JavaScript Design

Annotation Created for designers who want to learn JavaScript tools and how to interact with Web applications and other server-side languages. Covers JavaScript and its interaction with XML, ASP.NET, PHP, Perl, Flash, and Cold Fusion. Focuses on the issues of using JavaScript with Web pages; i.e. DOM, frames, forms, DHTML, etc. Has an easy-to-use example Glossary for quick lookup of JavaScript terms, statements, objects, methods, event handlers, and commands--each accompanied by an example. JavaScript Design shows designers how to create interactive JavaScript applications for the Web. It provides detailed descriptions of JavaScript structures, statements and objects, using JavaScript to create different elements of a Web page,controlling a page's overall design and function with JavaScript, passing data and variables between clients and servers. Also covered are advanced topics server-side languages: PHP, Perl, ASP, CGI, XML, connections to Java and Cold Fusion. The line between developers and designers is fading. Designers are challenged with projects that require them to have a strong knowledge of the server side issues traditionally fielded by a Web developer. Designers are looking for books that teach them the Web developer knowledge in a language in which they are accustomed. This book is just that. Scripts from the book and various freeware that can be used to enhance back-end systems will be available at www.newriders.com. Bill Sanders is one of the charter faculty members in the University of Hartford's Interactive Information Technology (IIT) program, one of the leading Web development programs. Prior to the University of Hartford, Bill was the Associate Dean at the University of Texas, El Paso, where he worked with the College of Liberal Arts faculty in developing Web resources for the college. Before that, Bill was a faculty member at San Diego State. He has also written Server Side Flash, ISBN 0764535986, Hungry Minds, to be published late 2001 and Flash ActionScript f/x and design, Coriolis, 11/2000, ISBN 157610821X.