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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:46:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Simone Paddock 
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: O'Reilly releases "JavaScript Application Cookbook"



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 the
"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 Websites 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, the "JavaScript Application Cookbook" goes a step (or
two) further by providing users with larger, ready-to-use applications
that address common Website 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.


Chapter 1, The Client-Side Search Engine, is available free on the Web
at:  
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jscook/chapter/ch01.html

For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index, 
author bio, author interview, and sample chapter see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jscook/

For a cover graphic in jpeg format go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565925777.jpg


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JavaScript Application Cookbook
By Jerry Bradenbaugh
1st Edition October 1999 (US)
1-56592-577-7, 478 pages, $34.95 (US$)
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
http://www.oreilly.com