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Title: JavaScript + Css + DOM Magic (With CD-ROM) by Makiko Itoh ISBN: 0-7357-1132-1 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great intermediate-advanced book for designers
Comment: '`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's'`'` 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. The'`'` 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.
Rating: 5
Summary: It works for programmers, too!
Comment: This book is targeted towards experienced graphics designers that wish to enhance their web skills. The author has extensive experience and a background from this arena. She has a very impressive bio, in addition her pages look great. The book is a tutorial on using the three technologies in the title to create interesting and effective web pages. Using the techniques covered one can develop pages that have eye appeal, that interact with the user, and that have an intuitive feel. Although I have a programming background instead of graphics, I have gotten a great deal out of the book.
The book is organized as a tutorial of fourteen projects with increasing complexity. While hypertext markup language (html), cascading style sheets (CSS), and the document object model (DOM) are topics worthy of volumes of their own, the author assumes a working knowledge of html and an understanding of CSS by the reader. JavaScript is introduced on a "need to know basis". The techniques are taught in the context of the Project. The use of the DOM is explained as it is used. The quirks, tips, and variations in support for these technologies within various browsers are given as tips throughout the book.
I feel that the book is very readable and useful. I have already employed some of the things that I have learned, but there are some annoying issues with it. Since the examples are done in a progressive fashion, it would be helpful if the steps in text where related to the source code in a consistent manner. The Project 9 final version crashed MSIE 6.0 and hung Opera 6.0 in an endless reload cycle on my computer. Finally, I would suggest that the reader refer to the code on the included CD-ROM or from the website since the there is a difference between the code snippets in the text and the provided code.
Rating: 2
Summary: Good material, Very disturbing format
Comment: 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.
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Title: Document Object Model : Processing Structured Documents by Joe Marini ISBN: 0072224363 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 24 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design by Eric A. Meyer ISBN: 073571245X Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 28 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Designing With Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman ISBN: 0735712018 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 14 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: XML, HTML, XHTML Magic by Molly E. Holzschlag ISBN: 0735711399 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Designing CSS Web Pages by Christopher Schmitt ISBN: 0735712638 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 20 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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