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Summary: Good Background and Reference
Comment: Provides a good clear, conceptual overview and reference. The philosophy/objectives of DOM are emphasisized by he author. Light on examples as the author indicates it will be.
Probably best for the beginning to intermediate developer who wants to improve their efficiency of DOM scripting. Other online and written references I tried were less complete and harder to use.
I would recommend this title. It is a little dated but still very helpful.
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Summary: High level overview with examples
Comment: This book provides a couple of good example of using DOM scripting but doesn't give enough information to teach DOM CSS or Javascript. You will need additional books.
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Summary: Starts slow but ends great!
Comment: I was thinking that this was going to be another one of those books that you wish you hadn't bought until too late. But no. The authors *does* start with some very basics, but systematically brings you to a point of technical sophistication. Ultimately a valueable resource that's changed my approach to Javascript in a significant way! Think of it as "Javascript: the 'Missing Manual'". ("Advanced DOM Scripting" by a different author in this series doesn't pack half the punch of this one though. Save your money!) Bravo!
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Summary: Well written with excellent examples
Comment: This book is excellent to help create a foundation for DOM Scripting with Javascript. The practice of unobtrusive Javascript and graceful degradation is a must. If you do not know these two terms, then this book is for you. Otherwise, this book makes a good reference, but as a developer something a little deeper may be a better choice.
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Summary: Great book for learning the latest on Document Object Model
Comment: This is a great book. I learned JavaScript during a time when the differences between Netscape and IE was enough to drive you away from adding any JavaScript to your page for DHTML. This book is probably best for someone already knowleadable in JavaScript and just needs to learn how to traverse the Document Object Tree to do some cool things with today's browsers. There is not sufficient material on actually learning to program using JavaScript...get another book for that. The examples are very clear and the explanations well done. I highly recommend the book.
One of the reviewers (a 1 star) complained about the lack of material on cross-platform compatibility...well the author discusses in the first Chapter "Browser Wars" how the war is over and how the book covers the most standard features that should apply to all browsers today.
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