes over the past century, and considers Javanese music in relation to Indonesia and the rest of the world. Enhanced by eyewitness accounts of performances, interviews with key performers, vivid illustrations, and hands-on listening activities, this book is a captivating introduction to the music of Central Java. It is packaged with a 78-minute audio CD containing examples of the music discussed in the book.

Asian Style Hotels: Bali, Java, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

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Asian Style Hotels: Bali, Java, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Kim Inglis
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ASIN: 0794601723

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With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia. The super-deluxe establishments included here are all at the cutting-edge of hotel design and management. Each property has been hand-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, and a sense of individuality a million miles away from the cookie-cutter approach of chain hotels. Asian Style Hotels is the definitive guide to Southeast Asia's finest places to stay.

JavaScript + Css + DOM Magic (With CD-ROM)

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Good material, Very disturbing format
A great intermediate-advanced book for designers
Great Project Book
Up to the usual standards from the Magic series
Terrific Practical Examples

JavaScript + Css + DOM Magic (With CD-ROM)
Makiko Itoh
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JavaScript + CSS + DOM Magic has directly applicable projects with step-by-step instructions showing you how to master a feature and adapt it according to their own needs and creativity. The wealth of graphics will make this book easy to read and visually appealing. This book makes JavaScript, CSS and DOM easy to understand by providing directly applicable models to readers' web sites. The book opens with a primer, giving context to the technologies, and then jumps into over 25 step-by-step, directly applicable projects. You will learn the most desired web functionalities, including: frames, mouse-overs, windows, forms, CGI, style sheets, dynamic positioning, and SSI. Reviewers have called this book an unprecedented practical and comprehensive DHTML guide. The CD contains complete working scripts, all images from the book's examples, bonus graphics, trial version of leading text editors (BBEdit Lite, Homesite).

Customer Reviews:

Good material, Very disturbing format.......2003-10-02

I bought this book due to the high reviews already here and if I were to rate the book on content alone the rating would be much higher, but...

I am having a very hard time reading the book. The layout of the book is very disturbing to me. It seems like an attempt to lay out the pages using a web-style layout. I really want to slam the book shut and toss it out, but I also really want the information contained within. I'm forcing myself to read faster and faster just to get to the end so I'm done.

A great intermediate-advanced book for designers.......2003-08-21

ý`People who give this book 1 star ratings because it's not a beginner's book are missing the point. I picked this up because it fills a gaping gap between the Dummies or Teach Yourself in 24 Hours types of books, and the doorstop reference tomes. Like other Magic series books, this is entirely project oriented. While following each project I picked up a bunch of useful tips to get us working stiff web designers over the roadblocks that can prevent us from using CSS or JavaScript effectively. It'sý`ý` clear that the author has actually spent time working on real websites, and is not just a theoretician. I have already benefitted from the techniques and hints in the book in my paying projects.

I also appreciated the non-preachy tone: I know that I should be using CSS and XHTML and trying to wean myself away from tables, but there aren't that many books out there that actually show you how to do that without hitting me over the head with the "You Must Follow Standards" hammer. Theý`ý` clean, non-fussy designs appeal too. My favorite sections are the CSS section (Part 1) and the last section, which shows what a little imagination using JavaScript, CSS and browsers that support the W3C-DOM specs can produce.

Great Project Book.......2003-05-29

I just finished Goodman's Javascript Bible 4th ed and am about to emabark on the DHMTL book he wrote. I was looking for some design projects to help put things in context--and give me some ideas of what CSS, Javascript, DHTML, and W3C DOM is capable of doing.

This book is it.

I recommend this book if you are interested in putting the pieces together; HOWEVER, I caution that there are A LOT of errors in this book. If you follow along typing in the javascript examples you will find disparate names for functions--between where you initially type them in and where they are eventually called. The same thing happens with variable names, and Itoh sometimes uses capitals in two word + variable names, and sometimes doesn't, which is kind of irritating--and leads to more errors. These things combined can make for some serious clean-up headaches when you go to view the pages.

The book is still worth picking up, especially if you're looking to make webpages that sing. Just make sure you're familiar with Javascript--otherwise you'll be frustrated.

Up to the usual standards from the Magic series.......2003-01-23

A project based book, up to the usual standards from the Magic series, but with a slight misleading title. You will find some good real world advice and tips on CSS, intermediate level, pratical JavaScript (really sophisticated JavaScript is pretty rare everywhere) but only some marginal coverage of the DOM

Terrific Practical Examples.......2002-12-09

This book is about *applying* CSS and Javascript and shows practical examples.

Chapters 1 and 2 alone are worth the price of the book.

The first chapter takes one page and shows how to apply CSS to it. The second chapter is a must for web developers who use tables and are wanting to take advantage of CSS to simplify their work.

Netscape 4.x problems with CSS are not ignored but are noted so the webdeveloper is aware of the pitfall.

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Stylebooks are nothing new to the writing trades. Each publication has one; they dictate such things as whether Bob Jones is called "Mr. Jones" or simply "Jones" on second reference. Stylebooks give a publication's writers a consistent sound and make it easier for readers to extract the information they want. Though they're not exactly the same as magazine stories, computer programs are written works too. In Essential Java Style: Patterns for Implementation, Jeff Langr holds forth on a series of Java judgment calls, explaining why he thinks certain approaches are better than others. In his defense of his strategies (patterns, to use object-orientation jargon), Langr takes into account both the human need to read the source code and the design goal of making the program execute speedily and in a resource-efficient way. The approach Langr outlines here should prove useful on large software projects, particularly those that involve multiple team members that need to quickly figure out what the others are doing.

Langr's opinion on the "instanceof" operator is a good example. Generally, he says, "instanceof" is a bad tool to use (in a manner similar to that of a switch statement) for identifying an object's class. It's a resource pig, and multiple tests can be hard to follow in code. It's better, he says, to use polymorphism to endow each of several subclasses with identically named methods, each with a different effect. This is the kind of stuff Java programmers debate all the time, but Essential Java Style makes strong cases for many stock solutions. --David Wall

Topics covered: Patterns for solving programming problems in Java, including those relating to methods, messages, problems of state, data structures, formatting, and execution tweaking.

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still valid years later.......2005-02-18

I wrote Essential Java Style six years ago. At that time, Java was still a new language, yet lots and lots of poorly written code already existed.

Today, there is significantly more poorly written code, and unfortunately, only proportionately more well-written code. It seems like we haven't learned how to write maintainable systems in Java.

I wouldn't change much of the core message in EJS were I to do a rewrite of it. But I would emphasize the three central "patterns" even more: Composed Method, Naming, and the Comment antipattern. Using only these three guidelines as a basis will immediately improve the maintainability of your system.

A rewrite would certainly include more detail based on my experiences in Java. More dramatically, however, the core message would be tempered with the admonition to always write tests for your code. Through test-driven development (TDD) I've found that it's very easy to get into a good habit of keeping your code clean.

To answer some of the review comments:
- the book states the obvious only to those who know what good code is already. Unfortunately this is less than one in five developers.
- I admit that it was intentionally subtitled with the word "patterns" to attract more attention. The material presented within *is* in pattern form.
- a few readers complained about non-standard style. There were only two things that were supposedly non-standard: brace placement, and the use of underscores for fields. Honestly, there is no absolute standard for either of these.
- the book takes a lot of ideas that work well in Smalltalk and applies them to Java. For the most part, this is a valid approach. I'll admit thought that the Smalltalk-like collections approach, unfortunately, isn't a great fit in Java; I no longer bother with them.
- I counted the number of references that denigrate the Java language (mostly for being slow). There were 6. Chalk it up to a sense of humor and frustration at an immature language.

Thanks if you purchased the book! I still see people's references to their dog-eared copy and their happiness with the extent to which they've taken the ideas to heart.

Great.......2001-08-20

I think this book is fantastic. I've used this book for coding standards and just to generally improve coding techniques. While it's not quite as good as Refactoring I think it's a good introductory level book with enough content for intermediate programmers.

Being a code style book it's nice to see well laid out code. The explanations are thorough although sometimes confused. Of course, he dodges the curly brace question.

Good Reference for Java Programming Teams.......2001-07-20

The "patterns" in the title of this book refers to a collection of coding principles for translating object-oriented designs into Java programs. This is not a design patterns book, but rather a book on Java style, usage, idioms, and best practices.

Because the author comes from a Smalltalk background, the patterns are highly object-oriented. This may be disorienting to developers from a C++ or procedural background, but the longer I program in Java the more I'm convinced that purer OO code is better code. Developers who use UML or object modeling in the design phase will get the most mileage out of this book.

One of the main uses of the book is for use during code reviews. The patterns are named so that you can say "this code should use the Default Value Constant pattern" rather than "I think rule #87 should be applied here". Some of the patterns will be obvious to experienced Java programmers, but are included because many teams have junior programmers who are new to Java. Unfortunately, the book is not organized so that you can quickly find the discussion of a particular pattern. The Pattern Summary does not include page numbers and the Index includes all page numbers where each pattern is mentioned, without bolding or italicizing the pages where the pattern is described.

There are a number of idioms specific to Java that are not covered well in the book. The section on equals does not cover the important case of implementing equals in subclasses and doesn't mention that hashCode should be consistant with equals. There is no coverage of using clone to make copies of objects. In addition, there is a significant amount of outdated and incorrect information. I would recommend using this book in conjuction with another book on Java idioms, such as Effective Java or Practical Java.

Much of the book is distracting because the author continually points out the "deficiencies" of Java. I do agree with many of his comments, but they serve no purpose in this book and quickly become irritating. The frequent comparisons to Smalltalk and C++ are also of little use. I did find that the brace and variable naming conventions did not adhere to Sun's coding conventions, but other than that the book uses standard Java programming style.

Overall, the book is a good one, but I look forward to a new edition that is expanded, corrected, updated, and doesn't have so many useless comments.

Beware!!! This is not a patterns book!!!.......2001-03-27

I guess the author didn't think his book would sell without the word patterns in the title. This is not a patterns book. It is a book of very basic coding techniques that every junior programmer should be taught. However, I have to agree with a previous review that this is 'Not Java Style'! The author uses a non-standard style, at least not standard Java style. If you decide to read this book be prepared for the incessant comparisons to SmallTalk.

Java Style NOT!!!.......2001-03-16

When I first read this book it was hard to keep an open mind. The author constantly compares Java with Small Talk. Unfortunately in keeping an open mind I over looked the bad coding style. This could have been an excellent book for beginner programmers that wanted to write professional code. However, the author writes code in the style of C++ and Small Talk. The author's code should not be used as a template, which is what most beginner programmers will do. Another problem with this book is that the author has made assumptions that all the techniques he has learned from other languages will work the same way in Java. This is not the case. While this book does contain some valuable techniques, I believe that the poor coding style and the author's lack of understanding of Java will mislead beginner programmers. Therefore I can only rate this book 1 star.

Karawitan: Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 2 (Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia)

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Karawitan: Source Readings in Javanese Gamelan and Vocal Music, Volume 2 (Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia)

Manufacturer: Centers for South and Southeast Asia, Th
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 089148034X

Book Description

The twentieth century has spawned a great interest in Indonesian music, and now books, articles, and manuscripts can be found that expound exclusively about karawitan (the combined vocal and instrumental music of the gamelan). Scholar Judith Becker has culled several key sources on karawitan into three volumes and has translated them for the benefit of the Western student of the gamelan tradition.

The texts in her collection were written over a forty-five-year time period (ca 1930-1975) and include articles by Martopangrawit, Sumarsam, Sastrapustaka, Gitosaprodjo, Sindoesawarno, Poerbapangrawit, Probohardjono, Warsadiningrat, Purbodiningrat, Poerbatjaraka, and Paku Buwana X. The final volume also contains a glossary of technical terms, an appendix of the Javanese cipher notations (titilaras kepatihan), a biographical listing, and an index to the musical pieces (Gendhing).

Judith Becker is the Director of the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies and Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Michigan.

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Practical JavaScript for the Usable Web
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Sloppy and unorganized.......2004-05-07

The book gives a narrow introduction on JavaScript for an intermediate programmer, so it is cutting corners. Many of them, nuf said!

Very good but not for the absolute beginner.......2003-12-30

This is the perfect book if you want to refresh the Javascript you learned some time ago, or if you've gone through some on line tutorials and would like to get the whole picture.
It's less than 400 pages, but packed with information. Very clearly written and easy to read. It explains a concept and shows you examples, pointing out where you could make mistakes and giving advice for best practice. For an absolute beginner though, I think it would be a bit too fast-paced - if this is your case try Paul Wilton's other book.

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A task oriented book.......2003-01-12

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A task oriented book.......2003-01-10

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