No comments about JavaScript VTC Training CD.

1 comments about Official Netscape Server-Side JavaScript for Database Applications.

1. Don't purchase this book for the evaluation version of Netscape Visual JavaScripting, CD ROM. This version is buggy and the CD startup actually failed. When I called the distributor's tech support (as outlined in the book) I was told that group (Coriolis distributors) did not support Netscape products any longer and they did not have a forwarding number.

   There is a fair introduction to JavaScripting with database connectivity however this is a relatively new technology, for Netscape and JavaScripting, and needs some enhancements. Even after stepping through the applications debugger, I was not able to find some of the application failures.

   The most I go out of this book was a clear understanding that JavaScript is extremely powerful, dynamic, and other tools are needed for reference manuals and "bullet proof" application development.

   I recommend waiting until either another publisher distributes a better reference guide and CD ROM or Netscape gets it right in a later version.

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2 comments about Foundation Web Design: Essential HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Flash.

1. I was expecting a book that would more or less take the reader through the process of putting together a "top-level" website. It tries, but fails miserably.

   First of all the book is written not only for the absolute newbie, but for people who are AFRAID to write code. The entire book is dumbed down to the granny level. The book could have been subtitled, "Overcoming your fear of Javascript," but it would have failed at that as well!

   I happen to have some knowhow, but I wanted a reinforcement of the process at the beginner level. This book was a confusing, muddled, badly written disappointment.

   The concept of the book and the outline in the table of contents looked very promising, but the content itself was haphazard and inadequate.

   The last straw is that not all the files are available for download so the reader can't follow the examples in the expected manner. It seems to me that unless the author is incarcerated or otherwise unable, he should provide the chapter files for download to the suckers who bought the book.




2. I must concur with the prior review, the final product, the result of very bad editing, is a disappointing mess.
   
   I am completely new to web design, and had bought Foundation Web Design because it covered not just HTML, but all the other essential elements of web design: javascript, cascading style sheets, Flash, etc.
   
   The editing is atrocious. What the reader is subjected to are elements of code introduced too early, only to be explained later, references to examples never given, incorrect code (when checked against other books describing the same code), screenshots which do not match what the code actually produces, etc.
   
   I looked forward to its "dumbed down" presentation, to paraphrase the other Reveiwer, but the flaws in it's final presentation just get too much in the way of learning. For whatever reason, unfamiliarity with the coding, pressure to get the book to press by a certain time, the final product is a very sad disappointment.

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No comments about Microsoft JavaScript.

2 comments about JavaScript & Netscape Wizardry: The Ultimate Guide to Harnessing the Power of JavaScript and the New Version of Netscape.

1. This is a great book to learn from. The author shows you code and the results of how the code works. There is also a reference in the back of all the Javascript objects' methods and properties.



2. This book contains a great reference of methods, properties and events avalible to JavaScript 1.0. And it also mensions a couple of bugs that came with the Macintosh NS2. However, the source code on the CD comes with errors (using NS2 and NS3 as well as IE4) and much of the book is fluff. I hope Mr. Shafer's efforts on books after this contained a little more editing and investigation. I bought this book for a $1 at a garage sale for the reference, and that is what I think it is worth. Eric

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