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One bit of advice if you are like me when you get a reference collection of this sort: I immediately flip through the table of contents or the index to get to whatever topic I am currently obsessing on.
In the case of this book, you may want to spend a few minutes in the oft-ignored preface. It contains some noteworthy information on the author's approach. Specifically:
"Many of the examples won't work with IE6. Before I even began the book I decided not to provide support for IE6--including any workaround code."
The author is a bit more forgiving in the case of IE7: "Where IE7 doesn't work, either I provide IE7-specific workarounds in comments in the example code you can download, or I make a note about nonsupport in the recipe--or both."
I work on teams developing browser-based applications for the real world, so IE6 is still absolutely relevant to me. In fact, the corporation for which I honestly sweat is itself "standardized" on IE6 for all employees. Even so, I still recommend this book because of the relevancy of the examples and its forward-looking approach.
The fact that the code download file is about 63 megs compressed should give an idea of how much is contained in this big store of scripting knowledge.
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Why reinvent the wheel every time you run into a problem with JavaScript? This cookbook is chock-full of code recipes that address common programming tasks, as well as techniques for building web apps that work in any browser. Just copy and paste the code samples into your project -- you'll get the job done faster and learn more about JavaScript in the process.
You'll also learn how to take advantage of the latest features in ECMAScript 5 and HTML5, including the new cross-domain widget communication technique, HTML5's video and audio elements, and the drawing canvas. You'll find recipes for using these features with JavaScript to build high-quality application interfaces.
Create interactive web and desktop applications
Work with JavaScript objects, such as String, Array, Number, and Math
Use JavaScript with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and the canvas element
Store data in various ways, from the simple to the complex
Program the new HTML5 audio and video elements
Implement concurrent programming with Web Workers
Use and create jQuery plug-ins
Use ARIA and JavaScript to create fully accessible rich internet applications
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