Read any good JavaScript books lately?
Yes! As with computer books generally, texts on browser scripting are plentiful, but the number of good ones is surprisingly small. Nor are the best ones always the most visible. IDM’s favorites, for instance, include a pair of texts from British publisher Wrox Press Ltd.: • Instant Netscape Dynamic HTML Programmer’s Reference (Wrox Press, Aug 1997) by Alex Homer & Chris Ullman • Instant IE4 Dynamic HTML Programmer’s Reference (Wrox Press, July 1997) by Alex Homer & Chris Ullman These programmer’s references are so good because they work from the browser object model up, recognizing fundamental differences between the Microsoft and Netscape approaches. As the titles suggest, they treat the gamut of client-side techniques for making web pages dynamic: JavaScript, VBScript, Layers and Style Sheets. They excel as references for each. The Wrox books are written for a programming audience. Also in this cateogry, but with different emphases, are the following: • Dynamic HTML: The Definitive
